MPSR 651 - Advanced Fashion Merchandising

Graduate Division
Fashion is bigger than you think! In today’s global fashion economy consumers have the advantage of using technology to engage in various activities that were unheard of a few decades ago. They can research brands, buy from fashion companies around the world, live stream fashion shows from the fashion capitals of the world. This class will provide abroad foundation for students who are entering the fashion industry for the first time and serve as a refresher while introducing new information to students who are have previously studied fashion or are currently employed in the fashion industry. Advanced Fashion Merchandising is designed to offer graduate students a foundation of knowledge related to the production and merchandising of various categories of fashion goods, history of fashion, and the most current theories in fashion development. It exposes students to the changing world of fashion, the producers of apparel, global marketing of fashion and the policies and strategies of fashion retailing.
credit(s): 3