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Explore our comprehensive range of programs, courses, and short courses designed to help you achieve your educational goals and advance your career.

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Associate Degree
60 Credits
AD, Fashion Business and Marketing
ADFBM-001
2 Years

This program is created to equip students with the strategic, analytical, digital, and operational knowledge and skills required for entry-level roles in the dynamic global fashion business ecosystem, including buying, merchandising, marketing, branding, retail, and e-commerce.

Undergraduate
120 Credits
BSc - Fashion Business and Communication
BSC-001
4 Years

The BSc Fashion Business and Communication program, aims to prepare you for a successful career in the complex and competitive global fashion industry. This course will challenge you by equipping you with knowledge and skills in product planning, brand management, sustainability, supply chain, business analysis and financial accounting, retail and marketing. It will encourage you to become leaders and innovators in the business of fashion.

Diploma
45 Credits
Diploma in Fashion Business and Management
DFB-001
3 Semesters

The major in Fashion Business Management provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary for assuming positions in the merchandising industry in areas such as buying, sales, product development, creative fashion presentation, retail management, and marketing.

Diploma
45 Credits
Diploma in Fashion Design
DFD-001
3 Semesters

The Fashion Design one-year DFD program offers qualified students the opportunity to prepare for positions as designers, assistant designers, technical designers, or stylists. Through the application of design knowledge and experiential learning, the students develop their unique sense of aesthetics. Successful students will be able to adapt and apply their acquired knowledge to the evolving fashion industry, related design fields, and other creative careers.

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active
12 Weeks
Digital Fashion Illustration
SCH-004
Short Course

This 12-week intensive program equips students with industry-relevant skills in digital fashion illustration, combining artistic creativity with cutting-edge technology. Using school-provided graphic drawing tablets, students will master digital tools to translate fashion concepts into professional-grade illustrations. The curriculum progresses from foundational sketching to advanced techniques like fabric rendering, dynamic presentation, and portfolio development. Emphasizing hands-on projects, students will develop a unique visual style. By integrating traditional design principles with digital workflows, this course prepares students for diverse roles in fashion, from design houses to digital content creation.

active
12 Weeks
Intensive Fashion Design
SHC-002
Short Course

The Intensive Fashion Design Short Course offers students the opportunity to develop their own unique perspective as fashion designers in an exciting, challenging and encouraging environment.

active
12 Weeks
Creative Fashion Portfolio
SCH-006
Short Course

The course covers essential aspects of portfolio development, including project selection, layout composition, storytelling and refining presentation techniques. Students will also strengthen their creative research and illustration skills and gain confidence in their ability to translate ideas into a cohesive visual narrative. Particular attention will be paid to demonstrating both the creative process and the final outcome, ensuring a comprehensive and engaging portfolio.

active
12 Weeks
Fashion Trend Forecasting
SCH-011
Short Course

This course will provide students with an in-depth understanding of fashion trend forecasting, a critical aspect of the fashion industry. Students will learn how to predict future trends and translate them into successful fashion designs, marketing strategies, and business decisions. Through hands-on projects and case studies, students will develop the skills and knowledge necessary to stay ahead of the ever-changing fashion landscape.

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active
3 Credits
GENERAL ENGLISH II
GE0002
compulsory

Students further develop students' oral and aural situational fluency and acquire reading and writing skills in this course. Students read level-appropriate authentic texts, and are introduced to text analysis as well as basic sentence and paragraph structure. Students work on grammar and vocabulary development with special attention to verb forms and parts of speech. Students build communication skills in spoken English to maintain a conversation with interlocution and to satisfy uncomplicated social demands and basic living needs. Students build upon phonetic awareness through sound/spelling correspondences and vowel and consonant recognition.

active
3 Credits
SENIOR COLLECTION III: FINAL COLLECTION
FD3021
elective

This is the last in a three-course sequence where students produce a final collection in selected fabrics. Industry-standard construction techniques are applied in the execution of the student's final collection. Portfolio-quality presentation boards support the collection.

This is the first in a three-quarter sequence of courses in which the student focuses on conceptualizing an original 2D collection specializing in a major area of design. Students explore identifying customer profiles, researching major areas of specialization, sources of inspiration and fabrication selection. The student develops portfolio-ready technical sketches, illustrations, flats, storyboards, color storyboards and fabric swatches in preparation for the Senior Collection II course.

active
3 Credits
VISUAL MERCHANDISER
FD2008
elective

In this course, we will explore the concepts and practices of visual merchandising. We will consider the methods and techniques used in visual merchandising to strengthen a brandÔøΩs image and engage an audience, including store layout, lighting, fixtures, window presentations, graphic design, in-store displays, and overall store environment. We will also learn how retailers apply these methods and techniques to different platforms such as store interiors, 2D print, and internet presence. Other topics include the use of popular culture in visual merchandising, diversity and representation, and market segments. Students will learn to conduct store analyses and generate research methods such as photography, floor plans, flow diagrams, and illustration for reports. Upon successful completion of this course, students will possess an understanding of the methods used in visual merchandising and how they can be applied.