Fashion Design
Associate in Arts
Program Details
The Fashion Design Associate in Arts Degree is designed to provide a course of study that prepares students for entry-level employment as a professional and competent in the fashion apparel industry as an assistant designer or equivalent. Individuals with this degree are able to design, build an apparel line, illustrate collections by hand and on the computer, and create patterns manually as well as on the computer. Individuals with this degree may also find entry level positions in the field of design, technical design, and merchandising. This degree requires completion of 25-27 units of required courses. A minimum grade of C is required in each course taken.
Fashion Design Pathways
Pathways listed below are for the catalog year 2025-2026.
Featured Careers
Find your calling. Explore high-earning careers with entry-level data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary
Master's degree, Doctoral degree
- Job growth: Stable
- Low salary: 47,040
- High salary: 194,530
- Average salary: 80190
Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
Doctoral degree, Master's degree
- Job growth: Stable
- Low salary: 47,580
- High salary: 133,180
- Average salary: 77280
Farm and Home Management Educators
Master's degree, Bachelor's degree
- Job growth: Declining
- Low salary: 36,780
- High salary: 85,230
- Average salary: 58120
All Careers in Fashion Design (4)
| Fashion Designers | Bachelor's degree, Associate's degree | Stable | 80,690 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary | Master's degree, Doctoral degree | Stable | 80,190 |
| Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary | Doctoral degree, Master's degree | Stable | 77,280 |
| Farm and Home Management Educators | Master's degree, Bachelor's degree | Declining | 58,120 |
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Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.
- Articulate personal values and goals as well explain the mindset, attitudes to achieve their professional success in the fashion industry.
- Create seam and embellishment details for the purpose of communicating how the garments are to be constructed.
- Demonstrate an understanding of design and construction of apparel by creating multiple garment patterns to assemble a multi-piece fashion ensemble.
- Identify the basic fashion design principles and apply them to design a multi-piece fashion collection.