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Degree Requirements

Master’s students are required to take the following courses:

FASH 822 Global Fashion Consumer 3

Socially Responsiblity and Sustainability Core:
Select three courses from:

FASH 689 Apparel Supply Chains & Social Responsibility (1 cr.)
FASH 691 Socially Responsible Apparel: Global Policy (1 cr.)
FASH 692 Sustaining Global Apparel Supply Chains (1 cr.)
FASH 693 Culture & Work in the Apparel Industry (1 cr.)
FASH 694 Apparel Consumers and Social Responsibility (1 cr.)
FASH 695 Bringing Social Responsibility to Apparel Corporate Culture (1 cr.)
FASH 696 Current Initiatives for Apparel Industry Labor Compliance (1 cr.)
FASH 697 Worker-Centric Social Responsibility for Apparel Industry (1 cr.) FASH 698 Redesigning Green Apparel: Design, Sourcing & Packaging (1 cr.)
FASH 699 Producing Environmentally Responsible Apparel (1 cr.)

 3
FASH 825 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Creative Problem Solving 3
FASH 800 Research Analysis in Fashion Studies 3
FASH 665 Fashion Studies Seminar (taken twice) 2
EDUC 665 Elementary Statistics (or equivalent) 3
Research Methods (HDFS615, EDUC 607 or equivalent) 3
Special Interest electives (600 or 800 level) 6
FASH 869 Thesis 6
Total 32

The master’s requires a minimum of 32 hours of graduate coursework, including 6 hours of thesis, 6 semester hours of research methods and statistics, 14 required hours of departmental courses, and 6 elective hours of additional focus area courses.

The selection of major courses (beyond the required core courses) is done in consultation with the student’s advisor and is based on research/specialization area and stated goals. Students without a previous degree in the field may be required to complete additional undergraduate or graduate level courses.

A copy of the complete policy statement for the MS in Fashion Studies is available here.