The Business of Fashion

The curriculum presented here applies to students who started the major in Fall 2020 or Spring 2021. If you enrolled as a matriculant prior to that, please see the College Catalog for the year you started the major as a matriculant for the curriculum requirements that apply to you.

Consultation with the Program Advisor is required.

Upon successful completion of the the Business of Fashion degree program requirements, graduates will:

1. demonstrate a level of mathematical and computer skills appropriate for employment in the fashion industry to include using Excel and Photoshop.

2. evaluate marketing and merchandising strategies

3. identify short and long-term trends for the development of new products and overall themes for the fashion induistry

4. identify the impact, roles, skills, responsibilities, and accountability of supervisors in managing an organization

5. explain the basic theory and practice of merchandising

6. apply principles of retail buying to plan, select, and control merchandise