Juren Sullivan Center for Fashion Management
The Red Dress fashion show, a competition featuring UIW and high school students, raises awareness for heart disease in women. High school students with winning designs receive a UIW scholarship for the Fashion Management program.
Welcome to the Juren Sullivan Center for Fashion Management at the University of the Incarnate Word. One of five departments in the School of Media and Design, the Fashion Management department prepares students with technical and creative skills and industry insight for a world of career opportunities in the fashion business.
Students seeking a future in fashion — whether as designers, marketers, production managers, forecasters or professionals who fuel and move the fashion industry forward — prepare for success today at UIW. Through a combination of theoretical, historical, contextual and design courses, learners become fluent in the significance and evolving nature of fashion, as well as in the practical techniques of design and the business of merchandising, marketing and management.
Fashion students learn from faculty members who are scholars and industry experts. Working closely with students in small classes, they help them hone their techniques and approaches to design and business. As advisors, faculty guide them through their degree program, supporting their academic journeys.
The department also offers immersive opportunities to learn more about this fast-changing and innovative industry, whether in San Antonio or abroad through the Sister School for Fashion program that introduces students to global trends, practices and the international fashion community.
Throughout their years of study, students have many opportunities to connect with their peers and begin developing key industry contacts.
Bachelor of Science in Fashion Management
The Fashion department offers an industry-driven professional degree preparing students with the scholarly, cultural and practical education they need to enter the workforce upon graduation. Students can further tailor their education by selecting from two specializations:
- B.S. in Fashion Management with a concentration in Merchandising
- B.S. in Fashion Management with a concentration in Apparel Production and Design
Fashion Management Program’s Mission Statement
The mission of the Fashion Management program is to provide students with an education in industry-standard methods, skills, procedures, software and hardware technologies and create global fashion professionals.
Fashion Management Departmental Goals
- Prepare students to enter the global workforce as industry-ready fashion professionals.
- Train students in industry-standard methods, skills, and procedures relative to the current fashion field.
- Produce graduates fluent in industry-standard software and hardware technologies.
- Establish partnerships and collaborations with industry professionals and organizations for internships and guest lectures.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Graduates will understand how diverse political, cultural, and economic systems impact industry processes and decisions.
- Graduates use and apply industry terminology and processes to plan, develop, produce, communicate, and sell profitable product lines.
- Graduates will communicate ideas in written, oral and visual forms using appropriate technology.
- Graduates will apply theories, concepts, and research regarding appearance and human behavior to industry & societal problems.
- Graduates will apply knowledge of aesthetics, the design process, and principles and elements of design to the product development process.
- Graduates will demonstrate critical and creative thinking skills, including the ability to critically evaluate and compare diverse perspectives.
- Graduates will identify and evaluate issues of social responsibility, professional behavior, and ethics related to the impact of individual, organizational, and corporate decision making.
