Fashion Merchandising, AAS
Fashion merchandising is concerned with the business of fashion. This rewarding career combines creative fashion skills with the analytical skills of business, as a fashion merchandise manager you consider the colors, sizes, silhouettes, and price points that customers want to see in stores each season.
JCCC’s fashion merchandising program prepares you for jobs in many aspects of the fashion industry. Fashion merchandising and management-related fields are expanding in Johnson County. Surveys indicate that few other areas offer greater opportunity to qualified people, as employment in this field is expected to increase faster than the average for all occupations nationwide. Graduates of JCCC’s program are ready for entry-level management or sales positions in retail, wholesale or manufacturing marketing services, and visual merchandising
In JCCC’s program, working individually and in teams, you’ll learn about buying and control techniques, merchandising, planning and fashion management, including strategies and plans that consider markets and trends. An advisory board of fashion professionals help ensure that JCCC’s program reflects current standards and practices in the field. All fashion professors have worked within the industry.
The merchandising and marketing skills you’ll learn are immediately applicable to your job and career. Internships give you first-hand experience in the field and help you make networking contacts. You can also take your work experiences back to the classroom for analysis and greater understanding of the problems the fashion industry faces. By integrating coursework and on-the-job experience, you gain the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to reach your career objectives.
Students must complete all FASH courses with a “C” or higher to be awarded the AAS degree.
(Major Code 2520; State CIP Code 52.1902)
Associate of Applied Science Degree
First Semester
| FASH 277 | Fashion Seminar: Career Options | 2 |
| FASH 283 | Fashion Internship I | 1 |
| FASH 121 | Fashion Fundamentals | 3 |
| FASH 122 | Aesthetics for Merchandising and Design | 3 |
| FASH 125 | Visual Merchandising | 3 |
| ENGL 121 | Composition I* | 3 |
| FASH 135 | Image Management | 1 |
| Total Hours | 16 | |
Second Semester
| FASH 225 | Store Planning* | 3 |
| FASH 284 | Fashion Internship II | 1 |
| MATH 120 | Business Mathematics* (or higher) | 3 |
| FASH 150 | Textiles | 3 |
| MKT 134 | Professional Selling | 3 |
| Communications Elective ^ | 3 | |
| NOTE: Recommended courses for Communications Elective are BUS 150, SPD 121, or SPD 120 | ||
| Total Hours | 16 | |
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Third Semester
| FASH 242 | Product Knowledge for Merchandisers | 3 |
| FASH 285 | Fashion Internship III | 1 |
| BUS 225 | Human Relations | 3 |
| MKT 230 | Marketing | 3 |
| MKT 121 | Retail Management | 3 |
| ECON 132 | Survey of Economics | 3 |
| or ECON 230 | Principles of Macroeconomics | |
| Total Hours | 16 | |
Fourth Semester
| Fashion Electives (see below) | 2 | |
| FASH 286 | Fashion Internship IV* | 1 |
| FASH 132 | Marketing Communications | 3 |
| FASH 231 | Merchandising Planning and Control* | 3 |
| FASH 280 | Capstone: Industry Topics* | 3 |
| Humanities Elective ^ | 3 | |
| Total Hours | 15 | |
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Fashion Electives
| FASH 123 | Apparel Construction I | 4 |
| FASH 130 | Fashion Illustration I | 3 |
| FASH 215 | Field Study: MAGIC Trade Show* | 1 |
| FASH 224 | History of Costume | 3 |
| FASH 268 | Field Study: The Market Center* | 3 |
| ITMD 127 | Elements of Floral Design | 1 |
Total Program Hours: 63