An exciting future awaits students within the Fashion Design program. The curriculum offers a pragmatic approach to the many areas of the fashion industries. Students experience and explore the dynamically creative, real world of fashion design. The Fashion Design curriculum offers the creative foundation from which students can grow as artists and acquire skills related to the profession. Fashion is art and sociology and ultimately reflects the aesthetic taste, political mood, economic condition, technical achievements, and social status of the wearer through the personal expression of dress. Fashion as an industry includes research, production, merchandising, and marketing. The opportunity to explore creativity and practicality is the foundation for a successful career in the fashion profession and must include an understanding of the integration of these elements. The Fashion Design BFA program enables the students to excel as art professionals within this ever-evolving profession. Students participate in a true fashion experience throughout their education with exposure to recognized guests designers, industry leaders, and accomplished alumni, and through fashion competitions, presentations, and exhibitions.