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Program Information

Degree Offered

Master of Arts (MA)

Format: Campus

Program Description:

In this groundbreaking program, students will engage in the evolving field of fashion studies. Using an interdisciplinary approach, they will study fashion as object, image, practice, theory, and concept and develop a critical understanding of its complex intersections with identities, histories, and cultures in the contemporary world. A two-year full-time program, MA Fashion Studies offers a new academic
route for students who want to pursue careers in fashion research, education, and other cultural industries.

Core and elective courses will present broad perspectives on fashion and its interfaces with design, production, consumption, imagination, representation, embodiment, and identity.
MA Fashion Studies will be based in the School of Art and Design History and
Theory at Parsons, part of The New School, a leading university in New York City.
Drawing on the rich cultural resources of New York City, this interdisciplinary
program will engage with other graduate programs at Parsons, particularly the MA
in the History of Decorative Arts and Design and the MFA in Fashion Design
and Society, as well as programs in other New School divisions.

Accreditation:

All degree programs at The New School are registered by the New York State Department of Education. The New School has been regionally accredited by Middle States Commission of Higher Education since 1960. Parsons The New School for Design has been accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) since 1966.

Tuition & Financial Aid

Financial Aid Offered: No

Classification: Doctoral/Research Universities - Intensive

Institution Sector: Private not-for-profit

Locale: Large City

Size & Settings: 5,000 - 9,999