Fashion Technology: Merchandising

Summary

The Fashion Technology: Merchandising Certificate of Achievement offers students courses that prepare them for work in fashion merchandising. The emphasis on software and technology provides students with a sound background that expands career options to include a growing number of fashion merchandising positions requiring strong computer and software skills. Students are trained to work in areas of fashion graphics, buying, marketing (traditional and Internet), promotion and publishing, business skills and general management for both small and large business operations.

This certificate is part of the Fashion program which offers a variety of courses that allow students to develop skills to pursue careers in fashion and costume design, fashion merchandising, fashion design technology, fashion merchandising technology, and related fashion careers.

Students planning to transfer to a four-year institution should consult the counseling department and a Fashion faculty advisor for assistance in program planning.

Learning Outcome(s): Students who complete the Fashion Technology: Merchandising Program will be able to:

1. Demonstrate effective communication and critical thinking through oral presentations and written work.
2. Use current technology such as computers, peripherals, and software or sewing equipment pertinent to fashion design or merchandising.
3. Compare and contrast how various cultures and countries interrelate in the global fashion community.
4. Achieve a set of skills that keeps them current and allows them to secure employment in the Fashion industry.

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