Program Overview

Fashion Industry's Science and Technology

Overview

Modern fashion trends emerge simultaneously and spontaneously across the globe, powered by technology. The Fashion Industry's Science and Technology major is the juncture where "fashion meets global business". This degree encompasses introductory courses in strategic thinking while utilizing science and technology in design and business - art innovation, sustainability research, quantitative thinking, data analysis and economic management.

Learning Outcomes

• Students will be able to demonstrate decisions making as it applies to the fashion industry utilizing technology, data, business methodologies and interpreting product scholarly knowledge. Analyze buying practices in both established and emerging fashion industries
• Students will be able to in the global workplace environment, identify sustainable and unstainable global production processes in the context of sales, quota, import/export data, and social & cultural norms
• Students will be able to Develop fashion awareness and business acumen by critically evaluate data measurement, description techniques, construct 3D models and product samples that reflect both appropriate business decisions and creative design elements
• Students will be able to support pioneering business decisions through clear written, verbal and imagery communication, applying relevant industry terminology
• Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of how to take a product from inception to market, merchandise a fashion line, merchandise a brand, and develop consumer demand, utilizing relevant media for the fashion product
• Students will be able to formulate social, economic, environmental, ethical decisions based on combined personal, historical, cultural events

Program Details

Coursework Location(s)

• Main/Tucson

Areas of Interest

• Arts & Media
  • Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
  • Communication, Journalism & Public Relations
  • Environment & Sustainability

Sample Courses

• FITS 100 Digital Warrior
• FITS 330 Fashion Trends in Time
• FITS 215 Mechanics of Fashion
• FITS 200 Design Warrior
• FITS 345 Science of Textiles
• FITS 400 Apparel Influencers
• FITS 425 Apparel Production
• FITS 375 The Business of Fashion

Career Fields

• Apparel manufacturing
• Apparel management
• Sales and market research
• Buyer and purchasing agent
• Financial specialist
• General operations manager
• Market research and analyst
• Art director
• Information analyst
• Marketing specialist
• Creative director
• Fabric researcher
• Merchandise allocator
• Sustainability officer
• Director

Level of Math

• Moderate Knowledge

The M-strand is for students who require mathematical facility at the level of at least MATH 112 (College Algebra Concepts) or 108 (Modeling with Algebraic and Trigonometric Functions). This strand involves reasonable facility with algebra and algebraic functions, graphs, and simple modeling. Students who choose the M-strand are prepared for further mathematical work. This work may include MATH 107 (Exploring and Understanding Data), MATH 113 (Elements of Calculus), MATH 116 (Calculus Concepts for Business), MATH 119A (Mathematics of Biological Systems: A Calculus Based Approach), or a statistics class from outside the Mathematics Department, such as ISTA 116 (Statistical Foundations for the Information Age) or SBS 200 (Statistics for the Social Sciences).

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:

1. Scoring the equivalent of fourth-semester skill level on an entrance or placement examination administered by The University of Arizona.
2. Completion of a two-course sequence beyond the second semester of post-secondary language instruction.
3. Completion with a C or higher of a 300- or 400-level language course at the post-secondary level.
4. 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.
5. An AP, IB, or CLEP language score determined by individual language departments
6. 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 Agriculture, Life & Environmental Sci

Degree

• Bachelor of Arts

Sample Plans

2025, Fashion Industry's Science and Technology

• 4-Year Sample Plan
• Map Transfer Coursework
• Plan Ahead with a Transfer Pathway

First Year

• 1st Semester
  • Foundation Composition (3)
  • Foundation Mathematics (3)
  • FITS 100 (3)
  • FITS 195 (1)
  • Introduction to the General Education Experience (Entry Course) (1)
  • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3)
• 2nd Semester
  • Foundation Composition (3)
  • FITS 215 (3)
  • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3)
  • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3)
  • Foundations Math (3)

Second Year

• 3rd Semester
  • FITS Elective (3)
  • FITS Additional Elective (3)
  • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3)
  • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3)
  • Second Language (4)
• 4th Semester
  • FITS 200 (3)
  • FITS Elective (3)
  • FITS 330 (3)
  • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3)
  • Second Language (4)

Third Year

• 5th Semester
  • FITS 345 (3)
  • FITS Elective (3)
  • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3)
  • Second Language (4)
  • Minor Course (3)
• 6th Semester
  • FITS Elective (3)
  • FITS Additional Elective (3)
  • Minor Course (3)
  • Second Language (4)
  • RCSC 205 (3)

Fourth Year

• 7th Semester
  • Additional Elective (3)
  • Additional Elective (3)
  • Minor Course (3)
  • General Education Portfolio (Exit Course) (1)
  • FITS Elective (3)
  • FITS 375 (3)
• 8th Semester
  • Minor Course (3)
  • Minor Course (3)
  • General Elective or Minor Course (3)
  • General Elective or Minor Course (3)
  • FITS Additional Elective (3)