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Online Associate Degree in Fashion
The associate degree in fashion prepares you for a rewarding career in design or merchandising. You can select the appropriate degree depending on the area of fashion that you wish to work in and study.
The associate degree in fashion design will teach you to develop the necessary skills needed to take design concepts and coordinate them with merchandising, marketing and manufacturing practices. This degree will include computer illustration, fashions trends both past and present, textiles, pattern drafting and industry sewing. The fashion merchandising degree will teach you the skills needed for retail and merchandising buying, management, visual presentation, promotion and coordinating fashions.
The required courses for the fashion design degree include basic Industry Sewing, Introduction to the Fashion Industry, Fashion Analysis and Clothing Selection, Textiles and History of Western World Fashion. You also take Fashion Illustration, Apparel Line Development, Pattern Making and Design, Advanced Pattern Making and Design, Computer Patternmaking, Collection design and Production and an Internship in Fashion.
The required courses for the fashion merchandising degree are Introduction to the Fashion Industry, Fashion Analysis and Clothing Selection, Textiles, History of Western World Fashion and Fashion Illustration. You also take Fashion Promotion, Visual Merchandising, Business Practices for fashion, Techniques of Management, Principles of marketing and Internship in Fashion.
Both of these degrees also require general study courses and each college that offers the fashion degrees outlines the general study courses needed to complete the associate degree.
The study of textiles is important so that you understand the different materials such as man made fibers and natural fibers. You learn about the different finishes and fabrication methods. History of Western World Fashion is the study of how fashion has evolved and how it is influenced by events that have happened in history. The important thing that you learn when taking this course is how the trends change and what influences certain trends.
Visual Merchandising teaches you about materials, lighting, equipment and other merchandising techniques. It teaches the practical applications for floor displays and window showcases. Every course teaches you something about fashion that is used in conjunction with everything else you are learning.
Careers in fashion design
After completing the associate degree in fashion, you will be prepared for a career as a fashion coordinator, window display set up, assistant to a fashion designer, merchandising for stores and even designing your own fashions. You could become a pattern maker for one of the well-known pattern companies or for designer. Each degree opens doors in many different areas of fashion and design.
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The New School/Parsons The New School for Design
The New School is a member of the Association of American Colleges and
Universities and is accredited by the New York State Board of Regents
and by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
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The New School is legendary progressive university comprising eight
schools bound by a common goal: to prepare and inspire its more than
9,000 undergraduate and graduate students to bring about positive
change in the world. During the decades of rapid
far-reaching change since it founding, The New School has remained at
the center of social activism, artistic experimentation, intellectual
freedom, and educational innovation.
 Associate of Applied Science in Fashion Marketing
Parsons The New School for Design in New York City is a renowned international school of design. It's highly regarded Associate in Applied Science (AAS) in Fashion Marketing is a professional degree program offering an intensive course of study for motivated students who want to launch new careers, advance in their fields, or start their own businesses. The program's curriculum provides the foundation in international marketing, merchandising, and retailing that you need to enter the fashion industry. The online degree option in Fashion Marketing enables people who can't come to New York, who work full-time, who need to study from home, and/or who want to study part time to complete this comprehensive degree program entirely online from anywhere. The Associate in Fashion Marketing requires 65 credit hours to complete.
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McKinley College
McKinley College is an accredited member of DETC, the Distance
Education and Training Council.
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Our innovative programs allow you to maximize the value of your
education. All of your classes relate to your desired profession. Your
textbooks are customized by industry professionals to best prepare you
for the workplace. And you may take one to three courses at a time, so
you can always fit your studies into your daily schedule. We consider our student services department and our faculty involvement
to be our best attribute. Our dedicated representatives and our expert
faculty are on hand year-round to offer their help and answer any
questions you may have.
Associate of Applied Science in Fashion Merchandising
Earn up to $55,000 a year. The McKinley College Fashion Merchandising Program has been designed by experts to speed you toward a career in the growing field of Fashion Merchandising. The fashion world generates a steady demand for the skills you will learn at McKinley College. Some of the training you will receive includes: Principles of Retailing; Global Buying; Consumer Behavior; Marketing Principles; and Fashion Design. The skills you learn here can become the cornerstone for a long and successful career.
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US Career Institute
Accredited by the Accrediting Commission of the
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U.S. Career Institute is one of the largest
distance-learning institutions in the nation. For over a quarter of a
century, we have trained thousands of men and women for exciting and
rewarding careers.
Associate of Applied Science in Fashion Merchandising
Earn up to $55,000 a year. The U.S. Career Institute Fashion Merchandising Program has been designed by experts to speed you toward a career in the growing field of Fashion Merchandising. The fashion world generates a steady demand for the skills you will learn at U.S. Career Institute. Some of the training you will receive includes: Principles of Retailing; Global Buying; Consumer Behavior; Marketing Principles; and Fashion Design. The skills you learn here can become the cornerstone for a long and successful career.
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