• Students will learn technical skills, hone creativity and increase their business knowledge. Students can choose an emphasis in either design and production or merchandising, which focuses on business aspects. Opportunities to study abroad will enhance their global design perspective, and internship opportunities abound thanks to our well-connected faculty and alumni network. Students will gain great hands-on experience as they learn about the changing fashion needs of clients, the industry, and the world.
  • A Bachelor of Science in Fashion Merchandising and Design is a great way to find a student's place as a business leader within the dynamic world of fashion. Students may choose an emphasis in either merchandising and management or fashion design and product development.
  • MSU offers the option to specialize in fashion design and product development. As a designer, students will take their ideas from the drawing board to the runway. Past graduates with this emphasis are successfully employed as pattern makers, designers, and visual merchandisers.
  • A degree emphasizing fashion merchandising and management unites students ability to transform their design ideas into works of art and offers them the opportunity to learn about the following:

    • Current and future industry trends
    • Product development
    • Marketing and fashion promotion
    • Show production
    • Merchandising math
    • Retailing
    • Textiles
    • Entrepreneurship
  • Merchandising and management graduates are successfully employed as buyers, retail managers, fashion coordinators, and business owners.