Undergraduate Fashion Program
The Fashion major is a 120-hour program designed to prepare students to enter the fashion industry to become buyers, fashion coordinators, and merchandise managers. (Program sheet in an Acrobat format.)
The field of Fashion Merchandising is fast paced, exciting and interesting with a variety of career opportunities. The global marketplace makes fashion an international concern.
Many students arrive at Old Dominion University with the objective of becoming a buyer. While this is an important position, there are many others that are worthy of consideration. Our curriculum is specific to the marketing of fashion and includes a solid base of fashion and marketing courses that are designed to prepare graduates to work in almost any aspect of fashion merchandising.
Classes begin at the freshman level with their basic general education courses in English, mathematics, science, social studies, communications, and computer literacy. They also begin to take basic courses about the fashion industry, personal selling, advertising, buying, and personnel management. As they enter their junior year they begin to take more advanced fashion and marketing courses.
During the summer between their junior and senior year, students must complete an fashion internship that gives them significant practical experience. Some students choose to study abroad in a summer or semester program at the American Intercontinental University in London, England.
Old Dominion University Fashion graduates have successfully transitioned from the classroom to the fashion industry. In addition to positions as buyers, they are employed as store managers, fashion coordinators, marketing coordinators, visual merchandisers, and fashion writers. Go to Fashion Jobs to locate information about fashion jobs.
During the summer, ODU hosts a one-week Fashion Academy for high school students interested in a fashion career. Students attend a series of workshops tailored from college-lvel fashion merchandising classes. Students get experience what it is like to be a college student and learn about the fashion industry. Information is available on the following web site: Fashion Academy
Program Leader: Mr. Dave Netherton
Education Building, Room 228
683-4305, Fax 683-5227
E-Mail: dnethert@odu.edu
Faculty:
Sharon Davis, M.S.S.E.
Lecturer
757-683-4305
mailto:srdavis
Mr. Mickey Kosloski, M.S.
Instructor and Virginia's DECA Specialist
757-683-3507
mkoslosk@odu.edu
Philip A. Reed, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
757-683-5226
preed@odu.edu
Tiffany Machado, M.S.
Adjunct Instructor
757-683-4305
tmachad@odu.edu