FASHION DESIGN [B.F.A.]
Catalog Year 2014 – 2015
Required Fashion Design Courses [FDM]
10010
10020
10030
10050
10140
15055
20013
20050
20121
20122
20153
20154
_____
_____
30161
30162
35010
_____
40099
40121
40122
40199
45292
_____
Fashion Fundamentals
Fashion Visuals
Fashion Fabrics I [Spring Semester]
Introduction to Fashion Technology
Foundations of Fashion Drawing
Basics of Apparel Construction
History of Costume [Spring Semester]
Fashion Technology Applications
Fashion Drawing I
Fashion Drawing II
Flat Pattern
Draping
FDM Elective [Select from list]
FDM Elective [Select from list]
FDM Elective Course Options
Required Kent Core & Cognate Area Courses
First Year
3 US 10097 Dest. Kent State: First Year Experience
3 ENG 11011 College Writing I
3 MATH CORE [11009 OR 11010 OR 11012]
3 ARTH 22006 Art History: Ancient and Medieval Art
3 ARTH 22007 Art History: Renaissance to Modern Art
3
18
Second Year
3 ENG 21011 College Writing II
3 ECON 22060 Principles of Microeconomics
3
3
3
3
3
3
Fashion Design Studio I
Fashion Design Studio II
Contemporary Fashion Designers [WIC]
FDM Elective [Select from list]
24
Third Year
6 MKTG 25010 Principles of Marketing
6 Basic Science CORE [Lab]
3 Additional CORE
3
Senior Fashion Design Thesis I [ELR]
Fashion Portfolio I
Fashion Portfolio II
Senior Fashion Design Thesis II [ELR]
Internship in Fashion Design [ELR]
FDM Elective [Select from list]
18
Fourth Year
6 Basic Science CORE
3 Social Science CORE [Domestic Diversity]
3 Humanities CORE [Arts & Sciences; Global Diversity]
3 Additional CORE
3 General Elective
3
21
Fashion Design Total Credit Hours: 81
[Select from the following list]
[Note: Not all courses are available every term]
1
3
3–4
3
3
13 – 14
3
3
6
3
3–4
3
9 – 10
3
3
3
3
3
15
Kent Core and Cognate Area Total Credit Hours: 43 – 45
Minimum Total Credit Hours Required: 124
Fashion Design [B.F.A.] Requirements
 Minimum 124 Total Credit Hours to graduate
 Minimum 2.50 GPA required to complete internship
 Minimum 2.50 GPA required overall to graduate
 Minimum 2.50 GPA required in major to graduate
20155
30013
30050
Machine Knitting – Single Bed
3
Fashion and Pop Culture
3
Fashion Technology: Computer
3
Integrated Textile Design [C.I.T.D.]
30124
Apparel Manufacturing Processes
3
30154
Machine Knitting – Double Bed
3
30155
Knitwear Design
3
35012
Sustainability in Fashion
3
35013
Fashion Accessories
3
35121
Fashion Model Drawing
3
35122
Advanced Fashion Illustration Techniques
3
35280
Fashion Entrepreneurship
3
40050
Fashion Technology: TechStyle Lab
3
45035
Historic Textiles
3
45093
Variable Title Workshop – FDM
1–3
45095
Special Topics
1–3
45096
Individual Investigation
1–3
45212
Fashion Show Productions
3
45392
Field Experience Fashion Study Tour
1–3
Florence Study Away Program Only
30171
Florence Fashion Design Studio I
6
30172
Florence Fashion Design Studio II
6
35900
Florence Fashion Study Orientation
1
35901
Italian Fashion and Culture
3
45592
European Fashion Study Tour – Florence
3
New York Study Away Program Only
30181
New York City Fashion Design Studio I
6
30182
New York City Fashion Design Studio II
6
35070
The Luxury Market
3
35080
Fashion in the Media
3
45492
Field Experience Study Tour – NYC
3
Paris Study Away Program Only
35904
European Fashion Design
3
35905
European Fashion Design Seminar
3
Hong Kong Study Away Program Only
Participation in the “Hong Kong Study Away Program” is
competitive. If selected to participate, courses will be
offered through Hong Kong Polytechnic University and
substitutions will be made with advisor approval. Minimum
GPA requirements for participation apply.
University Requirements
FDM Elective Notes
 US 10097 Destination Kent State: First Year Experience
[Not required of transfer students with 25 credit hours]
Study Away and International Programs
 Writing Intensive Course [WIC] Requirement
[35010 Contemporary Fashion Designers]
 Diversity Requirement
All students must complete a two-course diversity
requirement, consisting of one course with a “domestic”
focus and one course with a “global” focus.
