Prospective Students

Current Students

Alumni and Industry

Why AMM?

 

Why enroll in the Apparel Merchandising and Management Program?
  • The AMM program is unique - embracing the "Business of Fashion"
  • The Apparel Industry is fast-paced, high energy, always changing, very challenging
  • L.A. is a great place to be
  • The Apparel Industry has changed with technology-requiring more people with 4 year degrees
  • AMM includes manufacturing and retail options-management focus
  • AMM is industry specific-not general business
  • AMM is broad based-understand whole industry, job flexibility
  • AMM includes both product and process-very interdisciplinary
  • AMM and Cal Poly both share a learn by doing philosophy
  • AMM prepares you for international jobs
  • Connection to the industry-field trips and speakers
  • Yearly study trips (New York and Europe)
  • Study Abroad and National Exchange are available to students
  • AMē and ApparelScapes
  • AMM students attend the MAGIC Show
  • Industry Internships are required of all students
  • AMMA Club
  • Phi Upsilon Omicron - Honors Society
  • Department Scholarships
  • We have reduced to 180 units-four year plan
  • Great placement record for our students in the industry

 

Careers in the Apparel Industry

Creative
   Design and Merchandising
   Marketing
   Fashion Promotion
   Visual Merchandising

Analytical
   Production Management
   Store Management
   Buying
   Technical Design

Where our graduates are working now

 

What about the University?

  • The University graduates one out of fourteen engineers in California.
  • One of the 134 colleges named Best in the West by The Princeton Review.
  • One of US News & World Report Western Universities-Master's:Top Schools.
  • The University was recently ranked fourth in the West out of 112 Western Regional universities for campus diversity.
  • The University also has one of the top Division II athletics programs in the country, with 13 national team championships and 25 individual national championships to its credit.
  • Our most recent championships came when our Women's Basketball Team captured the 2001 and 202 Division II National Championships.
     
 

For more information please contact amm@csupomona.edu