Master of Arts in Fashion Journalism

Graduate students will meet the following student performance criteria:

Visuelle Kommunikation und digitale Tools

• Apply basic design principles to creative work
• Work effectively with industry-standard software

Mündliche und schriftliche Kommunikation

• Schreiben Sie überzeugendes Material für Print-, Online- oder Rundfunkmedien
• Vermitteln Sie Ideen und Konzepte klar und deutlich unter Verwendung der spezifischen Sprache der Modebranche.
• Ideen effektiv präsentieren
• Conduct effective interviews
• Entwickeln Sie sowohl eine persönliche Stimme als auch die Fähigkeit, die Stimme an eine Vielzahl von Print-/Online-Veröffentlichungen anzupassen

Forschung & Konzeptentwicklung

• Führen Sie umfassende Recherchen durch, um Material für Print-, Online- oder Rundfunkmedien zu entwickeln.
• Zeigen Sie die Fähigkeit, redaktionelle „Pakete“ zu erstellen, in denen verschiedene journalistische Funktionen kombiniert werden.

Soziale Medien und Bloggen

• Veröffentlichen, teilen und bewerben Sie Geschichten für Ihr Zielpublikum in sozialen Medien
• Konzipieren, produzieren und verpacken Sie Inhalte für alle Social-Media-Kanäle

Collaborative Skills

• Collaborate effectively to produce creative projects

Professional Practices

• Create a relevant and original portfolio and collateral materials that can be used to market themselves to the industry

Academy of Art University Learning Outcomes

Graduates of the Academy of Art University will demonstrate the ability to:

• Produce a body of work suitable for seeking professional opportunities in their chosen field of art and design.
• Solve creative problems within their field of art and design, including research and synthesis of technical, aesthetic, and conceptual knowledge.
• Communicate their ideas professionally and connect with their intended audience using visual, oral, and written presentation skills relevant to their field.
• Execute technical, aesthetic, and conceptual decisions based on an understanding of art and design principles.
• Evaluate work in their field, including their own work, using professional terminology.
• Recognize the influence of major cultural and aesthetic trends, both historical and contemporary, on art and design products.
• Learn the professional skills and behaviors necessary to compete in the global marketplace for art and design.

Academy of Art University offers some of the best training and hands-on experience to help accelerate your career. We pride ourselves in doing an exceptional job preparing you to excel in your future fashion careers. Our degree programs are designed to equip aspiring fashion professionals with a comprehensive toolbox of marketable skills that lead to success in the fashion industry.

Fashion Designer

Based on your conceptual vision, your grasp of fashion direction, and your ability to anticipate designs that will appeal to consumers, you will transform your fashion inspirations into original collections of clothing. Sketch, select colors and fabrics, and give direction to make the products you design.

Design Director

Oversee trends, color, and fabric direction for upcoming seasons across all product lines as a design director for a fashion label. You will manage design teams, oversee manufacturing and marketing, and set the direction for a brand voice to create the future of fashion.

Executive Editor

Responsible for overseeing, planning, and directing all editorial content, the executive editor is the voice of any fashion publication. You will develop budgets, manage staff and contractors, oversee quality control, and innovate in the print and digital spaces in this fast-paced industry.

Fashion Editor

Supervise the process of creating, developing, and presenting content for a fashion magazine as a fashion editor. You will supervise teams, conceptualize, and style photo shoots, curate photography, research industry trends, and choose items for publication in this fast-paced and exciting career.

Patternmaker

Turn a designer’s vision into a finished garment as a pattern maker. You will break down garment designs into workable patterns, transfer them onto fabric, and create the design blueprints for manufacturing.

Stylist

As a fashion stylist, you will provide on-set art direction for editorial and catalog fashion shoots and support merchandising strategy with the brand and theme-based shoots.

Knitwear Designer

You will create ideas for a range of products, including sweaters, cardigans, knit jackets and coats, knit dresses, and knit accessories. A wide variety of environments will be open to you - from retail brands to boutiques to freelancing and you will work with apparel manufacturers to create men's, women's, and children's fashions for the mass market.

Textile Designer

You will research, draw, and design seasonal prints for fashion, interiors, and other surfaces using both hand-drawing and computer skills. Design repeat patterns and graphic prints for the home and apparel. Create and inspire the next wave of textile designs.

Visual Merchandising Director

As a visual merchandising director, you will help promote the image, products, and services of retail and wholesale businesses. You’ll create eye-catching displays using visual and graphic elements and organize brand-related special events.

Unit Requirements

Degree Requirements

• Successful completion of Final Portfolio Review
• Eine Mindestnote von C in allen erforderlichen 42 Einheiten
• Minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA and the following Academic Study requirements:
• 1 Art Historical Awareness & Aesthetic course
  • 1 Art Historical Awareness & Aesthetic course

Curriculum

Semester 1

• FSH 617: Grundlagen des Modejournalismus (Major)
• FSH 619: Entwicklungen und aktuelle Debatten im Modejournalismus (Major)
• GLA 613: Mode, Kunst und Einfluss (Graduate Liberal Arts)

Semester 2

• COM 602: Visuelles Geschichtenerzählen: Bearbeitung für kurze Videoinhalte (Hauptfach)
• FSH 627: Modeforschung und -berichterstattung (Hauptfach)
• FSH 628: Mobiler und Social-Media-Journalismus (Hauptfach)
• FSH 629: Modestyling (Hauptfach)
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• FSH 630: Modemarketing-Strategie (Hauptfach)
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Semester 3

• FSH 626: Digitales und gedrucktes Zeitschriften-Publishing (Hauptfach)
• FSH 700: Berufspraxis und Portfolio für Mode (Hauptfach)
• FSH 800: Angeleitetes Studium (Angeleitetes Studium)

Semester 4

• FSH 648: Nachhaltigkeit und Gesellschaft (Wahlfach)
• FSH 800: Angeleitetes Studium (Angeleitetes Studium)
• FSH 900: Praktikum: für Modejournalismus (Wahlfach)