College of the Arts
School of Fashion Design and Merchandising
www.kent.edu/fashion

Contact Information

• FashionSchool@kent.edu
  330-672-3010
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Fully Offered

• Delivery:
  • In person
• Location:
  • Kent Campus

Description

The Fashion Media minor is for students studying either fashion merchandising or a major in the school of media and journalism.

Fashion merchandising students take the Media Track to learn about the fashion media and better prepare them to understand this industry. The track includes a trip to New York City as a requirement.

Media and Journalism students take the Fashion Track to learn about the fashion publishing industry to better prepare them for work in this business. The track includes a trip to New York City to study fashion media.

Admission Requirements

Admission to the minor is selective, open only to students declared in the Fashion Merchandising major or in a major in the School of Media and Journalism.

To declare the Fashion Media minor, students must have a minimum 2.000 overall Kent State University GPA. No Kent State University GPA is required if the student is a first-semester freshman or transfer student admitted in good standing.

Program Learning Outcomes

For fashion merchandising students, the minor better prepares them to understand their industry from the media perspective. For media and journalism, the minor exposes them to the fashion publishing industry to better prepare them for work in this business.

Program Requirements

Minor Requirements

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FDM 35080 must be taken in New York City only.

Graduation Requirements

• Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be upper-division coursework (30000 and 40000 level).
• Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be outside of the course requirements for any major or other minor the student is pursuing.
• Minimum 50 percent of the total credit hours for the minor must be taken at Kent State (in residence).