MCCCD Program Description

Major: 5854 Catalog Year: 2025-2026 Effective Term: 2020 Fall Last Admit Term: 9999 Award: CCL Total Credits: 19 CIP Code: 50.0407	Primary College: Phoenix College Initiating College: Mesa Community College Program Availability: Not Found Program Availability: College-Specific Program Availability: College-Specific: PC Field of Interest: Visual and Performing Arts Instructional Council: Family and Consumer Sciences GPA: 2.0
SOC Code: Upon completion of this certificate, students may pursue a career as 27-1022.00 Fashion Designers 41-1011.00 First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers

Description: The Certificate of Completion (CCL) in Fashion Design: Entrepreneur introduces students to building a sustainable fashion design business. Students develop business and industry-specific skills based upon fashion marketing, merchandising, and production.

Learning Outcomes
1. Formulate a business plan applying components and growth strategies for fashion entrepreneurship. (MKT110, TEC103) 2. Analyze the process for product development for an apparel collection. (TEC125, TEC240) 3. Select appropriate fabrics and weaves for specific items of collection apparel. (MKT151, TEC125) 4. Assess apparel production management including but not limited to details of technical package, specifications and costs. (TEC125, TEC240) 5. Facilitate apparel sales through visual display, fashion shows, and online promotion. (MKT109, MKT110, MKT151, MKT267, TEC125, TEC150) 6. Analyze fashion advertising scenarios for target markets. (MKT109, MKT110, MKT151, MKT267, TEC103)

Program Notes
Students must earn a grade of C or better in all courses within the program.

Required Courses

MKT109 Introduction to Fashion Merchandising 3

MKT110 Marketing and Social Networking (3) OR
MKT151 Display and Visual Merchandising (3) 3

MKT267 Principles of Sales 3
TEC103 Developing Your Fashion Business 2
TEC125 Fashion Design 3
TEC150 Fashion Show Production 3
TEC240 Apparel Production Management 2

Credits: 19

Restricted Electives
None.	Credits: 0

General Electives
	Credits:

+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites.
++ indicates that any suffixed course may be selected.

MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: December 10, 2019

All information published is subject to change without notice. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information presented, but based on the dynamic nature of the curricular process, course and program information is subject to change in order to reflect the most current information available.