<p>my first major is graphic design and I'm planning to minor in fashion design. How hard will it be? Is graphic design and fashion design totally different majors? Will fashion design help me in graphic design? Is it going to be extra hard to double major while in college? What are the pros/cons of double majoring?</p>
<p>////my first major is graphic design and I'm planning to minor in fashion design. How hard will it be?////</p>
<p>A: No one can answer this, but you. Are you a good student or a bad one? </p>
<p>////Is graphic design and fashion design totally different majors?////</p>
<p>A: They seem quite divergent to me, but I know little about the fashion industry. However, I know a couple of graphic designers that went into textile/material design, but that isn't fashion design either. </p>
<p>////Will fashion design help me in graphic design?////</p>
<p>A: Hmmm....probably, perhaps with some hand-rendering skills, or color?</p>
<p>////Is it going to be extra hard to double major while in college? What are the pros/cons of double majoring?////</p>
<p>A: Costs more money, takes longer to graduate.</p>
<p>AG, I can't comment on the school related part of your question, but I can assure you that graphic design and fashion design are definitely inter-related. I've known many apparel designers with graphics backgrounds, but I'm not sure of the opposite. As Raining says the design experience helps with the fabric element, yes, but it also pays a part in illustration, marketing and overall aesthetic. The key point in integrating pure design with apparel design is that you have to love clothes and want to see people wearing your creations.</p>
<p>My daughter is a fashion design major at MassArt. Originally she was thinking of Graphic Design, but her heart was in Fashion so after foundation year she went with her heart. </p>
<p>Anyway the program is very demanding and time consuming (the classes are 5 hours instead of the usual 3, plus all the assignments). 3 course/semester are for fashion design exclusively (pattern drafting, fashion illustration, etc), the other 2 being liberal arts requirements and studio art electives. I think the same is true for Graphic Design majors. It would be very hard to double major. Definitely couldn’t be done in 4 years without taking classes over the summer and during the winter minimester (if offered). The course work is very different even if the disciplines can relate in the creative sense.</p>
<p>The answer will also depend upon what school you go to. At some of the most selective art schools (for example, RISD), the curriculum for the individual majors is so intense that it is extremely difficult to double major without taking summer classes or staying a 5th year in order to fit in all of the course requirements for a double major.</p>