This movie gives a very skewed perception. Yes, I know it's a movie, but it's stupid.
Whatever you need to do, you do it. There is no wrong. If someone needs to be killed, you kill 'em.
notice, too, that the orinial OP hasn't replied for quite some time. could it be s/he realizes that s/he is quite narrow-minded and is getting a figuritive butt-whooping by about 20 or so people? and a word to the wise: watch the movie at least twice before you make any judgments. once with just the movie, and then again with the commentary on. reese will tell you, many times, that the girls she studied at the sorority were some of the sweetest she would ever meet. every one of them looked her in the eye and gave her a firm handshake when they met her. also, i looked on the University of Wisconsin-Madison web page. i just chose that one because i live in wisconsin and i know it has a textile and apparel design major there. these are the required courses to graduate UW-Madison with a degree in textile and apparel design before you can go on to the Fashion Institute of Technology to finish the degree.
GENERAL STUDIES, 40 credits
Math & CommunicationMath 101 (unless exempt), 0-4 cr
Speech Communication (Com Arts 100, 105, 181, or L Sc Com 100), 2-3 cr
Arts & Humanities, 12 creditsLiterature, 3 cr
Art Hist, 3 cr
Other Arts & Humanities to bring total to 12 cr
Social Studies, 9 creditsCourses designated S, Y or Z in the Schedule of Classes (Timetable), with distribution across two or more departments (e.g., Soc and Anthro).
Biological, Natural, and Physical Sciences, 9 creditsCourses designated B, N, P, X or W with a distribution across two or more areas (e.g., one B course and one P course).
SoHE Breadth, 3 credits3 credits of Human Ecology courses outside of department (HDFS, LS Com, Inter-HE, Nutri Sci, Food Sci).
TEXTILE AND APPAREL DESIGN COURSES
Phase I Core, 12 creditsDS120 Design Fundamentals I, 3 cr
DS 501 Introduction to Textile Design, 3 cr
DS 153 Fabric and Apparel Structures I, 3 cr
DS 251 Textile Science, 3 cr
Design History, 6 creditsSelect two courses (3 credits):
DS 355 History of Fashion, 1400-present
DS 420 Twentieth Century Design
DS 421 History of European Interiors
DS 422 History of American Interiors
DS 430 History of Textiles
DS 640 Ethnographic Textiles
DS 642 Taste
DS 655 Comparative World Dress
Studio and Theoretical Experience, 7-8 creditsArt 112 Drawing I, 3 cr
Art 508 Colloquium in Art, 1 cr
Select one course (3-4 credits):
Art 104 Three Dimensional Design
Art 108 Foundations of Contemporary Art
Art 208 Current Directions in Art
Art 212 Drawing II
Art 214 Sculpture I
Art 224 Art Metal I
Art 306 Relief Printmaking
Art 334 Woodworking
Art 336 Serigraphy
Art 354 Glassworking
Art 418 Installation & Environments
Art 466 Papermaking, His, Elem and Techs
Theatre 163 Fundamentals of Costume Design
Theatre 363 Principle and Practice of Stage Costume
Theatre 464 Costume Technology Topics
Theatre 472 Scenic Painting
Select one course (3-4 credits):
Art 302 Color
DS 451 Color Theory and Technology
DS 520 Color Theory: Environmental Context
Textile and Apparel Design Studios, 27 creditsSelect 9 courses with attention to prerequisites:
DS 154 Fabric and Apparel Structures II
DS 210 Fashion Illustration
DS 225 Apparel Design I
DS 226 Off Loom Construction
DS 227 Printing and Dyeing I
DS 229 Weaving I
DS 253 Patternmaking for Apparel Design
DS 327 Manual/Computer Generated Imagery
DS 425 Apparel Design II
DS 427 Printing and Dyeing II
DS 428 Structural Enrichment II
DS 429 Weaving II
DS 528 Experimental Textile Design
DS 625 Apparel Design III
Individualized Focus, 12 credits
A selection of courses intended to develop depth in an individually designed focus area to help in preparing for a future career. These courses may be taken in other departments such as Theatre and Drama, Business, Environmental Studies, or any other area of interest. Credits may lead to a certificate in an area of study such as material culture or business. Course selection must be pre-approved by your faculty mentor.
