The NYC Studio program provides Kent State students the opportunity for full semester study in New York City during the Fall and Spring terms.

All participants are required to sign up for NY Study Tour; which includes visits to fashion, arts, and cultural-related sites; presents guest speakers from the industry; and provides students with a general orientation to the city.

Classroom experiences will vary each semester. In many cases, pre-requisites apply. Examples include:

• 21st Century Fashion Designers
• Computer-Aided-Design (CAD) for Fashion
• Computer Applications in Retailing
  
• Fashion Design or Fashion Merchandising Internship
• Fashion Entrepreneurship
• Fashion in the Media
• Fashion Technology
  
• NY Fashion Design I & II
  
• NY Fashion Studio I & II
  
• NY Study Tour
  
• Product Development in the Fashion Industry
• Professional Seminar
• The Luxury Market

Most NYC Studio courses are 3 credit hours.

Spring 2012 COURSE OFFERINGS

Note: Fall 2012 course offerings will be posted by mid-spring semester 2012

30083 Professional Seminar (3 credits)
Professional development strategies for fashion and related careers. Emphasis is on verbal and written communication skills. Prerequisites: minimum grade of C (2.0) in FDM 20020 or 20142; and junior or senior standing. Special fee: $20 flat fee—subject to change. This course may be used to satisfy the writing-intensive requirement with approval of major department.

30123 CAD for Fashion Applications (3 Credits)
The use of CAD to produce technical drawings, sketches, color stories and textile prints for design and merchandising presentations.  Prerequisite: fashion design (FD) or fashion merchandising (FM) major and junior standing.  Special fee: $50 flat fee--subject to change.

30260 Product Development in the Fashion Industry (3 credits)
Researching, planning, developing and presenting a fashion product line for an identified target market with regard to prices, styling and timing. Prerequisites: minimum grade of C (2.0) in FDM 20030 and fashion merchandising (FM) major.

30262 Fashion Planning & Buying (3 Credits)  (Online course through Kent Campus)
Study of market sources, fashion buying techniques, assortment planning and allocation, and quantitative calculations needed in the fashion industry.  Prerequisites: minimum grade of C (2.0) in FDM 20263; and MATH 11009 or 11010 or 11012.

35010 21st Century Fashion Designers

Focus on this century's emerging fashion designers through field research, instructor-led site tours in New York City, and guest speakers. Students assemble a portfolio of fashion designers studied to include their biographies, clippings of their work, and design inspirations. Prerequisite: none.

35070 The Luxury Market

Purpose is to learn, understand, and perceive the luxury market and its parameters. Students will gain an understanding of the marketing power of luxury brands and the organization of a luxury products company. Prerequisite: none.

35270 Computer Applications in Retailing (3 credits)
The application and use of the microcomputer to solve problems in assortment planning, merchandise management, trading area and site analysis, store planning, planogramming and media planning. Prerequisites: minimum grade of C (2.0) in FDM 20263; and MATH 11009 or 11010 or 11012. Special fee: $15 flat fee—subject to change.

45092 Internship in Fashion Design & Merchandising (3 credits) (Enrolled through Kent Campus)
Supervised practical experience in the fashion industry. Eligibility requirements available from the School of Fashion Design and Merchandising field studies coordinator. Prerequisites: minimum grade of C (2.0) in FDM 30083,  junior standing and special approval.  Merchandising students are also required to take FDM 30262 and must be approved by the designated internship adviser.

45095 Special Topic: Fashion in the Media (3 credits)
Course will include analysis of the key fashion magazines, and in-depth examination of how they are put together.  Through theoretical and practical study of this, students will develop an understanding of the fundamentals of different forms of communication and the contributions editors, writers, stylists, and photographers make individually and collectively towards the finished product.  Course will also include discussion of how various media interrelate and contribute to the fashion industry as a whole.  Course incorporates different forms of writing, editing, and interviewing as well as review of the roles of photography, design, and styling.  Course will focus primarily on printed media but include discussion of online outlets, television commentary, and touch on fashion advertising and PR.

45095 Special Topic: NY Fashion Design II (3 credits) (This course will sub for 30122, 30131)
Research and theoretical development of fashion lines for specialized markets.  Continued development of drawing and rendering skills.  Introduction to computerized product data management systems.  Creating technical packets with detailed drawings and assembly instructions.  Measuring garment prototypes for quality assessment.

Corequisite: FDM 45095 ST: NY Fashion Studio
Track I Prerequisite: FDM 30121
Track II Prerequisites: FDM 20132 and 20152

45095 Special Topic: NY Fashion Studio II (3 credits) (This course will sub for 30132, 30142, 30151)
Advanced pattern making and construction techniques are used to create original garments designed in NY Fashion Design.  An emphasis is placed on the design, pattern making & construction techniques commonly used in menswear.  Suits, outerwear and cut/sew knits are covered, as well.  Students make patterns by traditional methods as well as by computer.

Corequisite: FDM 45095 ST: NY Fashion Design
Track I Prerequisite: FD&M 30141
Track II Prerequisite: FD&M 20152

45492 NY Study Tour (3 credits) ***REQUIRED***
Required of all students. Guided site visits each week to domestic or foreign fashion market, including design and fabric houses or showrooms, retail stores, buying offices, and other areas of the fashion industry.