Academy of Art University

The Academy's School of Fashion combines New York industry know-how with European artisanship, California freshness, and modern American technology to offer students the chance to experience a one-of-a-kind curriculum.

It is the country's top fashion school, as highly qualified staff are influenced by the unique St. Martin. This wonderful educational opportunity is enhanced by the school's style. The students are quite fortunate to learn fashion design basics and develop their own fashion careers with designers and merchandisers from fashion houses such as Versace, Calvin Klein, Givenchy, Claude Montana, and Alexander McQueen.

The School of Fashion, as a response to the demand for professionals at the retail and product creation standards in the rapidly advancing beauty business, announces with pride the new classes for the "Beauty Business". Courses in cosmetics and fragrances are structured to ensure a thorough understanding of the world of beauty by studying both the history of the industry as well as current marketing strategies.

Potential employment for people who major in fashion design are:

  • Clothing Designer
  • Product Supervisor
  • Pattern Creator
  • Fashion Merchandise (Store Planner, Purchaser, Product Creator)

Classes for fashion design, merchandise, textiles as well as knitwear are part of the MFA fashion design coursework. They emphasize the development of the potential and individuality of every enrollee in the program.

Courses taken by students are:

  • Fashion design
  • Textiles
  • Knitwear

The classes that are given allow students to understand industry requirements in design, pattern construction, and computer design so when they finish, they will be ready for employment in the industry.

The previously listed courses cover the areas of:

  • Textiles
  • Product sources
  • Forecast trends
  • Product development
  • Product line development
  • Merchandising standards
  • Merchant and human resource supervision
  • Marketing and visual merchandise
  • Business plans

Academy of Art University

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  • Campus Address:
  • 79 New Montgomery, San Francisco, California 94105
  • Type:
  • 4-year, Private for profit
  • Awards offered:
  • Associate, Bachelor, Master,
  • Campus setting:
  • City: Large
  • Campus housing:
  • no
  • Student population:
  • 13181 (9717 undergraduate)
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