Fashion
4 Credit Hours
Provides an overview of the fashion business. Students learn the types of fashion enterprises, merchandising practices, internal relationships, line development, and trends of the major sectors in the marketing of fashion products.
4 Credit Hours
Provides a comprehensive overview of the textile industry. Students acquire basic knowledge of fibers, yarns, cloth construction, finishes, and embellishments necessary to determine quality and to make appropriate fabric choices for contemporary fashion apparel and home furnishings.
4 Credit Hours
Examines the ways in which visual presentation is used in a variety of settings. Students learn color theory and principles of visual design and apply this knowledge in venues that include department and specialty stores, malls, and restaurants.
4 Credit Hours
Provides an overview of modern inventory control systems and sales records. Topics include retail methods of inventory, operating statements, techniques of planning, and methods of figuring markups, markdowns, open-to-buy, and terms of sales.
4 Credit Hours
An introduction to the software management programs that are utilized in the fashion industry. Students learn underlying technology principles, which they apply in several software programs that fashion organizations use to remain competitive.
Prerequisites: CIS115, FAS245
4 Credit Hours
An introduction to the study of product development from concept to consumer. Students examine the merchandising process and apply strategies to turn the fashion/retail organization into a profitable business. Topics include the development of plans for stores, products, assortment, space, and allocation.
Prerequisites: CIS115, FAS250, MKT220
4 Credit Hours
Provides an overview and analysis of current color, fiber, and fashion trends, as well as their impact upon sales forecasting. Students will research, analyze, and develop fashion forecasts related to specific seasons in the apparel industry.
Prerequisites: FAS101, FAS230, FAS240
4 Credit Hours
Involves readings and discussions organized around selected themes in fashion. Themes will vary each quarter.
4 Credit Hours
Examines successful marketing practices of menswear manufacturers in all categories of retail enterprises. Topics include demographics, line development, style, production, and distribution.
Prerequisite: FAS101
4 Credit Hours
An introduction to the history and development of the media as it relates to the fashion industry. Students examine and analyze the influences of various media sources on fashion makers. They also discuss trends and current programs in the media related to fashion advertisers and consumers.
4 Credit Hours
An introduction to product information related to fashion accessories, home furnishings (carpets, linens, dinnerware, tableware, and lighting), and cosmetics. Students research merchandise classifications and present comprehensive reports following current fashion trends in these classifications.
Prerequisite: FAS230
4 Credit Hours
Students prepare weekly oral and written fashion presentations using PowerPoint and storyboards revolving around the business-to-business aspects of the fashion industry.
Prerequisites: ENG115, FAS245
4 Credit Hours
Examines fashion as a defining art form and analyzes how it influences current fashion collections. Topics include the study of major artists, decorative art movements, and relationship of art to contemporary apparel.
Prerequisite: FAS101
4 Credit Hours
Examines the aesthetics of major fashion designers from the 19th to the 21st centuries through lecture and study of museum clothing collections. Students will gain knowledge of historic fashion influences with application to contemporary and future fashion apparel.
Prerequisite: FAS101
4 Credit Hours
Provides an in-depth analysis of the nature of distribution channels and their management. Topics include channel behavior; channel design; selection, motivation, and control of channel members; types of retailers; retailer marketing decisions; the future of retailing; and wholesaling.
Prerequisite: MKT220
4 Credit Hours
Examines the production and operations management system in the fashion industry from the perspective of its ability to enhance value. Course will explore the issues of performance, cost, competitive reactions, and customer expectations and emphasize current management topics, such as ethics, diversity, technology, and globalization.
Prerequisite: MGT220
4 Credit Hours
Involves readings and discussions organized around selected topics in fashion. Themes will vary each quarter.
