| Course Name | Fashion Merchandising |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA 403 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Elective | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | ||||||
| Course Coordinator | - | |||||
| Course Lecturer(s) | - | |||||
| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | Teaching the fundamentals of fashion buying with instruction in pricing, branding elements and inventories in order to plan a fashion design collection. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | Students learn the role of merchandising and its surrounding business environments and the responsibilities of the merchandiser. |
| Related Sustainable Development Goals | |
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| Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses | ||
| Supportive Courses | X | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Orientation and introduction: Evolution of Merchandising in the Apparel Industry | Apparel merchandising: The line starts here, Rosenau J.A., Wilson, D. |
| 2 | Merchandising: The Planning Market Knowledge | Apparel merchandising: The line starts here, Rosenau J.A., Wilson, D. |
| 3 | Planning and control tools: Marketing and merchandising calendars | Apparel merchandising: The line starts here, Rosenau J.A., Wilson, D. |
| 4 | Planning and control tools: Line plan summary, sales forecasts, shelf stock plan, style status report | Apparel merchandising: The line starts here, Rosenau J.A., Wilson, D. |
| 5 | Midterm 1Exam | Apparel merchandising: The line starts here, Rosenau J.A., Wilson, D. |
| 6 | Merchandising: The Execution Line development: Principles and technologies | |
| 7 | Merchandising: The Execution Line development: The Process | Apparel merchandising: The line starts here, Rosenau J.A., Wilson, D. |
| 8 | Costing strategies | Apparel merchandising: The line starts here, Rosenau J.A., Wilson, D. |
| 9 | Pricing strategies | Apparel merchandising: The line starts here, Rosenau J.A., Wilson, D. |
| 10 | Midterm 2 Exam | Apparel merchandising: The line starts here, Rosenau J.A., Wilson, D. |
| 11 | Quality: Merchandiser’s responsibilites | |
| 12 | Supply chain management | Apparel merchandising: The line starts here, Rosenau J.A., Wilson, D. |
| 13 | Sourcing strategies | Apparel merchandising: The line starts here, Rosenau J.A., Wilson, D. |
| 14 | The sourcing process | Apparel merchandising: The line starts here, Rosenau J.A., Wilson, D. |
| 15 | Merchandising: The future Review for Final Exam | Apparel merchandising: The line starts here, Rosenau J.A., Wilson, D. |
| 16 | Review of the Semester |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | |
| Suggested Readings/Materials |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weighting |
| Participation | 1 | 10 |
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | 16 | 10 |
| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | 2 | 40 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 40 |
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 60 | |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 40 | |
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 16 | 2 | |
| Presentation / Jury | |||
| Project | |||
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 2 | 5 | |
| Final Exams | 1 | 4 | |
| Total | 110 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to develop and design a collection independently. | X | ||||
| 2 | To be able to do maintain a design research individually or as a team. | X | ||||
| 3 | To be able to develop entrepreneurship- and managerial skills for a future professional practice. | X | ||||
| 4 | To be able to understand, interpret and apply theoretical knowledge in fashion and textile design. | X | ||||
| 5 | To be able to analyze and integrate the particular local and regional needs and of their profession. | X | ||||
| 6 | To be able to obtain a multidisciplinary point of view, follow and analyze the new issues, changes and trends in contemporary design and art in such a way that they can be integrated into design practice. | X | ||||
| 7 | To be able to apply industrial requirements, knowledge of material & usage and know-how knowledge in the creation of high quality fashion products. | X | ||||
| 8 | To be able to use digital information and communication technologies at a level that is adequate to the discipline of fashion and textile design. | X | ||||
| 9 | To be able to develop an ongoing analytical and professional approach to academic and design research. | X | ||||
| 10 | To be able to recognize the need and importance of a personal lifelong learning attitude towards their chosen area of interest. | X | ||||
| 11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of fashion and textile design and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | X | ||||
| 12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | |||||
| 13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. | |||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest
