Product Development for Apparel Industries
Certificate of Achievement
Program Details
The Product Development for the Apparel Industries Certificate is designed to prepare students to work in the fashion design or merchandising fields developing apparel designs and/or lines of apparel for specific target customers. This certificate requires a total of 33-37 units of which 29-31 units are in required courses. An additional 4-6 units must be chosen from the restricted units listed below.
Product Development for Apparel Industries 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 Product Development for Apparel Industries (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.
- Evaluate the construction of Junior and Women's moderate market apparel.
- Plan and execute the assembly of a garment, using various industrial machines within a prescribed amount of time and complete the necessary requirements for certification for entry-level employment