Course offerings will vary for the School’s Study Away and
International Programs. Course substitutions will be made
as appropriate only with School and College approval.
Published deadline for meeting minimum GPA
requirements for participation in all Study Away and
International Programs apply. The School reserves the
right to determine a student’s eligibility to participate in a
Study Away and International Program.
 Upper Division Hours Requirement
Minimum 39 upper division hours [courses numbered
30000 or 40000]
 Experiential Learning Requirement [ELR]
[40099 Senior Fashion Design Thesis I]
[40199 Senior Fashion Design Thesis II]
[45292 Internship in Fashion Design]
FDM 45093 Variable Title Workshop – FDM
Maximum of 6 credit hours can be used toward FDM Electives.
Example of a Fashion Design [B.F.A.] Student’s “Four-Year Plan”
The following is a typical four-year plan.
Your plan will likely vary due to course availability, scheduling restrictions, and other factors that will be unique to your situation.
First Year
2014 Fall Semester
FDM 10010
FDM 10020
FDM 15055
ARTH 22006
ENG 11011
US 10097
Fashion Fundamentals
Fashion Visuals
Basics of Apparel Construction
Art History: Ancient and Medieval Art
College Writing I
Dest. Kent State: First Year Experience
2015 Spring Semester
3
3
3
3
3
1
FDM 10030 Fashion Fabrics I
FDM 10050 Introduction to Fashion Technology
FDM 10140 Foundations of Fashion Drawing
ARTH 22007 Art History: Renaissance to Modern Art
MATH CORE [11009 OR 11010 OR 11012]
Total Hours: 16
2015 Summer Term
3
3
3
3
4
Total Hours: 16
Total Hours [If Applicable]:_______
Second Year
2015 Fall Semester
FDM 20050 Fashion Technology Applications
FDM 20121 Fashion Drawing I
FDM 20153 Flat Pattern
ENG 21011 College Writing II
FDM Elective [Select from list]
2016 Spring Semester
3
3
3
3
3
FDM 20013 History of Costume
FDM 20122 Fashion Drawing II
FDM 20154 Draping
ECON 22060 Principles of Microeconomics
FDM Elective [Select from list]
Total Hours: 15
2016 Summer Term
3
3
3
3
3
Total Hours: 15
Total Hours [If Applicable]:_______
Third Year
2016 Fall Semester
FDM 30161 Fashion Design Studio I
FDM 35010 Contemporary Fashion Designers [WIC]
MKTG 25010 Principles of Marketing
Additional CORE
2017 Spring Semester
6
3
3
3
FDM 30162 Fashion Design Studio II
Basic Science CORE [Lab]
FDM Elective [Select from list]
Additional CORE
Total Hours: 15
2017 Summer Term
6
4
3
3
Total Hours: 16
FDM 45292
Internship in Fashion Design [ELR]
3
Total Hours: 3
Fourth Year
2017 Fall Semester
FDM 40121 Fashion Portfolio I
FDM 40099 Senior Fashion Design Thesis I [ELR]
Basic Science CORE
Social Science CORE [Domestic Diversity]
2018 Spring Semester
3
6
3
3
Total Hours: 15
FDM 40122 Fashion Portfolio II
FDM 40199 Senior Fashion Design Thesis II [ELR]
Humanities CORE [Arts & Sciences; Global Diversity]
FDM Elective [Select from list]
General Elective
2018 Summer Term
3
3
3
3
3
Total Hours: 15
Total Hours [If Applicable]:_______
The above “Four-Year Plan” does not take into consideration Study Away and/or International Programs or other “extraordinary academic
experiences” for which you might participate. See your academic advisor for details.
Participation in more than one Study Away and/or International Program or other “extraordinary academic experience” [i.e., double major,
additional minor, pre-graduate level coursework, etc.] may impact your ability to complete your degree within a “traditional four-year time frame.”
Meeting course prerequisite requirements, course availability, and other course sequencing factors adds levels of complexity to the traditional fouryear plan. Realistic expectations about the graduation time line are required. Summer terms and/or additional semesters may be required to meet
your degree requirements for graduation. See your academic advisor for details.
“Transfer” or “Change of Major” Students: Realistic expectations about the graduation time line are required. Acceptance of transfer
coursework, meeting course prerequisite requirements, course availability, and other course sequencing factors may impact your ability to complete
your degree within a “traditional four-year time frame” of when you first entered college or began college-level coursework. Summer terms and/or
additional semesters may be required to meet your degree requirements for graduation. See your academic advisor for details.