Program Overview

Fashion Design Master's

Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)

Program Type

• Major

Format

• On Campus

Estimated Time to Complete

• 3 years

Credit Hours

• 60

The Fashion Design Master's program prepares students to be effective design educators, managers, and professionals in the field of fashion design. As a fashion design graduate student, you'll focus on creative fashion based on design principles, design research, and sustainable fashion production while preparing for a career in the fashion design industry or fashion design education.

Requirements

• Collection and analysis of research data
• Investigative research
• Pedagogical practices
• Oral and written communication
• Technical design knowledge

Marketable Skills

• Collection and analysis of research data
• Investigative research
• Pedagogical practices
• Oral and written communication
• Technical design knowledge

Highlights

• Students learn from faculty members who have experience as fashion designers and researchers.
• The four-story, 238,000-square-foot Art Building houses state-of-the-art fabrication labs and studios with an ample classroom for Fashion Design students.
• Fashion Design students have access to the Texas Fashion Collection, which contains nearly 20,000 garments and accessories from the 19th and 20th centuries and is directed by a nationally recognized expert on fashion design and history.
• UNT is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.
• Ranked 10th in the nation for visual and performing arts programs by Hispanic Outlook on Education Magazine.
• The College of Visual Arts and Design is considered one of the best and most comprehensive visual arts and design schools in the nation.

Career Opportunities

• Educators at the college- and university-levels
• Clothing designers
• Costume designers
• Apparel wholesaling
• Retail buyers
• Retail merchandisers
• Stylists
• Visual merchandisers
• Clothing & textile technologists
• Fashion event managers
• Fashion writers
• Self-employment

Courses

• Brand and Brand Experience (3 hrs)
• Design and Its Social Ramifications (3 hrs)
• Parallels in Art, Culture and Fashion (3 hrs)
• Fashion Design Studio (3 hrs)
• Fashion Design Topics Seminar (3 hrs)
• Processes and Methodology for Innovation (3 hrs)