Co-op and Career Opportunities

Cooperative Education

Students in the Fashion Design: Product Development Track work for both small design firms and large businesses across the country in the areas of trend forecasting, line design and development, and CAD design. Students begin their co-op experiences in either the third or fourth quarter of their sophomore year, and alternate quarters of full time work and study on a year-round calendar until the final quarter of the fifth year (there is no tuition for the quarters students work). They graduate with 6 quarters, or a year and a half, of work experience in their field.

Career Opportunities

Employment opportunities in the Fashion Design: Product Development field include: fashion design and merchandising, fashion forecasting, promotion, buying, and marketing.

Apparel technology, production , and distribution are global, and the fashion knowledge and business training of this program are fundamental for the successful retailer and merchandiser in today's highly competitive world.