Fashion Design & Merchandising Fashion Merchandising - Santa Monica College

Fashion Design & Merchandising Fashion Merchandising from Santa Monica College is a Campus Associate Management degree that prepares you for a Business career. Fashion merchandisers select, purchase, promote, and sell clothing and accessories. They study fashion trends and visit manufacturers and merchandise markets. They work as part of a team and consult with managers and buyers, advise the advertising and display departments, and organize and coordinate promotional activities such as fashion shows. They may advance to become buyers and purchasing agents, sales representatives, and managers. Clothes designers create new apparel and accessory designs. They may sketch the garment, cut the pattern, select the fabric and materials, and in some cases construct the sample garment. They may arrange for the showing of a line at sales meetings or fashion shows. The Associate degree in Fashion Design & Merchandising involves satisfactory completion of a minimum of 60 semester units with a C average or higher including at least 40 semester units in the Fashion Merchandising area of emphasis. FASHION MERCHANDISING (40 units) Required Basic Core Courses: (9 units) Fashion 1, Fashion Trends & Designs (3) Fashion 3, Apparel Construction (3) Fashion 9A, Illustration & Advertising (3) Second Level Classes: (9 units) Fashion 2, Color Analysis (3) Fashion 5, Fashion Buying (3) Fashion 6A, Pattern Analysis & Design (2) or Fashion 13, Draping I (3) Third Level Classes: (9 units) Fashion 7, Fabrics for Fashion Design & Merchandising (3) Fashion 12, Fashion Show Production (3) Fashion 19, Fashion Marketing (3) Fourth Level Classes: (8 units) Fashion 8, History of Fashion Design (3) Fashion 9B, Advanced Fashion Illustration & Advertising (2) Fashion 15, Ethnic Fashion (3) Select additional elective courses to bring the total to 40 units from the following: Art 10A, Design I (3) Art 20B, Drawing II (3,3) Business 31, Business English Fundamentals (3) Business 63, Principles of Entrepreneurship (3) CIS 1, Computer Concepts with Applications (3) Fashion 6B, Pattern Drafting & Design (Intermediate) (3) Fashion 11, Advanced Clothing-Tailoring (2) Fashion 14, Draping II (3) Fashion 16, Pattern Grading (2) Fashion 17, Apparel Production Manufacturing Techniques (3) Fashion 18, Computer Assisted Fashion Illustrator & Design (2) Fashion 20, Window Display for Fashion (3) View more details on Santa Monica College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Management courses.