Global Fashion and Textiles

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Overview

Subject area

FASH

Catalog Number

201

Course Title

Global Fashion and Textiles

Description

This course studies world fashion and textiles from their origins to current use in the fashion industry by exploring objects, materials, techniques, and dyeing methods along with their application and meaning in daily and ritual contexts. Regional world fashion and textiles are examined to understand how particular local practices have become part of global trade and cultural exchange, and issues of appropriation and cultural assimilation are examined.

Typically Offered

Fall, Spring

Academic Career

Undergraduate

Liberal Arts

Yes

Credits

Minimum Units

3

Maximum Units

3

Academic Progress Units

3

Repeat For Credit

No

Components

Name

Lecture

Hours

3

Course Schedule