The requirements listed below pertain to all students matriculating in August 2023 and January 2024.
All of the following sections are required to be completed to graduate.
Overall Credits Required (120 credits)
- Total: 120 Credits
- Human Ecology: 43 credits - courses from DEA, FSAD, HD, NS, PUBPOL at any level or HE at the 3000/4000 level.
- Human Ecology, outside the major: 9 credits from DEA, HD, NS, PUBPOL at any level or HE at the 3000/4000 level
1. Fashion Design Core Courses (36 credits)
Take all of the following:
- FSAD 1111 Success in FSAD (not required for internal transfer students)
- FSAD 1140 Fashion CAD
- FSAD 1250 Fashion, Art and Design Thinking
- FSAD 1350 Fibers, Fabrics, and Finishes
- FSAD 1360 Fiber and Yarn Analysis Laboratory
- FSAD 1450 Introduction to Fashion Design
- FSAD 2310 Fashion Product Management
- FSAD 2370 Structural Fabric Design
- FSAD 2660 Activewear Design and Product Development
- FSAD 3320 Product Quality Assessment
- FSAD 4440 Global Fashion Management
- FSAD 4444 FSAD Futures
- FSAD 4660 Textiles, Apparel and Innovation
2. FSAD Additional Courses (9-12 credits)
Choose any three additional FSAD courses.
FSAD 4000, 4010, 4020, 4030, 4990 cannot count here
3. Introduction to Management (3 credits)
Choose one of the following:
- AEM 1200 Introduction to Business Management
- HADM 1810 Introduction to Management
- ILRID 1700 Introduction to Organizations and Management
4. Business Practice (1.5-3 credits)
Choose one of the following:
- AEM 2011 Spreadsheet Modeling
- HADM 4770 Advanced Business Modeling
- ILRID 4699 Advanced Desktop Applications
5. Marketing (3 credits)
Choose one of the following:
- AEM 2400 Marketing
- HADM 2410 Marketing Principles
- NCC 5530 Marketing Management
6. Communication (3+ credits)
Take one COMM course or Foreign Language.
COMM 4970, 4980, and 4990 cannot count here.
7. Organization Leadership (3+ credits)
Choose one of the following:
- AEM 3245 Organizational Behavior
- AEM 4010 Organizational Analytics and Leadership
- COMM 5150 Organizational Communication: Theory and Practice
- NBA 5150 Leadership Theory and Practice
- NCC 5540 Managing and Leading in Organizations
8. Business Strategy (3-4 credits)
- AEM 3110 Design and Innovation
- AEM 3121 Branding and Brand Management
- ILRHR 4640 Business Strategy
- ILROB 4260 Managing for Creativity
9. Accounting (3 credits)
- AEM 2210 Financial Accounting
- HADM 2230 Financial Accounting Principles
- NBA 5530 Accounting and Financial Decision Making
- NCC 5500 Financial Accounting
10. Finance (3 credits)
- AEM 2241 Finance
- AEM 2300 International Trade and Finance
- HADM 2250 Finance
- NCC 5560 Managerial Finance
11. First-Year Writing Seminars (6 credits)
The two required first-year writing seminar courses must be completed during the first two semesters at Cornell.
12. Psychology (3 credits)
Choose one of the following courses:
- HD 1120 People in Perspective: Brain, Mind and Society
- HD 1130 Introduction to Human Development
- PSYCH 1101 Introduction to Psychology
13. Social Science (3 credits)
Choose one 3-credit course from anthropology, sociology or global development
14. Introductory Economics (3 credits)
- ECON 1110 Introductory Microeconomics
15. Art History (3-4 credits)
Choose one art history course
Note: May be taken while abroad.
16. Statistics (3-4 credits)
Must be taken at Cornell. AP Statistics is not accepted.
