Fashion Merchandising

The Associate in Applied Science (AAS) in Fashion Merchandising program places students at the intersection of fashion, business and marketing.

Our curriculum stresses the importance of leadership, teamwork, creativity, and effective communication throughout the product life cycle process.

Students will leave this program equipped with knowledge of fashion theory; the societal and technological aspects of the textile and apparel industry; and the creation, promotion, distribution, and retailing of consumer goods in a global environment.

This program provides a foundation for students to pursue a wide range of careers in the fashion industry.

A Certificate of Completion (CCL) in Fashion Merchandising program is also available.

Graduates of this program will be able to:

• Analyze relationships among aesthetic, cultural, economic, historic, psychological, sociological and technological factors that affect trends in fashion.
• Create a marketing and promotion plan, applying an understanding of consumer behavior, marketing principles and merchandising strategies.
• Utilize professional written, visual and oral communication skills to express ideas in diverse business environments.
• Employ current computer and information technologies to perform business functions.
• Utilize professional, ethical, and legal standards in the fashion industry.
• Use dependability, adaptability and persistence to set and achieve goals.
• Analyze a wide range of challenges in the fashion industry to generate culturally responsive solutions.
• Develop and maintain constructive and collaborative working relationships.
• Demonstrate effective customer relationship management skills.
• Perform basic mathematical functions related to supply chain management.
• Evaluate information gathered from industry sources for business application.