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Twin Cities Campus
Fashion Studies MinorDESGN GARP Administration
College of Design
The fashion studies minor provides students who have an interest in fashion the opportunity to gain knowledge about fashion product, theory, and industry specific practices. Fashion is a major global industry with a broad range of career opportunities from business and design to engineering and chemistry.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Minor Requirements
This major is not available for apparel design or retail merchandising majors. Transfer courses must be approved by the fashion studies minor advisor. No more than one transfer course may be used toward the minor. Transfer coursework may be accepted for prerequisite courses upon review: this is not included in the one-course limit.
Required courses
ADES 3217 - Fashion: Trends and Communication
(3.0 cr)
ADES 3121 - History of Fashion, 19th to 21st Century
(3.0 cr)
RM 4212W - Dress, Society, and Culture
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
Choose two courses from this list
Take 2 or more course(s) totaling 5 or more credit(s) from the following:
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RM 1201 - Fashion, Ethics, and Consumption
[CIV]
(3.0 cr)
·
ADES 2214 - Softlines Analysis
(3.0 cr)
·
RM 2215 - Introduction to Retail Merchandising
(3.0 cr)
·
ADES 3196 - Field Study: National or International
(1.0-10.0 cr)
·
ADES 4218W - Fashion, Design, and the Global Industry
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
ADES 2213 - Textile Product Analysis
(4.0 cr)
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Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ADes 4121/ApSt 5121 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 1.0 -10.0 [max 10.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 6.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |