# Fashion Merchandising (Certificate of Achievement)

Chaffey College · 2026-2027 Catalog · Department: Fashion Merchandising

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### Description

The Fashion Merchandising certificate prepares students for careers in apparel and accessory buying, retail management, and store operations by equipping them with industry-specific technical skills such as trend analysis, fashion marketing, and social media marketing.

### Program Learning Outcomes

Upon the successful completion of this program, students should be able to:

1.  Develop a global awareness and understanding of the social, economic, cultural and technological systems that intersect in merchandising fashion.
2.  Utilize the technology necessary in the field of fashion merchandising.
3.  Analyzing fashion marketing and product distribution that meet demand and maximizes profitability and visibility
4.  Implementing feasible solutions by applying appropriate fashion design and merchandising working principles and strategies

| Course | Title | Units |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Requirements for the Certificate of Achievement (CA):** | | 39 |
| BUSTEC 63 | Microsoft Office Excel - Comprehensive | 3 |
| FASHD 20 | History of Fashion | 3 |
| FASHD 28 | Computer-Aided Design for Fashion | 3 |
| FASHD 40 | Beginning Clothing Construction | 2 |
| FASHD 45 | Design Fundamentals for Fashion | 3 |
| FASHD 89 | Fashion Collection | 3 |
| FASHM 10 | Introduction to the Fashion Industry | 3 |
| FASHM 11 | Fashion Retail Merchandising and Management | 3 |
| FASHM 12 | Visual Merchandising | 3 |
| FASHM 20 | Fashion Promotion | 3 |
| FASHM 21 | Retail Buying | 3 |
| FASHM 60 | Textiles | 3 |
| PHOTO 7 | Beginning Digital Photography | 4 |
| **Total** | | **39** |

### Other Information

Arts, Communication, and Design

Local Program (Major) Code: L185

Program Control Number: 20730

TOP Code: 1303.20\*

CIP Code: 19.0905