Contact: Cheryl Turnauer cturnaue@harpercollege.edu at 847.925.6788.

Associate in Applied Science Degree

This 64 credit-hour fashion merchandising curriculum provides all the phases of fashion merchandising, not only in business aspects, but also in aesthetic and creative sides of fashion, such as window display, fashion basics and textile. Students will study fashion history and trends as well as their influence on our lives. In addition, they will survey the development of style leading up to contemporary design. Students will also take courses in English composition, computer information systems, sociology and introductory psychology.

An educational background in fashion merchandising opens the door to various careers, such as fashion coordinating, fashion promoting, fashion advertising, fashion displaying, fashion copywriting, fashion photographing, fashion buying and store managing.

FIRST YEAR
First Semester
ENG 101 Composition 3
FAS 107 Textiles I 2
FAS 110 Costume History 2
MGT 111 Introduction to Business Organization 3
MGT 150 Business Math 3
MKT 106 Retail Merchandising 3
total:   16
Second Semester
ENG 102 Composition 3
FAS 111 20th Century Costume and Trends 3
FAS 112 Fashion Basics 3
PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology 3
SPE 101 Fundamentals of Speech Communication 3
total:   15

SECOND YEAR
First Semester
ART 105 Introduction to Arts 3
FAS 229 Promotion of Fashion 3
MKT 140 Principles of Professional Selling 3
MKT 245 Principles of Marketing 3
MKT 250 Retailing 3
SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology 3
total:   18
Second Semester
CIS 101 Introduction to Computer Information Systems 3
FAS 230 Contemporary Living 3
FAS 116 Fashion Industries Career Practicum and Seminar or  
FAS 240 Fashion Projects 3
MKT 247 Consumer Buying Behavior 3
MKT 251 Retail Merchandise Management 3
total:   15

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Associate Degree