Requirements: Fashion Track, MA in Global Communications

Graduation REQUIREMENTS – Graduate

Requirements and credit counts differ for the various Master’s programs at AUP. 

Graduate students must maintain a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.00. Students with a GPA of less than 3.00 will be placed on probation. Only two grades of C (or C+) may be counted towards an M.A. degree. Students do not earn credit for grades below C. 

All courses carry four credits unless otherwise noted. 

 

Core courses 

COURSE NUMBER COURSE NAME  Prerequisites
CM5001 Global Communications: Concepts, Critical Approaches & Research  
CM5011 Fashion Theory: The Body & Culture of Fashion  
CM5013 Fashion System  
CM5021 Paris Fashion & Design Template  
CM5020 Choose two modules (2 credits each)  
 
CM5091 Topics (if relevant to Track)  
Select three courses from the following list
COURSE NUMBER COURSE NAME Prerequisites
CM5002 Brands & Belief  
CM5005 Identity Formation  
CM5017 Fashion Journalism, Public Relations & the Digital Turn  
CM5033 Media, Stuff & Values  
CM5037 Museum as Medium  
CM5060 Visual Culture, Theory and Communications  
CM5063 Sustainable Development Practicum  
CM5066 Branding Practicum  
CM5067 Advertising Practicum  
CM5069 International Public Relations Practicum  
CM5070 Media, Gender & Globalization  
CM5080 Visual Design Practicum  

 

Electives

Course Number Course Name Prerequisites
Elective 1 Choose two courses from all other MAGC offerings or selected courses from other Master's programs  
Elective 2  

 

INTERNSHIP OR THESIS

End-level completions are either a thesis or internship. 

Course Number Course Name  Prerequisites
CM5098
or CM5095
Internship (8 credits)
Thesis Project (8 credits)
 

 

Cross-Disciplinary Enrollments 

Depending on individual graduate program requirements, a student may request to take a graduate-level course offered by another department outside the student’s program. Access to such courses is limited on a space-available basis and subject to program director prior approval. However, no more than eight (8) credit hours may be substituted outside the program’s disciplinary base. 

 

Studying French 

Full-time graduate students may apply to audit one French course per semester. Graduate students who wish to study French may audit one undergraduate course per semester at no additional cost (fall/spring semesters). A placement exam is required to determine the appropriate level. Access to French courses is on a space-available basis. As French is a participatory course, AUP attendance policy applies to French course audits. 

Current graduate students may request to participate in the French Immersion program offered each summer as an auditor. A reduced rate is charged for the immersion, plus a nominal fee to cover the costs of the coffee/croissant break.