Advanced Diploma - Fashion Business Management
- 3 years
- Duration
- 17,261 CAD/year
- Price
- Rolling admission
- Start
- Rolling admission
- Deadline
- Diploma
- Degree
- Mixed
- Format
- Toronto / Canada
- Location
Program description
Do you have an excellent business acumen and a passion for fashion? Want to learn in an exciting setting, collaborate with experts in the field, and develop ground-breaking new solutions?
The curriculum will help you develop the professional expertise you'll need to assume leadership roles in the future. You'll be well-equipped to enter a variety of fields upon graduation, including purchasing and category management, new product development, fashion marketing, brand management, bulk sales, retail operations management, social media, and digital commerce.
Engaging teaching practices given by seasoned professionals will also provide you with a solid grounding in advanced studies in business, fashion, and sustainability. The FIELD (Fashion Industry Education Exchange and Leadership Development) initiative and the Boutique give you the chance to put together pieces of your education in novel ways. Graduating students' work is showcased at a networking event called the FIELD project, which is a case competition created by a real customer from the business world.
Retailers such as Holt Renfrew, Urban Planet, Nobis, RW&Co., and Walmart Canada are among the company's previous customers.
Program structure
Semester 1
- Communicating Across Contexts or
- Communicating Across Contexts (Enriched)
- Fashion and Trends
- Business of Fashion
- Business Communications I
- Omni Channel Retail Management
Semester 2
- Applied Marketing I
- Evolution of Fashion
- Business Communications II
- Exceptional Customer Experience
- Retail Mathematics
- plus: General Education Course
Semester 3
- Fashion Styling and Merchandising
- Textile Fundamentals
- Fashion Marketing Communications
- Omni Channel Retail Operations
- Applied Omni Channel Retail Operations
- plus: General Education Course
Semester 4
- Career Management
- Fashion and CAD
- Product Development for a Circular Economy
- Textiles for Sustainable Fashion
- Fashion Buying
- plus: General Education Course
Semester 5
- Applied Marketing II
- Visual Communications
- Digital Marketing I
- Forecasting and Innovation
- Field Capstone Project
- Sustainable Fashion Strategies
Semester 6
- Planning, Buying and Allocation
- Sustainable Fashion Collections
- Digital Commerce
- Digital Marketing II
- Field Capstone Project
Price
Tuition fees - 17,261 CAD
Books and Supply Costs - 1,270 CAD
Please note: All costs are approximate, may vary by campus and are subject to change at any time without notice.
Requirements for applicants
Academic Requirements:
- Transcripts from high school for grades 10, 11, and 12 that include all prerequisite classes for the program.
- A high school or postsecondary degree (certificate of completion).
- Transcripts or certificates for any university or tertiary college courses or programs you have finished, whether they were taken domestically or abroad, may be submitted.
- An official/certified English translation must be included with any academic records that are written in a language other than English.
At any moment, Seneca has the right to check submitted transcripts. Seneca maintains the right to ask for authentic transcripts to be delivered directly to Seneca from the issuing school for courses and certificates obtained inside Canada. If such action is required, applicants will be informed.
English Proficiency Requirements:
If English is not your first language, show one of the following:
- Minimum of two years full-time study in an English-speaking nation
- Minimum one year of full-time postsecondary education in an English-speaking nation
- Successful completion of an intense English program like the English Language Institute
- English proficiency exam results from one of the international testing agencies. Only two-year-old tests are valid.
English language test score requirements
- CAEL CE and CAEL online - Minimum 60
- Cambridge English Exams (B2 First/FCE, C1 Advanced/CAE or C2 Proficiency/CPE) - Minimum 169 with no skill below 162
- Duolingo - Minimum score 105 to 110
- IELTS Academic - Minimum 6.0 with no skill below 5.5
- PTE Academic - Minimum score 58
- TOEFL iBT (including MyBest TOEFL and Home Edition) - Minimum 80 with no skill below 20
- TOEFL Revised Paper Delivered - No skill below 20
About the university
A public institution with many campuses in Peterborough, Ontario, and the Greater Toronto Area is called Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology. At the bachelor, diploma, certificate, and graduate levels, it provides both full-time and part-time programs.
Seneca has been involved in foreign education for many years and today draws over 10,000 students from over 130 different nations each year. Through intense language instruction that may last anywhere from two months to more than a year, Seneca's English Language Institute helps overseas students become ready for post-secondary education. The college has a number of alliances with schools abroad and is growing its efforts in collaborative applied research and work/study abroad opportunities.
Seneca in a Nutshell
- With 30,000 full-time students and more than 70,000 registrations for continuing education each year, this institution is among the biggest in Canada.
- 7,000 foreign students from more than 150 nations make up a diversified student body.
- In terms of connections to other postsecondary institutions, Ontario colleges rank first.
- In Toronto, York Region, and Peterborough, there are ten campuses.
- Every year, on average, 8,000 bursaries and 2,600 Seneca scholarships/awards are given out.
