FDM at Kent State University

Intro sequences

The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.

• 1. FDM 10033Fashion Fabrics
  2. FDM 10034Fashion Fabrics Laboratory
  3. FDM 15055Basics of Apparel Construction
  4. FDM 201562-d Fashion Design Practice
• 1. FDM 10034Fashion Fabrics Laboratory
  2. FDM 10033Fashion Fabrics
  3. FDM 15055Basics of Apparel Construction
• 1. FDM 10023Fashion Visuals
  2. FDM 10024Fashion Visuals Laboratory
  3. FDM 20121Fashion Drawing
• 1. FDM 10024Fashion Visuals Laboratory
  2. FDM 10023Fashion Visuals
  3. FDM 20121Fashion Drawing

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate FDM coursework.

• FDM 201562-d Fashion Design Practiceopens 17 courses (8 directly)
• FDM 20121Fashion Drawingopens 17 courses (2 directly)
• FDM 20123Fashion Design Conceptsopens 16 courses (7 directly)
• FDM 201573-d Fashion Design Practiceopens 16 courses (7 directly)
• FDM 20050Fashion Technology Applicationsopens 15 courses (6 directly)
• FDM 20263Fashion Retail Industryopens 9 courses (3 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate FDM work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 74 FDM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 59 more FDM courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on FDM, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in FDM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 7 courses deep, ending at FDM 40122

  1. FDM 10023Fashion Visuals
  2. FDM 20121Fashion Drawing
  3. FDM 20123Fashion Design Concepts
  4. FDM 30161Fashion Design Studio I
  5. FDM 30162Fashion Design Studio II
  6. FDM 40121Fashion Portfolio I
  7. FDM 40122Fashion Portfolio II

• 7 courses deep, ending at FDM 40199

  1. FDM 10023Fashion Visuals
  2. FDM 20121Fashion Drawing
  3. FDM 20123Fashion Design Concepts

• 5 courses deep, ending at FDM 40291

  1. MATH 11009Modeling Algebra (kmcr)
  2. MATH 11010Algebra for Calculus (kmcr)
  3. MATH 11012Intuitive Calculus (kmcr)

• 4 courses deep, ending at FDM 30151

  1. FDM 10033Fashion Fabrics
  2. FDM 201562-d Fashion Design Practice
  3. FDM 201573-d Fashion Design Practice

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for FDM yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under FDM yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

FDM does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Kent State campus feed.