Program Description

The fashion design and development major at Western Michigan University will prepare you for a career in apparel and soft goods design and development. Professionals in this field use their creative and technical skills to design products, develop patterns, monitor quality assurance and coordinate sourcing activities. This emphasis includes courses in apparel construction, pattern making, computer-aided design and merchandising. Career opportunities for graduates of WMU's fashion design and development program include:

• Costume designers
• Fashion and technical designers
• Product developers
• Production managers
• Quality control managers
• Sourcing managers
• Stylists

Graduates work for companies like:

• Anthropologie
• Buckle
• Cache
• Club Monaco
• Edwards Garment
• Express
• Gap
• J. Crew
• Kohl's
• Land’s End
• Lear Corp.
• Macy's
• Meijer
• Merrell
• Sears
• Target
• Topshop
• Victoria's Secret

Admission Requirements

Your transcript is the most important piece of information.  It shows what courses you’ve taken and your grades, which allows us to assess:

• Academic Preparation.  Successful students are prepared students and we want to make sure you’re ready for the rigors of college-level work.  We recommend*:
  -  4 years of English
  -  3-4 years of math (through second year algebra or pre-calculus)
  -  3 years of natural sciences (two or more with a lab component)
  -  2 years of the same foreign language
• Grade Point Average.
• Grade Trend.  How well you’ve done in your most recent courses.

IELTS Requirements

Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking	Overall
6	6	6	6	6

Remarks:

• Yearly tuition fee is given
• I20(Visa Letter) can be obtained only after submitting a bank statement with a balance of USD $33,688.
• Score reporting required.