What is fashion development and product management?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Fashion is a $3 trillion industry that can take you all over the world, and it requires entire teams of design, apparel, management and marketing experts to keep it going. Our fashion development and product management (FDPM) students graduate uniquely equipped to lead in a variety of these industry roles because of their unmatched, interdisciplinary education in technical design and management. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In th<\/strong>e FDPM concentration of the B.S. fashion and textile management degree program, students:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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• Become familiar with all the stages of fashion product development \u2013 from concept to final product \u2013 and understand how each of those stages affect one another.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
• Learn to conduct consumer, trend and market research and analyze those findings to make smart business decisions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
• Develop valuable business skills that, combined with their creativity, will make them a unique asset in the fashion industry. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
• Gain experience applying what they learn through hands-on courses. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
• Make connections valuable to starting a career through the college\u2019s range of industry contacts. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n