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Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT)
FIT offers both Associate (two-year) and Bachelor (four-year) degrees. You may apply directly to a Bachelor degree program only if you have an Associate degree in an area comparable to the major you want at FIT.
BCC does not offer Associate degrees in Fashion Merchandising or Advertising & Marketing Communications or most of the design programs offered at FIT, so you will have to apply to an Associate degree program at FIT for these majors. The following liberal arts courses are similar to what FIT students take, and are the safest for you to take at BCC: WRT 101 – English Composition I Either WRT 201 – English Composition II OR SPE 111, Speech Communication One college-level course in math and one in science Two courses in Social Science: economics, political science, psychology or sociology One course in Art History: ART 102, ART 103, ART 120 One 3-credit course in any liberal arts area – e.g. English, foreign language, history, music, art history, math, science, social science If you earn a grade of “C” or better in these courses at BCC, you will be eligible to apply for admission to one of FIT’s one-year Associate degree programs (please check the web site to see if your chosen major offers such a program). Apply to the Associate degree program using the SUNY application.
The following programs are open for application directly to a Bachelor degree:
Cosmetics & Fragrance Marketing | Direct Marketing | Home Products Development | International Trade & Marketing | Production Management: Apparel | Product Management: Textiles |
Apply to these Bachelor degree programs at the FIT web site www.fitnyc.edu.
Students on visas, or for whom English is not a first language MUST submit TOEFL results. The minimum score for the paper test is 550; the minimum for the computer test is 213. 11/08 |