Fashion Merchandising and Design Major: Fashion Buying, Product Development, and Visual Merchandising Concentrations, B.A.A., B.S.
B.S. and B.A.A. degrees
Major Map: Fashion Merchandising & Design: Product Development Concentration
Major Map: Fashion Merchandising & Design: Visual Merchandising Concentration
Major Map: Fashion Merchandising & Design: Fashion Buying Concentration
The purpose of the major is to study visual merchandising, product development, or fashion buying. The major is planned to prepare students for a variety of professional careers in the apparel, fashion and textile industry. Career possibilities are available in the production, distribution, and buying of apparel fashion and textile products. The major includes the required courses in the core plus additional required courses in each of the concentrations of visual merchandising, product development, or fashion buying. Students may also complete a double concentration.
Admission Requirements, Retention & Termination Standards
- Student must have a minimum GPA of 2.0 to declare a major.
- Student must achieve a grade of C or better in all major courses in order to graduate with this major.
- In order to enroll in a major course, student must have achieved a C or better in the required major prerequisite course(s).
Program Learning Outcomes
Program Requirements
Core Courses (20 hours)
| FMD 141 | Fashion Fundamentals | 3(2-2) |
| FMD 155 | Introduction to Textiles | 3(2-2) |
| FMD 246 | CAD for Fashion Design and Merchandising | 3(0-4) |
| FMD 250WI | History of Western Dress | 3(3-0) |
| FMD 252WI | Diversity and Globalization in Dress | 3(3-0) |
| FMD 256 | Introduction to Fashion Industry | 3(3-0) |
| FMD 330 | Preprofessional Seminar in Fashion Merchandising and Design | 2(2-0) |
Concentrations
Select one or more of the following:
Fashion Buying Concentration (24 hours)
Required Courses (18 hours)
| FMD 200 | Apparel Prototype and Quality Analysis | 3(3-0) |
| FMD 258 | Fashion Retail Management | 3(3-0) |
| FMD 325QR | Merchandising Mathematics & Spreadsheet Applications | 3(3-0) |
| FMD 395 | Business Intelligence for Fashion Buying and Operation | 3(3-0) |
| FMD 410 | Fashion Advertising and Promotion | 3(3-0) |
| FMD 510 | Luxury Fashion Brand Management | 3(3-0) |
Electives (6 hours)
Select two of the following:
| FMD 225 | Fashion in Paris | 3(Spec) |
| FMD 326 | Fashion Styling & Digital Communication | 3(1-3) |
| FMD 346 | Advanced CAD for Apparel | 3(0-4) |
| FMD 355QR | Textile Analysis | 3(2-2) |
| FMD 356 | Visual Merchandising | 3(1-3) |
| FMD 401 | Internship in Fashion Merchandising and Design | 3(3-0) |
| FMD 456 | CAD for Visual Merchandising and Presentation | 3(0-4) |
| FMD 546 | Experimental CAD for Fashion | 3(1-3) |
Total: 44 semester hours
Product Development Concentration (24 hours)
Required Courses (21 hours)
| FMD 200 | Apparel Prototype and Quality Analysis | 3(3-0) |
| FMD 241 | Digital Fashion Illustration | 3(1-3) |
| FMD 346 | Advanced CAD for Apparel | 3(0-4) |
| FMD 347 | Digital Pattern Development and Virtual Fit | 3(1-3) |
| FMD 355QR | Textile Analysis | 3(2-2) |
| FMD 560 | Apparel Product Development | 3(1-3) |
| FMD 565 | 3D Printing and Fashion | 3(1-3) |
Electives (3 hours)
Select one of the following
| FMD 225 | Fashion in Paris | 3(Spec) |
| FMD 258 | Fashion Retail Management | 3(3-0) |
| FMD 280/WGS 280 | Queer Fashion | 3(3-0) |
| FMD 325QR | Merchandising Mathematics & Spreadsheet Applications | 3(3-0) |
| FMD 326 | Fashion Styling & Digital Communication | 3(1-3) |
| FMD 401 | Internship in Fashion Merchandising and Design | 3(3-0) |
| FMD 410 | Fashion Advertising and Promotion | 3(3-0) |
| FMD 510 | Luxury Fashion Brand Management | 3(3-0) |
| FMD 546 | Experimental CAD for Fashion | 3(1-3) |
Total: 44 semester hours
Visual Merchandising Concentration (24 hours)
Required Courses (18 hours)
| FMD 258 | Fashion Retail Management | 3(3-0) |
| FMD 326 | Fashion Styling & Digital Communication | 3(1-3) |
| FMD 356 | Visual Merchandising | 3(1-3) |
| FMD 410 | Fashion Advertising and Promotion | 3(3-0) |
| FMD 456 | CAD for Visual Merchandising and Presentation | 3(0-4) |
| FMD 556 | Advanced Visual Merchandising | 3(1-3) |
Electives (6 hours)
Select two of the following:
| FMD 200 | Apparel Prototype and Quality Analysis | 3(3-0) |
| FMD 225 | Fashion in Paris | 3(Spec) |
| FMD 241 | Digital Fashion Illustration | 3(1-3) |
| FMD 280/WGS 280 | Queer Fashion | 3(3-0) |
| FMD 325QR | Merchandising Mathematics & Spreadsheet Applications | 3(3-0) |
| FMD 346 | Advanced CAD for Apparel | 3(0-4) |
| FMD 395 | Business Intelligence for Fashion Buying and Operation | 3(3-0) |
| FMD 401 | Internship in Fashion Merchandising and Design | 3(3-0) |
| FMD 510 | Luxury Fashion Brand Management | 3(3-0) |
| FMD 546 | Experimental CAD for Fashion | 3(1-3) |
| FMD 565 | 3D Printing and Fashion | 3(1-3) |
Total: 44 semester hours