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Faculty of Fashion Science |
Department of Fashion Sociology |
Faculty of Fashion Science
Department of Fashion Sociology
Students enter their chosen program from the third year.
The Department of Fashion Sociology Advances the Fashion of Tomorrow by Analyzing the Fashion Culture Trends of Today.
Fashion sociology looks at fashion comprehensively from the perspectives of sociology, psychology, economics, and history, and there are high expectations for it as a new field of academic inquiry that will lead the next generation. Bunka Women’s University is the first university in Japan to create such a department, and our students can study fashion as it happens thanks to the Bunka Gakuen Costume Museum which has a collection of 20,000 articles and thanks to the location of the campus just next to Shinjuku, an excellent location for gathering all kinds of information. The Department of Fashion Sociology develops professionals who have skills in gathering, analyzing, and planning fashion information and who can work in a wide variety of settings, such as marketing, distribution, journalism, and other information-related fields.
Program in Fashion Sociology
This program develops the overall human sensibilities needed by people interested in the fashion industry. Students examine the fashion of the individual as well as society’s interest in fashion from various standpoints, including that of the outsider who views the fashion worn by others. The program takes the format of a small seminar.
Program in Fashion Business
Students refine their sensibilities and gain the background and specialized expertise needed to work in the fashion business. The curriculum incorporates courses that teach knowledge ranging from apparel marketing to product planning, production, and sales as well as fashion business practicums and internships.
Program in Fashion Culture
Major in Fashion Culture
Students engage in a comprehensive, interdisciplinary study of the history and diversity of today’s fashion culture. The major also emphasizes study of the relationship between gender and fashion and research on magazines and other fashion media.
Major in Costume and Fashion History
How has contemporary fashion come to be what it is today? What have human beings worn in the past and how have they worn it? Seeing the human being as existing at a particular juncture of time and space, this major looks at fashion culture. Key areas include the study of the fashion of Japan, Europe, and Asia and the origins and development of dyeing and weaving.
