Fashion Studies, Bachelor of Science

Admission

For more information about admission to this and other acclaimed undergraduate programs at St. John’s University, please visit Undergraduate Admission online. Or contact us directly at the campus of your choice:

Admission Office - Queens Campus
718-990-2000
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Admission Office -  Staten Island campus
718-390-4500
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If you’re interested in Distance Learning, you may call either office.

Development Power Hour Presentation

Are you wondering how your Lifestyle and Fashion have shifted since the Pandemic, link into our Development Power Hour Presentation!

Dr. A. Andrea Licari, Director of The Fashion Institute and Professor Nicole Mussenden, both teach in The Collins College of Professional Studies, discuss changes in consumer behavior due to the pandemic. Many of the consumer market shifts were already underway before the pandemic started. The pandemic acted as an accelerator to the “Perceived Trends” that we all observe globally. For more information on our Fashion Studies degree, which is based on the Fashion Business which is founded on the concepts of, Sustainability, Ethics, Fair Trade and Global Markets, click here and see what the St. John’s University can offer you!   

Department Faculty

Please see the list of our department faculty. 

Almerinda Forte, Ph.D. is the Chair of the Administration and Economics Division, home of the Fashion Studies Program.  She is also Professor of Accounting and Management.  Dr. Forte’s fashion expertise is in accounting and in leadership, ethics and sustainability aspects of the industry

Professor Joyce Boland-Devito, J.D., is Professor of Business Law, Media Law, and Fashion Law.  Professor Boland-DeVito holds an LL.M. in Intellectual Property, in addition to her JD and MBA degrees.  She has completed specialized professional training in Fashion Law at Fordham Law School.  She teaches Fashion Law in the program and also at the St. John’s University School of Law.

Professor Carmine Gibaldi, Ed.D., is Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship (ENT) and the co-Director of the University’s ENT Program.  Professor Gibaldi teaches the Fashion Entrepreneurship and E-Technology course.  He also teaches ENT courses at St. John’s and at Harvard University.

Professor Susan Glanz, Ph.D., is Professor of Economics and teaches Economics and Finance.  She teaches Economic Issues in Fashion and has researched and presented at conferences around the world.

Professor A. Andrea Licari, D.P.S, is Professor of Marketing and Fashion.  She teaches courses in Fashion Marketing, Introduction to the Fashion Industry, Fashion Branding, and more, and has worked in the Fashion industry.  She has taught at the Fashion Institute of Technology as well.  Professor Licari is the Director of the University’s Fashion Studies Institute.

Professor Catherine Ruggieri, J.D., is Professor of Management, Marketing and Fashion Management.  Professor Ruggieri is Dean Emeritus of the College of Professional Studies.  She holds an MBA from St. John’s and a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School.  She teaches the Management Aspects of the Fashion Industry and Global Fashion Management courses.

Courses

Major Area Requirements: 36 Credits

Required Coursework: 18 Credits

Major Area Elective Coursework: 18 Credits

Leadership/Marketing and Organizational Skills: 18 Credits

Required Coursework: 12 Credits

Elective Coursework: 6 Credits chosen from:

Other Liberal Arts Requirements: 9 Credits

Required Coursework: 6 Credits from:

And 3 additional credits in Social Sciences chosen from either:

Core Requirements: 42 Credits

And: Modern Foreign Language/Cultural Studies: 6 Credits from:

Free Electives: 15 Credits

Additional Information

Students majoring in Fashion Studies at St. John's benefit from faculty and alumni with extensive contacts in New York City's fashion industry. This alumni network provides outstanding internship and job placement opportunities, helping to prepare students for professional positions as fashion industry executives, professionals supporting fashion design processes or in many related business areas.

Students also gain an academic and professional edge by joining any of St. John's more than 180 student clubs and organizations. Clubs that may be of special interest to Fashion Studies majors include the Queens Campus fashion club, The Red House; the Staten Island Campus Fashion Club, Club Couture, and more, including:

• Advertising Society
• Communications Club
• Management Club
• Marketing Club
• Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture
• Communication Arts Film Society
• St. John's University Television Club (WRED)
•  WSJU-Radio
• The Torch

Fashion Studies majors also may apply to a variety of honor societies, including The Collins College of Professional Studies Honor Society, whose Members are recognized for academic excellence and demonstrable involvement in their churches and communities, and the St. John’s University President’s Society.

Of course, students also benefit from outstanding University-wide facilities and resources for which St. John's is widely known.

Facilities include labs in the Collins College of Professional Studies complex at Queens in St. Augustine Hall; high-tech classrooms, up-to-date computer and science laboratories and a 1.7 million-volume University Library whose resources are available to students at both campuses. Our D'Angelo Center is a five-story, 127,000-square-foot University and Student Center with classrooms, lecture halls, a Starbucks Café.

Students take advantage of St. John’s location in dynamic New York City and in the St. John’s global campuses. Our faculty and Career Center have strong ties to employers and other professional and educational resources throughout the New York area. Students also make New York their classroom through innovative courses like Discover New York.

Career Outcomes

The B.S. in Fashion Studies prepares majors to regard the Fashion Industry as an exciting and rewarding industry to work within, for individual personal satisfaction and to help positively influence the lives of many who work in fashion globally.

The program will prepare students to:

• Examine how the Fashion Industry operates and analyze how different talented professionals work together to support collections, shows, weeks, setting trends that affect customers tastes, preferences and purchases
• Develop expertise in varied aspects of fashion, retail, on line, acquisition of talent, fashion law, accounting, finance and more
• Research and be able to discuss the history of fashion, in the United States and western Europe
• Understand the latest important trends in fashion today, inclusion of fashion designers in many countries outside of the US and western Europe;  Diversity, at home and globally; the intersection of entertainment with fashion;
• Be aware of how and why fashion needs to be more ethical and responsible; the ethical obligations and social requirements that now impact fashion, including sustainability, fair trade, better conditions for workers at home and globally, and more.

Graduates will also be prepared for further study in law and fashion business fields.

Student Showcase

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