Choose one of the following:
- PUBPOL 2100 Introduction to Statistics (formerly PAM 2100)
- AEM 2100 Introductory Statistics
- ILRST/STSCI 2100 Introductory Statistics
- MATH 1710 Statistical Theory and Application in the Real World
17. Data Analysis (3-4 credits)
Choose one of the following:
- AEM 2820 Introduction to Database Management Systems
- AEM 2831 Excel VBA Programming for Non-Dyson
- AEM 2841 Python Programming for Data Analysis and Business Modeling for Non-Dyson
- AEM 3030 Explorations in Analytic Modeling and AEM 4435 Data Driven Marketing
- PUBPOL 2070 Big Data for Big Policy Problems (formerly PAM 2070)
- STSCI 1380 Data Science for All
18. Natural Science I (3-4 credits)
One of the following:
Biology
- BIOG 1140, BIOG 1440, 1445 or BIOMG 1350 or BIOEE 1610 or AP Biology score of 5
Chemistry
- CHEM 1560, 2070, 2080 or AP Chemistry score of 5
Physics
- PHYS 1101, 2207, 1102, 2208 or AP Physics score of 5
No lab is required.
19. Natural Science II (3-4 credits)
Choose any 3 credit course with a PBS, BIOLS-AG, or BIONLS-AG Course Distribution.
No AP credit allowed. Course must be taken at Cornell.
20. Ethics/Sustainability (2-4 credits)
Choose from one of the following:
- AEM 3205 Ethics in Business and Organizations
- BSOC 2061 Ethics and the Environment (also STS 2061/PHIL 2960)
- COMM 4300 Ethics in New Media, Technology and Communication
- CRP 3011 Ethics, Development, and Globalization
- DEA 4220 Ecological Literacy and Design
- GDEV 3240 Environmental Sociology
- FSAD 3200 Global Textile and Apparel Sustainability
- FSAD 4021 Apparel and Textiles in Developing Nations I
- FSAD 4025 Design for Change: Imagining Decolonial Futures
- FSAD 6800 Ethical Design: Engine of Positive Change
- ILROB 4760 Morality at Work
- INFO 1200 Information Ethics, Law and Policy
- INFO 4270 Ethics and Policy in Data Science
- NTRES 3320 Introduction to Ethics and Environment
21. Electives (Variable)
Any courses that are not taken in areas 1-20 above count as electives.
22. Physical Education Requirement (2 courses)
Physical Education must be completed in order to graduate. However, physical education does not count toward college and university minimum credit requirements for full-time status, nor does it count towards the 120 credits required for graduation.
23. Swim Test Requirement
A successful swim test must be completed in order to graduate.
College Polices
120 Overall Credits
- Students must complete 120 credits toward graduation.
- A maximum of 15 credits of AP credit and in absentia credit can count toward the 120 total credits.
- 15 credits of study abroad/exchange or Cornell in Washington, or 12 credits of Capital Semester, can count toward total electives.
43 HE Credits
- Students must complete a minimum of 43 HE credits.
- HE non-departmental courses at the 2000 level and below do not count toward the 43 HE credits.
- Students must complete 5 HE credits by the end of the first year and 12 HE credits by the end of the sophomore year.
9 HE Credits Outside the Major
Students must complete a minimum of 9 HE credits outside of the major. These credits are given for any Human Ecology course outside your major (except 4030). These can be taken S/U only if course is not used to fulfill a curriculum requirement.
Pass/Fail Courses (S/U)
- S/U grading option may not be used for any required course unless it is the only grade option offered for that course.
- S/U may be used for the 9 HE credits outside the major and for electives.
- Students may apply no more than 12 credits of S/U toward graduation requirements. If a required course is only offered S/U, it will not count toward this limit. Students may take more S/U courses if they choose, but the additional credit will not be applied toward graduation.
- The deadline for changing grade options is the 57th calendar day of the semester, the same as the “drop” deadline.
Special Study Courses (4000, 4010, 4020, 4030)
- A maximum of 12 credits of special study course work from Human Ecology or other colleges will count toward the 120 overall credits. Courses will be indicated on the class roster with a Component of either IND or RSC. (Additional credits can be taken but will not be applied.)
- A maximum of 12 credits of 4000-4030 may count toward the 43 HE credit requirement.
- A maximum of 3 credits of 4000-4020 (not including 4030) may count toward the 9 credits outside the major requirement as long as the special study is in a department outside the student’s major.
- Students cannot TA (4030) the same course for credit more than once or take and TA the same course simultaneously. 4030 does not fulfill any requirements toward the major. Registration for 4030 may not exceed 5 credit hours per semester.