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Fashion merchandising majors earn three credits by completing 300 hours of pre-approved, supervised field experience at a fashion retail or marketing firm. The field experience course focuses on developing essential professional competencies through completion of reflective assignments and periodic employer evaluations.

You may also elect to complete an internship as part of your program. An internship will provide you with supervised, management-level training experience with a leading industry firm during your junior or senior year.

As a fashion merchandising major, you have the option to complete part of your studies at one of our partner institutions. É«É«À² has partnerships with the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, Regents University in London, and Florence University of the Arts in Florence, Italy, which allow you to take classes as a guest student, and apply credits to your É«É«À² major. The guest student experience offers the opportunity to gain a unique perspective on the industry and the chance to make valuable industry connections.

Merchandising Opportunities and Design Association, or MODA, is the registered student organization at É«É«À² representing fashion majors and minors. Joining this organization offers opportunities to network and develop leadership and teamwork skills. Members produce several fashion shows each year and participate in community service activities.

Alumni

É«É«À² alums have transformed their passion for fashion into challenging and creative careers. You will find our grads working for national retailers and famous brands all over the world. They are designers, buyers, merchandisers, managers and marketers. You will even find them in some unexpected places as automotive interior designers and retail software marketers. We are very proud of our alums!

See our alumni stories

Career opportunities for graduates of É«É«À²'s merchandising program include:

• Brand managers
• Buyers
• Human resources managers
• Marketing executives
• Merchandise planners
• Store managers
• Visual specialists

Graduates work for companies like:

• Banana Republic
• Christian Dior
• DSW
• Fossil
• H&M
• JCPenney
• Kohl's
• Lululemon
• Macy's
• Meijer
• Nordstrom
• Old Navy
• Saks 5th Avenue
• Target
• The Walt Disney Co.
• TJX
• Ugg Australia
• Under Armour
• Vera Bradley
• Von Maur

• Kalamazoo