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Fashion Merchandising BSFCS



Overview

The Fashion Merchandising major is designed to provide students with an understanding of merchandising related to the apparel and textile industries. The program emphasizes the skills and competencies needed for careers in fashion promotion, buying, retailing, merchandising, product development, and global supply chain management. Students learn that fashion is not simply a business, but a cultural industry. Students choose between two emphases areas both focused on understanding the fashion target market. The Fashion Brand Management Emphasis hones expertise in both creative and analytical aspects of merchandising, buying, retail and branding decisions. The Product Development and Design Emphasis demonstrates that inspiration and design concepts drive the creation of garments and apparel products for the end customer.

The curriculum puts special emphasis on entrepreneurship, fashion promotion, visual merchandising, product development, retail buying and planning, as well as global sourcing.

Double Dawgs

This major is part of a Double Dawgs pathway: Fashion Merchandising BSFCS/Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors MS Fashion Merchandising BSFCS/Financial Planning, Housing and Consumer Economics MS(Applied Consumer Analytics)(non-thesis) For more information, go to doubledawgs.uga.edu.

Contact

Olivia Arnold Academic Advisor oliviamarnold@uga.edu Ryan Burke Academic Advisor rb@uga.edu Ben Lawrence Academic Advisor ben.lawrence@uga.edu

Four-Year Program of Study

Four-Year Program of Study

The following program of study provides a path for students to complete this degree program in four years.

Area of Emphasis in Fashion Brand Management
Fall Year 1

Area IV World Languages and Global Culture

ENGL 1101  English Composition I 3
FYOS 1001  First-Year Odyssey Seminar 1
MATH 1101  Introduction to Mathematical Modeling 3
POLS 1101  American Government 3
TXMI 2010  Creativity in Fashion and Interiors 3
Spring Year 1

Area IV World Languages and Global Culture

ENGL 1102  English Composition II 3
FACS 2000  Introduction to Family and Consumer Sciences 1
PSYC 1101  Elementary Psychology 3

Choose 1 course(s) from the following:

BIOL 1103  Concepts in Biology 3
CHEM 1110  Elementary Chemistry 3
    AND  CHEM 1110L  Elementary Chemistry Laboratory 1
PHYS 1010  Physical Science 3

Choose 1 course(s) from the following:

HIST 2111  American History to 1865 3
HIST 2112  American History Since 1865 3
Summer Year 1

N/A

Fall Year 2

Area IV World Languages and Global Culture

FHCE 2100  Introduction to Consumer Economics 3

PEDB Course

TXMI 3210  Fundamentals of Fashion Merchandising 3

Choose 1 course(s) from the following:

ACCT 1160  Survey of Accounting 3
ACCT 2101  Principles of Accounting I 3

Choose 1 course(s) from the following:

ARHI 2300  Introduction to Art History: Prehistory to Renaissance 3
ARHI 2400  Introduction to Art History: Renaissance to Contemporary 3
ARTS 2000  Art Appreciation 3
Spring Year 2

Area II Physical or Life Science

MARK 3001  Principles of Marketing 3
MIST 2090  Introduction to Information Systems in Business 3
STAT 2000  Introductory Statistics 4
TXMI 3500  Textiles 3
Summer Year 2

N/A

Fall Year 3

Area IV Humanities and the Arts

TXMI 3520  Textile Testing 2
TXMI 3520L  Textile Testing Laboratory 1
TXMI 3240  Retail Planning and Buying 3
TXMI 4210  Trend Analysis and Forecasting 3
TXMI 4240/6240  Fashion Promotion and Visual Merchandising 3
Spring Year 3

Professional Elective

TXMI 3530  Apparel Quality Analysis 3
TXMI 4230/6230  Dress, Society, and Culture 3
TXMI 4290/6290  History of Dress and Fashion: Nineteenth Century to the Present 3
TXMI 5220  Fashion Product and Brand Management 3
TXMI 5900  Professional Development for the Fashion Industry 1
Summer Year 3
TXMI 5910/7910  * Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors Internship 3-9

