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