Textile/Surface Design, Two-Year AAS Degree

What is a block? School of Art & Design major/related area coursework is sequential and each semester builds upon the previous one. Certain required major courses must be taken simultaneously to ensure that you have what you need to move on. At FIT, we call these groups of required major courses a block.

For your first semester, you have been pre-registered for a block.  This is to give you a proper start, ensuring that you build an appropriate foundation before moving on to advanced study in the field. This portion of your schedule cannot be changed. Before registering for your liberal arts selections, take the time to familiarize yourself with the days and times of your art and design courses. 

Step 2: Register for Liberal Arts Courses (2 courses) 

In order to complete your AAS in two years, you should schedule two liberal arts courses per semester, for a total of eight courses over four semesters. If you have transfer credits you will need to take less liberal arts courses.  If you are placed into developmental classes you will need to take more liberal arts courses to earn your degree.

Each course section (meeting time) has a unique Course Registration Number (CRN) which is the four- or five-digit numbers listed in the first column of the Schedule of Classes (pdf version)

Print out the printer-friendly instructions below for your reference when you register.  

Registration Instructions (printer-friendly version)
Registration Instructions (web version with screen shots and common registration errors)

Transfer Credits
To ensure that your transfer credits are applied to your FIT record, make sure that all final, official transcripts have been sent to Admissions, Room C139.

• To check your transfer credits, please see your degree audit (DARS).  A degree audit is a computer-based assessment that shows the progress you’re making toward meeting your degree requirements. 
• Any course granted as transfer credit will be printed with a “T” grade on your degree audit in the appropriate place for the requirement.  Degree audits are available in the Online Information System section of MyFIT.  Go to www.fitnyc.edu/DARS for full instructions.

Placement
Placement in English writing and Math is required for incoming students.

• To check your placement status, please see your degree audit (DARS).  Go to www.fitnyc.edu/DARS for full instructions.
• If you have not been granted appropriate transfer credit or submitted SAT or ACT scores or taken the FIT placement tests by June 17 you cannot register for your English, math, or science courses at this time.  Instead you should plan on registering for two courses in disciplines that don't requirement placement, like Social Sciences or History of Art.  
• If your placement results require you to take developmental coursework— Educational and/or Math Skills courses— please note that this will be in addition to, and not part of, the required eight courses. 
• The Placement website has the information you need to know about placement based on your SAT/ACT scores or the FIT Placement Exam.