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 (35 credits)

Take all of the following:

  • FSAD 1111 Success in FSAD (not required for internal transfer students)
  • FSAD 1140 Fashion CAD
  • FSAD 1170 Fashion Graphics
  • 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 2640 Fashion Draping
  • FSAD 2650 Creative Patternmaking for Fashion Design
  • FSAD 2660 Activewear Design and Product Development

2. FSAD Advanced Studios (9-12 credits)

Take any three studio classes from the list below.  

Coursework taken for this requirement cannot also count for FSAD Additional Courses.

  • FSAD 3250 Color and Surface Design
  • FSAD 3370 Introduction to Knit Structures
  • FSAD 3650 New Technologies for Fashion Design
  • FSAD 3770 Experimental Design
  • FSAD 3990 Smart Clothing: Design and Programming
  • FSAD 4700 Online Fashion Content and Promotion  
  • FSAD 4770 Negotiated Fashion

3. FSAD Additional Courses (6-8 credits)  

Take any two FSAD courses at the 3000, 4000, or 6000 level.  

Coursework from FSAD Advanced Studios cannot count here. FSAD 4000, 4010, 4020, 4030, 4990 cannot count here.

4. First-Year Writing Seminars (6 credits)

The two required first-year writing seminar courses must be completed during the first two semesters at Cornell.

5. 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

6. Social Science (3 credits)  

Choose one 3-credit course from anthropology, sociology or global development.

7. Introductory Economics (3 credits)

  • ECON 1110 Introductory Microeconomics

8. Art History (3-4 credits)

Choose one art history course  

Note: May be taken while abroad

9. 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

10. Natural Science I (3-4 credits)

Choose 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

If AP isn’t used to satisfy the requirement, then the course must be taken at Cornell. No lab is required.

11. 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.

12. 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

13. Additional Distribution Coursework (9 credits)

Any course with the Course Distribution PBS, BIOLS-AG, BIONLS-AG, SBA, KCM, MQR, LA, CA, or HA. Language courses may count here.

14. Electives (Variable)

Any courses that are not taken in Areas 1-13 above count as electives.

15. 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.

16. 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. 
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