Students choosing to major in fashion merchandising and design with a design concentration must complete 40 hours of core curriculum courses and an additional 21 hours of design courses.
Fashion Merchandising and Design Major with a Design Concentration – 61 hours
Students must take the core curriculum plus additional requirements for the concentration.
Core Curriculum – 40 hours
ART-180:
Computer Literacy for Design
(3 cr.)
BUS-467:
Advertising and Sales Promotion
(3 cr.)
CS-120:
Spreadsheets
(1 cr.)
ECO-101:
Principles of Microeconomics
(3 cr.)
FCS-290:
Foundations in Family and Consumer Sciences
(1 cr.)
FMD-114:
Apparel Merchandising
(3 cr.)
FMD-115:
Principles of Clothing Construction
(3 cr.)
FMD-212:
Visual Merchandising
(3 cr.)
FMD-213:
Clothing and Society
(3 cr.)
FMD-314:
Retail Merchandising
(4 cr.)
FMD-315:
History of Costume
(3 cr.)
FMD-318:
Apparel Design Development
(3 cr.)
FMD-418:
Textiles
(3 cr.)
FMD-419:
Professional Practices
(1 cr.)
Design Concentration Courses – 21 hours
ART-101:
Drawing I
(3 cr.)
ART-110:
2D Design Concepts, Color and Composition
(3 cr.)
FMD-227:
Flat Pattern
(3 cr.)
FMD-325:
Draping
(3 cr.)
FMD-327:
Fashion Sketching and Portfolio Development
(3 cr.)
FMD-426:
Tailoring
(3 cr.)
FMD-428:
CAD Apparel Design
(3 cr.)
Studying Fashion at Meredith College
The fashion merchandising and design program at Meredith combines academics with industry knowledge and experience.
Contact Information
Alexandra Howell
Fashion Program Coordinator
216 Martin Hall
(919) 760-2897
alhowell@meredith.edu
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