Fashion Merchandising, A.A.

NOTE: THIS PROGRAM IS NO LONGER ACCEPTING NEW STUDENTS OR INTERNAL TRANSFERS

Bryant Hall 105
Telephone: (203) 576-4098

Program Description

Fashion Merchandising offers a two-year Associate’s degree program in Fashion Mer­chandising and Retailing for individuals in­terested in pursuing careers within the diver­sified fashion field. The programs of study are arranged so that the student, after earn­ing an Associate in Arts degree, may go on to complete the Bachelor of Science degree requirements with full credit for all earned semester hours. Refer to the Fashion Mer­chandising and Retailing four-year program in this Catalog.

In addition to formal class work, the student is required to participate in a supervised in­dustry internship program with approved retail organizations that include many presti­gious New York City stores. Other important aspects of the program are: fashion show productions; resident buying office work­shops; field trips to the New York market, trade shows, museums, manufacturers, and textile plants at a nominal cost to student. On-campus seminars are led by outstanding industry personnel.

All students must fulfill a supervised industry internship between Thanksgiving and Christ­mas of their sophomore fall semester. The re­tail organization within which they will work is selected by the faculty of the Fashion Mer­chandising and Retailing Program. A student must have earned a 2.5 QPR to obtain junior status in the Program.

The degree will not be granted to students who receive less than “C” in Retailing 280. The degree will not be granted to students receiving more than one “D” in any Fashion Merchandising and Retailing course.

Learning Outcomes

Students 1) acquire the basic technical skills necessary for work in the fashion merchan­dising field; 2) understand basic principles of fashion merchandising; 3) learn how to ef­fectively communicate with others in their organization; and 4) understand the trends in the current fashion merchandising business.

Assessment

Students will be evaluated with a standard­ized exam at the end of their two-year pro­gram and with projects in their courses.