Fashion Design: A.A. Degree Program
The Associate degree in Fashion Design & Merchandising involves satisfactory completion of a minimum of 60 semester units with a C average or higher including at least 40 semester units in the Fashion Design area of emphasis (articulated below), fulfillment of the Global Citizenship requirement, and fulfillment of all Santa Monica College general education requirements, CSU GE or IGETC. Please refer to the 
official degree requirements for specific details.
Basic Core Classes
Second Level Classes
Third Level Classes
Fourth Level Classes
Fashion 1, 2, 3, 5, 6A, 6B, 7, 8, 9A, 9B, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
Fashion Merchandising: Associate in A.A. Degree Program
The Associate degree in Fashion Design & Merchandising involves satisfactory completion of a minimum of 60 semester units with a C average or higher including at least 40 semester units in the Fashion Merchandising area of emphasis (articulated below), fulfillment of the Global Citizenship requirement, and fulfillment of all Santa Monica College general education requirements, CSU GE or IGETC. Please refer to the official degree requirements for specific details.
Basic Core Classes
Second Level Classes
Third Level Classes
Fourth Level Classes
Articulation/Transfer Agreements
Students planning to transfer to a four-year college should complete the lower-division major requirements and the general education pattern for the appropriate transfer institution. Santa Monica College has articulation agreements for this major with the UC, CSU, and private institutions listed below. Visit Fashion Design and Merchandising Transfer for complete details.
UC Davis
Cal State Poly, Pomona
Cal State Long Beach
Cal State Los Angeles
Cal State Northridge
Academy of Art University, San Francisco
The Art Institute Of California, A College of Argosy University
California College of the Arts
FIDM
Mount Ida College
Career Certificates
Visit Fashion Design & Merchandising (AS) for information on Fashion certificate programs at SMC.
