Learn how apparel reflects and affects society, and explore the traditional and innovative techniques used in design.

The Fashion Studies minor offers students with interests in fashion business and entrepreneurship, museum studies, smart clothing and wearable technology, design, sustainability, or global labor relations the opportunity to select FSAD courses across the major to suit their particular goals.  

Human Centered Design

This program is offered through the Department of Human Centered Design.
 

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Overview

Requirements

To be considered for the Minor in Fashion Studies, students must not be a Fashion Design + Management or a Fiber Science major.

The minor requires 15-17 credit hours of work:

  • FSAD 1250 Fashion, Art and Design thinking (3 credits)
  • One additional 1000-level FSAD course (3-4 credits)
  • Two 2000- or 3000-level FSAD courses (6-8 credits)
  • One  4000- or 6000-level FSAD course (3-4 credits)

Students must earn a grade of B- or better in courses required by the minor.

Interested students should start by taking FSAD 1250. After completing this course, they will submit the Intention to Minor in Fashion Studies form. 

The minor is self-guided. It is the student’s responsibility to keep track of courses required and completed toward the minor; students will not be assigned an FSAD advisor.

To receive consideration or priority in FSAD course enrollment, students must submit the completed Intention to Minor in Fashion Studies form prior to the semester in which they want to enroll. Formally declaring intent to minor in Fashion Studies does not guarantee enrollment in FSAD courses. 

Completing the minor

During the semester in which the student plans to graduate, the student must submit a completed copy of the Application to Graduate with a Minor in Fashion Studies form to the deaundergrad [at] cornell.edu (undergraduate programs coordinator). The deadline for May graduates is March 15; the deadline for December graduates is October 15. 

After verification by HCD that all requirements for the minor were completed, the student’s college registrar will be notified and their final transcript will indicate that they earned a Minor in Fashion Studies. If you have questions, please deaundergrad [at] cornell.edu (contact the undergraduate programs coordinator).