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Course Requirements:
Suggested pre-requisites:
Either: WMS 20: Cultural Representations of Gender; WMS 50
Introduction to Women’s Studies; TXC 7: Style and Cultural Studies;
or TXC 8: Textile and Apparel Industries
Either: WMS 139: Feminist Cultural Studies; WMS 138: Transnational
Studies Dress, Fashion and Gender; or TXC 174: Textile World Trade (recommended
for research projects on globalization and garment workers)
Required Courses:
1-unit seminar (repeatable for credit)
WMS 104: Approaches to feminist inquiry. A methods and writing course
that will guide students in honing skills in written and oral communication,
critical analysis, and independent thinking.
OR
TXC 107: Social and Psychological Aspects of Clothing. A concepts and methods
course that covers the social and cognitive factors influencing management
and perception of personal appearance in everyday life.
Senior Honors Project or Senior Independent Study Project.
Senior capstone seminar: Collaborative peer editing and workshops
through which students will help each other to complete, expand and revise
their senior projects, and to prepare the projects for presentation.
Strongly recommended:
WMS 165: Feminist Media Production. Equips the novice
with basic skills to produce and edit videos and to overcome high tech intimidation.
Prepares students to do their own creative video production
WMS 192/93 or TXC 192/93: Internship practicum and seminar: In order to begin concrete research on an independent project, and to engage with the community, students are strongly recommended to do an internship related to their research topic. Examples are: a community organization for ethical consumption; an artistic or craft organization for alternative forms of production and consumption; a group for recycling clothing; a fashion media project; practical experience in textile marketing or merchandizing; fashion journalism.
For questions regarding the Fashion Research Program please contact:
Professor Leslie Rabine or Professor Susan Kaiser
This research program is funded through
a Presidential Chair grant from the office of the Vice-Provost of Undergraduate
Studies.