UA's unique program offers students a choice of three specialization tracks — apparel, home furnishings or fiber arts — and enables students to apply a two-year associate degree toward a baccalaureate degree.

Fashion merchandising students at UA study:

  • fashion theories
  • aesthetics
  • selling
  • promotion and retailing
  • textiles and textile product analysis
  • marketing
  • historic costume
  • social-cultural aspects of dress
  • apparel construction
  • computer applications in merchandising
  • global issues

Professional Preparation

Coursework will prepare you to:

  • enter the fields of fashion and furnishings
  • Pursue an M.A. in Family and Consumer Sciences — Clothing, Textiles and Interiors

Our Faculty

  • are talented, caring, highly qualified
  • place a premium on personal attention and excellent advising
  • work side-by-side with students to help turn aspirations into accomplishments