Fashion Design–Sportswear

http://fitnyc.edu/fashiondesign

Fall 2025 Requirements: See below.

Liberal Arts and Sciences Course Content Requirements
 (24 AAS credits* + 18 BFA credits = 42 credits total)

• English: 6 credits.
  • ​EN 131* (or EN 121 transferred or taken prior to Fall 2024) (meets G1)
  • CHOICE any 200- or 300-level EN literature or speech course*
• History of Art: 12 credits. 
  • 3 credits CHOICE of one (1) HA course that meets General Education Other World Civilizations requirement (meets G9)
  • 9 credits CHOICE of (3) additional courses (See the full list of Art/Design History courses under HA: History of Art and Civilization. (meets G7)*.
• Foreign Language: 6 credits. 
  • Two semesters of the same foreign language, one of which must meet General Education Foreign Language requirement (G8)
• Mathematics: 3 credits.
  • CHOICE of any MA that meets SUNY G2*
• Natural Science: 3 credits. 
  • CHOICE of any SC that meets SUNY G3*
• General Education: 3 credits. CHOICE of one additional SUNY General Education Area*:
  • Social Sciences (G4)
  • Western Civilization (G5)
  • Arts (G6)
  • American History (G10)

Liberal Arts Elective(s): 9 credits*. Select Liberal Arts courses from the following subject areas: AB (Arabic); CH (Chinese); EC (Economics); EN (English); FI (Film and Media Studies); FR (French); HA (History of Art); HE (Health Education) HE 201, HE 301; IT (Italian); JA (Japanese); MU (Music); HI (History); MA (Math); MC (Modern Languages and Cultures); PC (Political Science); PE (Physical Education and Dance) PE 215, PE 216, PE 217; PL (Philosophy); PO (Portuguese); PY (Psychology); SC (Science); SO (Sociology); SP (Spanish); and SS (Social Sciences). 

Major Area Electives:6 credits minimum. 
CHOICE of any 300- or 400-level major area course (for which prerequisites have been met), or AP 242, AP 243, AP 241, FD 231, FD 281, or FD 282

Related Area Electives: 8 credits minimum.
CHOICE of any 100- or 200- level related area course from LD, ML, TD, or PH (for which prerequisites have been met), or AC 114, BE 261, CL 112, CL 132, CT 305, CT 322,  DE 143, EP 311, EP 321, FA 101, FA 103, FA 104, FA 105, FM 268, FM 303, FM 324, IC 497, IN 312, IN 322, IN 342, IN 400, IN 443, JD 101, JD 123, JD 138, MG 301, MG 311, TD 481, TS 116 or TS 368

NOTE: FF 322 is required and may be taken in either 5th or 6th semester.
CHOICE of FD 342 or FD 400 or FF 345 is required and may be taken in either fifth or sixth semester.

*Credits from AAS will apply as appropriate

FIT’s 2+2 degree structure requires an earned AAS or equivalent plus all the BS or BFA degree requirements. For more information, please see https://catalog.fitnyc.edu/undergraduate/instructionalprograms/requirementsfordegreecompletion/

Students who successfully complete the Fashion Design BFA program will be able to:

1. Create fashion collections that  reflect creativity and innovation through the use of advanced techniques achieved through shape, color, silhouette, proportion and fabrication.
2. Create original design collections for diverse fashion markets, demonstrating proficient artistic ability and utilizing advanced hand and digital rendering techniques.
3. Independently select and apply appropriate, innovative technologies to conceptualize, create, produce and communicate fashion design and related concepts.
4. Apply the knowledge of environmental, social, economic, and political impacts of climate change to design fashion using ethical and sustainable principles.
5. Understand and apply advanced concepts of diversity, equity and inclusion in the fashion design development process that honor communities and people who have been marginalized and excluded from the dominant fashion discourse.
6. Utilize information and communication technologies to research, evaluate, create, and communicate information as it relates to fashion design concepts at an advanced level.