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Partner with industry to reuse waste products
Design fashion wear for a global market
Create sensors to detect foodborne pathogens
Develop new varieties for eager markets
Create prototype ag machinery, field tools, and lab equipment
PREPARE for possible careers as an entreprenuer, engineer, fashion designer, food scientist, microbiologist, food technologist, landscape designer, bioenergy researcher, geneticist…
AND GET READY to make a difference!
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Fashion Design and Merchandising is a premier fashion program in the Pacific, ranked 8th on the 2016 list of top West Coast fashion design schools. The comprehensive BS program prepares students for fashion careers around the world, teaching cutting-edge skills in computer 2-D and 3-D fashion design; apparel product development; entrepreneurship; retailing; and consumer behavior, attitudes, and consumption of textile and apparel products.
Are you ready to release your creative energy in this environment? Join us at FDM!
Graduates include industry leaders and buisness owners— President, Retail Merchants of Hawai‘i Designer, Kenneth Cole, Rags and Bones (New York) Retail executives, Macy's, Gucci, Chanel, Neiman Marcus, Ferragamo, Hermes, Cartier, Tiffany Designer, Iolani Sportswear and Acid Dolls clothing lines Owner, Hawaiian Print fashion converter Costume designer/wardrobe consultant for movies Principal, You and Me Naturally, Fighting Eel, Lynn Sakutori, Puamana, Global Village Designer, Quicksilver, You and Me Naturally, Crazy Shirts, Fighting Eel Manager, Casual Corner, Nordstrom Shoes Wholesale representative
Biological Engineering majors study the design, production, and operation of engineered systems in which living organisms (plants, animals, aquatic species, cells, etc.) are a major component.
If you are interested in developing bio-fuels, creating new sources of animal and fish food, or designing handheld sensors to detect pathogens, then BE is the BS program for you.
Career Opportunities
Work in government or industry as an engineer or become an entrepreneur. Design equipment and systems for biological production and treatment, develop renewable energy processes, investigate methods for bioremediation of environmental contamination, or improve the value of natural products for food and therapeutic applications.
Molecular Biosciences and Biotechnology is an interdisciplinary BS program focusing on using the cutting-edge tools of molecular biology, genetics, cell biology, tissue culture, and biochemistry to transform the environmental, medical, and agricultural sciences. Bioscience tools are harnessed to make products for and solve problems faced by society.
If you want to use biotechnology to develop pharmacueticals, economically and environmentally sustainable energy, pest controls, and other products, then MBB is for you. Careers Opportunities include pharmaceutical research, genetic testing, aquaculture, large-scale production in bioreactors, environmental monitoring and cleanup (bioremediation), plant biotechnology, pathogen control, molecular diagnostics, and forensics.
