Fashion Merchandising

Associate in Arts Degree

Program Director
Patricia Rigia
Mandeville Hall, Room 23
Phone: (203) 576-4098
E-Mail: rigia@bridgeport.edu

Fashion Merchandising offers a two year program for those interested in direct entry into careers within the Fashion field. The programs are arranged so that the student, after earning the Associate in Arts Degree, may complete a Bachelor of Science degree in Fashion Merchandising with full credit for all earned semester hours in the A.A. degree. The two year program also offers opportunity for B.A. or B.S. degree holders to refocus toward a career in fashion merchandising and retailing.

Course Requirements:

Fashion Fundamentals
Product Knowledge - Fashion Accessories
Fashion Show
Merchandising Math
Seminar in Professional Development
Retail Advertising and Fashion Promotion
Fashion and Retail Buying I
Strategy of Selling
Retail Human Resource Management
Industry Internship
The Art and Design of Visual Organization

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