The Fashion Marketing Certificate offers the student marketing and business skills, basic knowledge of the fashion industry and an inside look at how apparel products are produced. It also introduces students to the activities that take place in buying, selling and promotion at the wholesale and retail levels.
The Fashion Marketing Certificate may be taken on its own or in conjunction with the Fashion Design and Technology Program. Courses provide an opportunity for students to explore the field of fashion. Students needing to prepare a portfolio for entry to the Fashion degree or diploma program often start out in this program. The certificate leads to some entry-level positions, mostly in retail, but as a one-year introductory theory-based program, it is recommended that students planning a career in fashion marketing consider a diploma or bachelor’s program in business or marketing.
Attendance at an orientation and portfolio assessment session are not required for this program. While students meeting Kwantlen’s general admission requirements will be accepted into the Fashion Marketing program, please note that access to fashion (FASN) courses requires a more advanced English prerequisite. This includes one of the following:
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English 12 with a minimum B
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C or higher in any one of the following: ENGL 1100 or ENGQ 1099 or ENGL 1099 or ABEE 0091 or ABEE 0092 or PSPE 1091 or ENGP 1091 or ABEE 0097 or PSPE 1097 or ENGP 1097
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B or higher in ELST 0381 and ELST 0383
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Kwantlen English Placement Test, with a recommendation to ENGL 1100
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LPI with an Essay score of 30 or higher
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Equivalent English course completed and transferred from another post secondary institution
Proof of an English assessment MUST be presented with the application form.
All non high school applicants must submit interim grades by March 31 and meet the English entrance requirements prior to April 30. If you are completing this requirement through attendance in a Kwantlen course, we will access your final grade before the April 30 deadline. If you are attending another post-secondary institution, you must submit a final official transcript and a Request for Transfer Credit form before April 30. Any applicant who has not submitted proof of the English requirement by April 30, 2008 will be removed from the list of eligible applicants.
Applicants currently in high school must submit interim grades by March 31, with final grades required as soon as they become available.
Note
Courses for the Marketing Certificates are open registration with access by date of application. Registration into all courses or completion of the certificate within one year is not guaranteed.
Refer to timetables as course offerings may change year to year
Core (all 13.5 credits are required)
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FASN 1150 Fashion Retail Work Experience
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FASN 1115 The Apparel Industry (previously FASN 1210)
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FASN 1215 Textile Science (previously FASN 2110)
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FASN 2250 The Business of Fashion
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MRKT 1199 Introduction to Marketing (or any first year, post-secondary, 3-credit marketing course)*
*Note
MRKT 1199 may be required to advance to Kwantlen’s upper level marketing courses.
Electives (select a minimum of 17 credits from the list below)
Due to the limited number of course sections offered in this program, admission to this open registration program is not a guarantee of registration into specific courses or that certificate requirements can be met in one year.
Upon completion of this program, students are awarded a Certificate in Fashion Marketing.