Program Overview

Applied Humanities: Fashion Studies Emphasis

Overview

The Applied Humanities' Fashion Studies emphasis is designed for students interested in a career in the fashion industry. This program provides students with the tools needed to enter and shape the fashion industry of today and tomorrow. Fashion is a cultural language, economic powerhouse, and artistic force felt worldwide. Students will acquire the skills to express their sense of style while developing their creative, interpersonal, and business skills.

Program Details

Sample Courses

• FITS 335: Fashion Forecasting and Research Trends
• FITS 345: Science of Textiles
• FITS 435: Society, Culture and Fashion Relationships

Career Fields

• Fashion design
• Fashion illustration
• Marketing
• Merchandising and buying
• Styling

Level of Math

• General Knowledge: This strand involves the general understanding and appreciation of how mathematics is used to solve problems in everyday life.

Level of Second Language

• 4th Semester Proficiency: Fourth-semester skill level in a second language is required. B.A. degree students may fulfill this requirement with one of the following options:
  • Scoring the equivalent of fourth-semester skill level on an entrance or placement examination administered by The University of Arizona.
  • Completion of a two-course sequence beyond the second semester of post-secondary language instruction.
  • Completion with a C or higher of a 300- or 400-level language course at the post-secondary level.
  • Completion of one course beyond the third semester in combination with an AP (Advanced Placement) score, IB (International Baccalaureate) score or a CLEP (College Level Entrance Program) score determined by the individual language department.
  • An AP, IB, or CLEP language score determined by individual language departments
  • A minimum of one semester study abroad in a language program approved by the appropriate language department as the equivalent of fourth-semester skill level.

Pre-major Required?

• No

This Major's College

• College of Humanities

Degree

• Bachelor of Arts

Sample Plans

4-Year Sample Plan

• First Year
  • 1st Semester
    • ENGL 101 - First Year Composition
    • First Semester Second Language
    • MATH
    • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections
    • Introduction to the General Education Experience (Entry Course)
  • 2nd Semester
    • ENGL 102 - First Year Composition
    • Second Semester Second Language
    • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections
    • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections
    • PAH 200 - Introduction to Applied Humanities
• Second Year
  • 3rd Semester
    • PAH 201 - Applied Humanities Practice: Techniques and Technologies for Public Enrichment
    • FITS 204 - Fashion, Consumers & the Economy
    • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections
    • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections
    • Third Semester Second Language
  • 4th Semester
    • PAH 372 - Intercultural Competence: Culture, Identity, Adaptation & Intercultural Relations
    • FITS 215 - Introduction to Fashion Retailing
    • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections
    • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections
    • Fourth Semester Second Language
• Third Year
  • 5th Semester
    • PAH 420- Innovation and the Human Condition: Learning How to Improve Life in the Community and Beyon
    • FITS 333 - Fashion Promotion
    • Minor Course
  • 6th Semester
    • PAH 383 - Pre-Internship: Building Career Readiness
    • FITS 335 - Fashion Forecasting & Research Trends
    • Minor Course
    • Minor Course
    • General Elective
    • General Education Portfolio (Exit Course)
• Fourth Year
  • 7th Semester
    • PAH 493 - Internship
    • FITS 345 - Science of Textiles
    • Upper Division Minor Course
    • Upper Division Minor Course
    • General Elective
  • 8th Semester
    • PAH 498 - Senior Capstone
    • FITS 435 - Society, Culture & Fashion Relationships
    • Upper Division Minor Course
    • Applied Humanities Elective