Fashion Design Degree

The AIU Fashion Design degree program combines the required General Education courses that can provide a liberal arts foundation with specialized coursework designed to provide a professional education in the diverse and creative field of fashion design. The Fashion Design program emphasizes creativity and provides specialized training in sketching, garment construction, pattern-making, draping, computer-aided design illustration, and portfolio development.

Learn How To:

• Demonstrate how to apply the skills and tools of fashion to design and marketing projects creatively and confidently
• Create original fashion designs either by hand or with computer-aided design software, which demonstrate creativity with design elements
• Demonstrate knowledge of contemporary fashion, and key theoretical issues relevant to fashion, and at the forefront of the discipline
• Analyze fashion trends, consumer needs, and preferences that are used to forecast, plan, develop, and promote clothing lines
• Critically evaluate and articulate your understanding of your own and others’ work, and be able to devise and sustain a reasoned argument in relation to contemporary fashion

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In this specialized fashion design degree curriculum, study the fashion industry and how consumer needs and characteristics affect areas such as production, management, sourcing, marketing, and merchandising. The fashion design major's objective is to learn what it takes to be a creative, design-focused, fashion marketing professional, with a basic knowledge of fashion design and construction. Coursework is structured to help you acquire focused knowledge and skillsets common in the field of fashion marketing. For example:

Fashion Accessories: Explore the accessories marketplace and the relationship between this and the fashion garment industry.

Fashion Trends: Explore how to identify, track and analyze trends in the areas of business and fashion with respect to design, merchandise and assortment planning.

Collection Project: Our Fashion Design degree curriculum offers the opportunity to identify your individual vision and design philosophy, which you carry through to a collection/final project..

From grants to military service to transfer credits, see the variety of ways you can save time and money on your Fasion Design Degree at AIU:

• Scholarships & Grants - AIU offers a number of institutional scholarships and grants that can help eligible students offset the program cost and help reduce out of pocket costs
• Reduced Military Tuition Rate – AIU Online offers a 45% tuition reduction to active military undergraduate students and a 20% tuition reduction to active military graduate students, including members of the Reserves and National Guard
• Transfer Credit – AIU’s transfer-friendly credit policy lets you transfer in up to 75% of the qualifying credits needed toward your degree
• Prior Learning Credit – You can receive credits for past college courses, qualifying military service, or eligible work experience

For more information, review the AIU guides below:

• Financial Aid Guide: Our guide to financial aid can answer your initial questions and help you prepare to apply for financial aid
• Scholarships and Grants Guide: Learn about the scholarships and grants offered by AIU along with details about eligibility
• Transfer Credit Guide: This guide explores how to transfer your credits from other schools—and earn college credit for your eligible past work and qualifying military experience

Successful completion of the fashion design program can provide you with an applicable foundation of industry-related knowledge and skills, including how to:

• Demonstrate how to apply the skills and tools of fashion to design and marketing projects creatively and confidently
• Create original fashion designs either by hand or with computer-aided design software, which demonstrate creativity with design elements
• Demonstrate knowledge of contemporary fashion, and key theoretical issues relevant to fashion, and at the forefront of the discipline
• Analyze fashion trends, consumer needs, and preferences that are used to forecast, plan, develop, and promote clothing lines
• Critically evaluate and articulate your understanding of your own and others’ work, and be able to devise and sustain a reasoned argument in relation to contemporary fashion