*As an alternative to TXMI 5950 Fashion Merchandising Capstone

Fall Year 4

Professional Elective

TXMI 4260  Global Sourcing and Logistics of Textile Products and Apparel 3
TXMI 4520/6520  Apparel and Textile Economics 3
TXMI 5540/7540  Retail Analytics and Applications 3
Spring Year 4

General Elective

Professional Elective

TXMI 5240/7240  Retailing Apparel and Textiles 3
TXMI 5950  * Fashion Merchandising Capstone 3

*As an alternative to TXMI 5910 TMI Internship

Summer Year 4

N/A

Area of Emphasis in Product Development and Design
Fall Year 1

Area IV World Languages and Global Culture

ENGL 1101  English Composition I 3
FYOS 1001  First-Year Odyssey Seminar 1
MATH 1101  Introduction to Mathematical Modeling 3
POLS 1101  American Government 3
TXMI 2010  Creativity in Fashion and Interiors 3
Spring Year 1

Area IV World Languages and Global Culture

ENGL 1102  English Composition II 3
FACS 2000  Introduction to Family and Consumer Sciences 1
PSYC 1101  Elementary Psychology 3

Choose 1 course(s) from the following:

BIOL 1103  Concepts in Biology 3
CHEM 1110  Elementary Chemistry 3
    AND  CHEM 1110L  Elementary Chemistry Laboratory 1
PHYS 1010  Physical Science 3

Choose 1 course(s) from the following:

HIST 2111  American History to 1865 3
HIST 2112  American History Since 1865 3
Summer Year 1

N/A

Fall Year 2

Area IV World Languages and Global Culture

FHCE 2100  Introduction to Consumer Economics 3

PEDB Course

TXMI 3210  Fundamentals of Fashion Merchandising 3

Choose 1 course(s) from the following:

ACCT 1160  Survey of Accounting 3
ACCT 2101  Principles of Accounting I 3

Choose 1 course(s) from the following:

ARHI 2300  Introduction to Art History: Prehistory to Renaissance 3
ARHI 2400  Introduction to Art History: Renaissance to Contemporary 3
ARTS 2000  Art Appreciation 3
Spring Year 2

Area II Physical or Life Science

MARK 3001  Principles of Marketing 3
MIST 2090  Introduction to Information Systems in Business 3
STAT 2000  Introductory Statistics 4
TXMI 3500  Textiles 3
Summer Year 2

N/A

Fall Year 3

Area IV Humanities and the Arts

TXMI 3240  Retail Planning and Buying 3
TXMI 3520  Textile Testing 2
TXMI 3520L  Textile Testing Laboratory 1
TXMI 3540  CAD for Apparel Design and Production 3
TXMI 4160/6160  Product Development in the Textile and Apparel Industries 3
Spring Year 3

Professional Elective

TXMI 3530  Apparel Quality Analysis 3
TXMI 5210/7210  course number will change to TXMI 3640 by F26 Digital Apparel Design and Development Applications 3
TXMI 4280/6280  Apparel Design Studio 3
TXMI 4290/6290  History of Dress and Fashion: Nineteenth Century to the Present 3
TXMI 5900  Professional Development for the Fashion Industry 1
Summer Year 3
TXMI 5910/7910  * Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors Internship 3-9

*As an alternative to TXMI 5950 Fashion Merchandising Capstone

Fall Year 4

Professional Elective

TXMI 4230/6230  Dress, Society, and Culture 3
TXMI 4250  Survey of Apparel and Soft Goods Manufacturing 3
TXMI 4520/6520  Apparel and Textile Economics 3
Spring Year 4

General Elective

Professional Elective

TXMI 4260  Global Sourcing and Logistics of Textile Products and Apparel 3
TXMI 5950  * Fashion Merchandising Capstone 3

*As an alternative to TXMI 5910 TMI Internship

Summer Year 4

N/A

University-Wide Requirements

Link: University-wide Requirements