Diploma - Fashion Management

2 years: Duration

18,378 CAD/year: Price

Rolling admission: Start

Rolling admission: Deadline

Diploma: Degree

Campus: Format

Toronto / Canada: Location

George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology: School

Program description

The Fashion Management program trains you to fulfill the industry's business needs. You'll learn about fabrics, manufacturing inputs and processes, supply chain movement, and garment value, costing, and quality. You'll also know how to use marketing and merchandising to boost product sales. This curriculum focuses on product development, specialized markets, and omni-channel retail to fulfill the needs of today's Canadian market.

The Fashion Management program is the only AAFA-affiliated program in Canada. Members receive an up-to-date education, industry connections, and research materials.

From initial conception to retail sale, product development, procurement, and marketing are discussed. You'll test for quality assurance, design buying, merchandising, and marketing plans, and review logistical procedures while managing a retail business.

This program's framework offers career flexibility. After the first year, field education gives you industry knowledge. Fashion procurement, production, distribution, retailing, wholesale or similar marketing experience is required. At FashionWorks, students can meet potential employers.

Program structure

Semester 1

Visual Merchandising
World of Fashion
Introduction to Sewing and Drafting
Fabric Science: Textiles
Basic Accounting Principles
Strategies for Student Success
College English

Semester 2

Fabric Analysis
Field Education Experience
Retail Excellence
Fashion Merchandising and Buying
Apparel Marketing
Adobe Illustrator

Semester 3

Apparel Manufacturing
Apparel Buying Simulation
Apparel Marketing – Advanced
Sales Management
Program Elective (choose one)
Business Lab – College Creations or Fundamentals of Logistics

Semester 4

Apparel Sourcing
Product Development and Costing
Fundamentals of Management
Quality Assurance and Applications
Program Elective (choose one)
Business Lab – College Creations or Fundamentals of Logistics

Price

Base tuition fee (for two semesters - 1 year):

18,378 CAD for international students

Additional fees:

Application Fee - 110 CAD
Incidental Fees (student ID, student association membership, etc) - 2,000 CAD
Mandatory Health Insurance - 790 CAD for 1 year coverage

Requirements for applicants

Admission Requirements

Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent
grade 12 English (C or U)
grade 11 math (M or U) or grade 12 (C or U)

English language proficiency

George Brown English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Program - Level 8;
IELTS (Academic) - 6.0, minimum 5.5 in each skill band;
TOEFL - 80 (online) minimum 20 in each skill band;
Duolingo English Test - 105;
MELAB - 80;
PTE (Academic) - 54, overall minimum, 50 in each skill band;
CAEL - 60 (overall);
Cambridge English Exams (B2 First, C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency) - 169 or more (with no individual skill below 162).

About the university

George Brown College opened its doors in 1968, welcoming just over 2,000 students.

Since then, full-time student population has grown to more than 30,000. People come to George Brown from across the Greater Toronto Area, the country and the world to develop the skills and gain the real-world experience needed to succeed in the workplace. Since 2004, under current President Anne Sado’s leadership, George Brown has more than doubled in size, broadened international partnerships and increased commitment to strengthening the cultural, economic and social fabric of Toronto.

About George Brown College

The college located in Toronto, Canada. It has three campuses - Casa Loma, St.James, Waterfront, other locations where students attend classes and Student Residence.

George Brown College educates a blend of theory and hands-on experience, prioritizes real-world learning and provides students with opportunities to work alongside industry professionals in applied research and fields education opportunities. Its industry partnerships mean students get the latest trends and tech they can expect in the field. The college offers 170 programs in 7 centers. They include Art, Design and Infromation technology, Business, Community Services and early childhood, Construction and Engineering technologies, Health Sciences, Hospitality and Culinary arts, Preparatory and liberal studies.

Experiental and work-integrated learning oportunities are availabale to students to take part in.