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Prepare for a career within the fashion marketing, merchandising, production and product development industry. This program is structured with the understanding that students will elect to transfer to a four-year institution that specializes in Fashion Merchandising, Product Development, Production, Business and/or Marketing.  

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Program Requirements

General Education Courses Credits
  Written & Oral Communications 
(ENG 101 required, ENG 102 recommended)		 6
  Mathematics (MTH 107 recommended) 3
  Natural Science 8
  Social Science (ECO 203 & PSY 101 required) 6
  Arts & Humanities (PHI 101 required) 3
  History (HIS 101 or HIS 102 recommended) 3
  Diversity 3
  Total 32
Program Course Credits
ACC 110 Principles of Accounting 3
ECO 204 Principles of Macroeconomics 3
FAD 131 Fashion Research Methods 3
FAD 135 Introduction to Textiles 3
FAD 144 History of Fashion Design 3
FAD 155 Fashion Merchandising 3
FAD 160 Fashion Technology 3
FAD 162 Photoshop Techniques for Fashion 3
  Total 24
Electives 
(Select 4 credits from the following)
BUA 205 Business Law  
BUA 220 Principles of Marketing  
FAD 120 Apparel Construction  
MTH 112
OR
MTH 130		 College Algebra
OR
Precalculus		  
  Total 4
  Total Required Credits 60
Pathway - Sequence of Courses

Sequence of Course - please print this out and use when taking courses.

Course Number/Name

Credit

Semester

Grade

FIRST YEAR   First Semester

 15    

ENG101 College Composition I

3

    

Mathematics MTH 107 or higher, MTH 107 recommended

3

    

PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology Required

3

    

FAD 135 Introduction To Textiles 

3

    

FAD 131 Fashion Research Methods

3

    

Second Semester

16

    

ENG 102 College Composition II recommended

3

    

HIS 101 or HIS 102 Recommended

3

    

ACC 110 Principles of Financial Accounting I

3

    

FAD 155  Fashion Merchandising

3

    

Science

4

    

SECOND YEAR  First Semester

 15    

ECO 203 required

3

    

Diversity (ANT 102, LIT 203, REL 205 recommended)

3

    

ECO 204 Principles of Macroeconomics

3

    

Elective See *1 FAD 160 recommended

3

    

Elective See *1

3

    

Second Semester

14

    

FAD 120 Apparel Construction

4

    

Any Science (Lec/Lab)

4

    

PHI 101 Required

3

    

FAD 144  History of Fashion Design

3

    

*1-  ACC 115, BUA 205, BUA 220, FAD 160, MTH 112, MTH 130

TOTAL REQUIRED: 60

Program Contact

Lisa Steinberg
Program Coordinator
fashion@rcbc.edu

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RCBC Fashion Show comes to Cherry Hill Mall

Fashion Design students from Rowan College at Burlington County (RCBC) showed off pieces they worked on during the semester at a Cherry Hill Mall show on May 12.

By: Emily Liu (5/19/23)

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Rowan College at Burlington County hosts fashion show

Student designs featured at the Mount Laurel campus.
By CHRISTINE HARKINSON
May 5, 2022
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