INTRODUCTION TO FASHION STUDIES (CM1110)

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This course aims to introduce students to the study of fashion, considered as a multidisciplinary field of analyses. At the intersection of theory and practice, and relying on the key texts of historians, art historians, philosophers, sociologists, anthropologists and geographers, this course will examine the relationship between fashion and body, identity, art, industry, media, class, culture, subculture, gender, sex, time, space, religion and politics. With an emphasis on experiential learning and drawing on visual and film sources, on historical and contemporary examples for discussion, this class will provide students with the possibility to question the future of the fashion industry by studying the social and environmental impact of fashion and the role of social change that fashion can play.

Code: 
CM1110
Name: 
INTRODUCTION TO FASHION STUDIES
Discipline: 
CM (Communications)
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Undergraduate
Credits: 
4
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Pre-requisites: 
None
Co-requisites: 
None

Learning Outcomes

  1. Develop and demonstrate a foundational knowledge of key concepts, themes and thinkers in fashion;
  2. Develop and evidence one’s understanding of fashion as idea, object, image and process, as global cultural phenomenon and business;
  3. Develop transferable skills with regards to qualitative research, visual and textual analysis, critical thinking, writing and presenting.

Offering(s)

Term Code Name
Fall 2023 CM1110 INTRODUCTION TO FASHION STUDIES
Fall 2024 CM1110 INTRODUCTION TO FASHION STUDIES

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