Senior Capstone Experience
Students will submit a portfolio in the fall semester preceding the final year in the program, on which the senior thesis and individualized focus area will be determined.
DS 601 Internship, 3 cr
DS 681 Senior Honors Thesis 2-4 cr or
DS 691 Senior Thesis, 2 cr
DS 501 Advance Undergraduate Studio Research Seminar, 3 cr
Electives to meet the 120-credit graduation requirement
It's not easy. you have to be good in math, biology, and art.
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You also learn a lot of history in Fashion Design, because it's not only about how fashions have changed, it's about what events and changing standards caused them to change. For example, you can't learn about the standards for skirt length and women wearing trousers without learning about the history of women's rights, or about fashion in the 1930's without learning about the Great Depression and how it effected what type of clothes were in fashion and how much they cost.
shareWell let's do an experiment: it'll be like "The Simple Life," only this time Paris Hilton will go to Harvard Law and see how she performs there. If she manages to graduate and become a top prosecutor or defense attorney, we win, and if the obvious (and expected) happens, you win. Deal?
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stephenie meyer has a degree in literature, and look what her books are xD (i know she didnt go to harvard but still).
but anyway i thought it was weird that she didnt know "technical" words and stuff when she had been studying so much for the LSATs.
I don't know what Stephanie Meyer has to do with this topic?
And what "technical" words did she not know?
I know this is an old post, but I wanted to clarify as there seems to be a lot of misunderstanding about this. The LSAT has NOTHING to do with substantive legal knowledge. It is a test of logic and reasoning -- it is in fact designed to be fair to all academic backgrounds. It's been several years since I took it, but it presents hypothetical situations (not about the law) and asks you to draw the most logical conclusions, gives you non-legal passages and asks you to analyze, and the most dreaded section contains "logic games," these horrible word puzzles. There is an advisory essay section but it too is nonlegal; when I took the exam it was about whether a homeowner's association should have a block party or a self-guided tour to advertise the association. None of the exam tests legal terminology as you don't study law until law school. You can pursue law from pretty much any education background, unlike something like medicine where you have to come from a background in the natural sciences.
shareWhile this whole discussion is absolutely hilarious, just thought I'd point out that Elle's degree was in Fashion MERCHANDISING, not Design.
That's a very different field that requires a lot of accounting-type course.
I also thought it was unrealistic that she got into Harvard, but hey - things happen.
I have a friend who completely bombed his freshmen year in high school, just barely passing, went to summer school, all that jazz. He realized he was ruining his future and worked very hard for the next three years. His GPA however, wasn't high enough to get him into the Honors Society (the minimum was a 3.3), but he got a 2200+ on his SATs and got into Harvard. The valedictorian got rejected with a 4.5 GPA (he got a full scholarship to Boston University, so he's not crying about it), but regardless college acceptances are weird.
Dreaming out loud.
Let me just say I too studied Fashion and Cosmetics in college (mainly the business side) and it was not easy at all. There was ALOT of math and chemistry and history that I had to learn, it is not an easy course at all like people think it is. I remember just to get in we had to write an essay and get tested on math.
I too got judged by alot of people, when I told them which course I was taking. Thery were like "oh your one of those girls" and they would actually think that all we did in class is do our nails and makeup.
Now I dunno if I could get into Harvard Law School, (Manily becasue I have no interest in Law) but I'm just saying that Fashion is alot harder course that people think.
-Even fashion majors have the general courses of English and math
-I found the drab colors of all the Harvard kids' clothes, laptops, etc. more unrealistic than a blonde who likes fashion and manicures going to Ivy
-I wear pink daily, am called pinky by nearly everyone, love manicures and pedicures, and am working on my Ph.D.
Define "opinion" then get back to me.
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Wait a minute OP, are you on Harvard's admissions board? Unless you are, then I doubt you're qualified to make such claims.
Elle didn't only have a bunch of extracurricular activities - her GPA was perfect, and she scored excellently on the LSAT. And yes, top law schools seek diversity amongst their students.
Nobel Prize winner Douglass North was admitted to Berkeley's graduate school, despite his undergraduate "C" average. Nobel laureate Richard E. Taylor was a poor high school student, and was almost declined acceptance to university. I personally know a lady who was accepted to an Oxford masters program in English, although she had gone to a technical college for undergrad.
So nothing is impossible.