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    Dec 30, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Fashion Design, BFA


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Through the Bachelor of Fine Arts with a major in fashion design, you will learn the skills necessary to conceptualize, present and develop finished garments from your original designs.


 

Fashion Design admission and pre-major requirements


Entering students interested in pursuing a major in the Department of Design  in the College of Visual Arts and Design  are classified as pre-majors.

To be admitted to the fashion design major (and to be eligible to enroll in subsequent major-specific course work), a pre-major must meet all of the following requirements:

GPA requirements


  • Have a minimum 2.50 GPA on required art courses.
  • Have a minimum 2.25 UNT grade point average.

Portfolio review


Successful completion of Entry Portfolio Review is required for admission to major and subsequent course work in the degree.

Degree requirements


The following requirements must be satisfied for a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a major in fashion design.

Hours required and general/college requirements


A minimum of 120 total semester hours, of which 42 must be advanced, and fulfillment of degree requirements for the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree as specified in the University Core Curriculum  in the Academic policies  section of this catalog and the College of Visual Arts and Design  requirements.

Minor requirements


No minor is required.

Electives


Hours required for electives may vary based on course selection and the University Core Curriculum  Requirements. Electives may be required to satisfy the advanced hour requirement (42) and/or the minimum total hours required for the degree. For specific information, see an academic advisor in the College of Visual Arts and Design Student Academic Advising Office, Art Building, Room 232.

Other requirements


  • 24 advanced hours must be completed at UNT.
  • 36 hours of art (including at least 12 advanced hours) must be completed at UNT.
  • Transfer course work substituted for required UNT art courses must be approved by a student’s faculty advisor during the degree audit process.
  • A 2.5 grade point average must be maintained in all art courses; only a grade of C (2.0) or better in art courses will count toward degree requirements.
     

Four-year degree plan (example)


The following four-year plan is one example of a variety of ways in which you can complete your chosen degree in four years, and will serve as a guide for you to design your pathway to degree completion. Variations will depend on whether you need to take prerequisites or have college credit from exams or dual enrollment.

Year 1

Semester 1 Semester 2
ADES 1550 - Introduction to Fashion Design   3 hours   ART 1900 - Foundations: Systems and Transformations   3 hours   
ART 2350 - Art History Survey I   3 hours   ART 2360 - Art History Survey II   3 hours  
Communication core   3 hours  Communication core   3 hours 
CVAD Foundations 3 hours  Mathematics core    3 hours 
CVAD Foundations 3 hours  CVAD Foundations 3 hours 
Total 15 hours Total 15 hours

 

Year 2

Semester 1 Semester 2
ADES 1560 - Fashion Design: Introduction to Industrial Sewing Techniques   3 hours   ADES 2555 - Fashion: Patternmaking II   3 hours   
ADES 2550 - Fashion: Patternmaking I   3 hours   ADES 2560 - Fashion Design: Advanced Industrial Sewing Techniques   3 hours  
ART 2370 - Art History Survey III   3 hours   ADES 2570 - Fashion Drawing   3 hours  
MDSE 2650 - Textiles for Apparel   3 hours   Social and Behavioral Sciences core    3 hours 
Art Elective 3 hours  Art Elective-advanced 3 hours 
Total 15 hours Total 15 hours

 

Year 3

Semester 1 Semester 2
ADES 3550 - Fashion: Draping   3 hours    ADES 3555 - Fashion: Industry Techniques   3 hours  
ADES 3570 - Computers in Fashion: Presentation   3 hours   ADES 3560 - Technical Design in Fashion   3 hours  
Life and Physical Sciences core    3 hours  ADES 3575 - Computers in Fashion: Concept to Product   3 hours  
Fashion Design-advanced 3 hours  MDSE 3350 - History of Fashion   3 hours  
Art Elective-advanced 3 hours  Elective-advanced 3 hours 
Total 15 hours Total 15 hours

 

Year 4

Semester 1 Semester 2
ADES 4550 - Fashion: Target Market   3 hours   ADES 4555 - Fashion: Collection   3 hours  
ADES 4560 - Fashion Design Concepts   3 hours   ADES 4580 - Fashion Design: Professional Practice   3 hours  
American History core    3 hours  American History core   3 hours 
Government/Political Science core    3 hours  Component Area Option A core    3 hours 
Life and Physical Sciences core   3 hours  Government/Political Science core   3 hours 
Total 15 hours Total 15 hours

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