2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Apr 14, 2025  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Apparel and Fashion Studies Minor

Location(s): Brookings Main Campus


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Program Coordinator/Contact

Anne-Marie Junker, Instructor
School of Health and Human Sciences
Wagner Hall 435, Box 2275A
605-688-4002

Program Information

A minor in Apparel and Fashion Studies will provide a focus on fashion studies and will develop students into professionals capable of entering the workforce of fashion, apparel, and textiles. The coursework is designed to prepare students with a better understanding of the apparel and fashion industry, which will expand their awareness of aesthetics, allow them to analyze garment construction and identify textiles and fabrics, enable their understanding and implementation of design elements and principles, and ensure their appreciation of the impact that dress has on the world.

Course Delivery Format

Students learn through lecture, laboratory, and hands-on learning experiences.

Academic Requirements


Fashion Studies and Retail Merchandising majors are not eligible for the minor.

Total Required Credits: 18


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