GEORGE BROWN FULL-TIME PROGRAMS GUIDE 2008-2009

Fashion Studies

Fashion Management Program

    
Admission Requirements and Fees

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Student success in college requires well developed learning skills and attitudes (such as being able to work independently, participate in a team, be well-organised, develop good work habits, and show initiative). These skills are as important as prior academic achievement. Applicants should have thoroughly developed these skills and attitudes before beginning their college programs.

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The Fashion Management program at George Brown College focuses on what we call "the four Ms" - Marketing, Merchandising, Manufacturing and Management - as they apply to the fashion industry generally and to apparel specifically.

Students are introduced to the concepts of developing, producing and marketing a product, from initial concept to retail sale. Students analyze and test garments in our textile lab, create private-label fashion lines on storyboards, examine and choose the most effective and efficient manufacturing processes, and assess essential marketing and merchandising principles. Students also obtain first-hand experience in the student-operated fashion store on campus.

The hands-on components of the different disciplines allow students to integrate the various courses into a complete experience, from initial design concept to consumer purchase. This involves courses in business theory and principles, management and computer studies. The structure of this program gives students the utmost flexibility in their choice of a career path. Students will also gain relevant industry knowledge through practical work experience after their first year of study. Placement may be in fashion manufacturing, distribution, retailing or any related marketing area. Special industry awards are presented each year.

Career Prospects

The Fashion Management program has generated a varied and adaptable workforce over the past 25 years for the apparel and sewn products industry. Graduates have been employed by apparel manufacturers, designers, wholesalers, importers and many of the major and independent retailers; some graduates have become entrepreneurs. Graduates are employed in positions leading to careers as product developers, fashion buyers, production managers, quality control managers, costing analysts, work measurement engineers, purchasing agents, visual merchandisers, store managers and transportation/distribution managers.

Your Future Study Options

Graduates may be eligible for admission to the George Brown College post-graduate program.

Students who successfully complete this program with an established minimum grade are eligible for course exemptions at many other institutions in Canada and at a number of universities in the United States whose apparel programs are recognized and endorsed by the American Apparel & Footwear Association. As a member of AAFA, the Fashion Management program has been reviewed and approved. For more information: www.apparelandfootwear.org.

For further information, see transferguide.georgebrown.ca.

COURSES

SEMESTER 1
FASH1107      Fabric Science: Textiles
FASH1082      World of Fashion
FASH1008      Visual Merchandising
FASH1083      Introduction to Sewing and Drafting
ACCT1036      Accounting for Non-Accounting Students
COMM1007   College English
COMP1109     Computer Skills for Fashion Management

SEMESTER 2

FASH1052      Apparel Manufacturing
FASH1066      Apparel Sourcing
FASH1031      Fabrics Analysis
FASH2003      Fashion Merchandising and Buying
COMP1060     Computer Applications
GSSC1034      Introduction to Economics
GNED             General Education Elective (choose one)
FASH1045      Practical Work Experience (students experience 320 hours of placement in the apparel industry during May and June following completion of first year)

SEMESTER 3
FASH1068      Apparel Buying Simulation
FASH2004      Apparel Marketing
MGMT2009    Fundamentals of Management
GNED             General Education Elective (choose one)

Program Electives (choose one)
FASH2048      Textile Laboratory
FASH1001      Computer Grading and Marker Making
COMP1174     Adobe Illustrator

Program Electives (choose one)
BUS1008         Business Lab
FASH2007      Product Development and Costing

SEMESTER 4
FASH2008      Apparel Marketing – Advanced
FASH1139      Fundamentals of Logistics: Supply Chain Management
PSY1065         Human Resource for Fashion Industries
GNED             General Education Elective (choose one)

Program Electives (choose one)
FASH2048      Textile Laboratory
FASH1001      Computer Grading and Marker Making
FASH2076      Fashion Project and Event Management
COMP1174     Adobe Illustrator

Program Electives (choose one)
FASH2007      Product Development and Costing
BUS1008         Business Lab

For more information,
Call the George Brown School of Fashion Studies office
at 416-415-5000, ext. 4840
or email
or Call (416) 415-2000 or long distance 1-800-265-2002.

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Revised: July 16, 2009