COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION


Course Name
Fashion Management Project I
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
FB 302
Spring
2
4
4
9
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Required
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator -
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s)
Course Objectives The objective of this course is to develop necessary strategy skills for a business management career in the domestic or international fashion industry by delivering relevant product-brand-quality knowledge.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • to discuss the context and concept of fashion management, fashion culture and fashion business models
  • to define a chosen market and fashion brand
  • to present a design proposals to the identified markets
  • to define luxury fashion brands
  • to apply strategic planning theories on their fashion projects.
Course Description This course covers; teamwork concept, management concept, and strategies, understanding of technological and cultural trends, marketing, brand management, and fashion project management subjects.
Related Sustainable Development Goals

 



Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
X
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Introduction and Course Orientation
2 Introduction to Fashion Business: Creating Fashion Fundamentals of Design Management Virginia Grose - Fashion Merchandising-AVA Academia (2011), Chapter 1: Context and Concept Kathryn Best - The Fundamentals of Design Management -Ava Publishing (2010) Chapter 1
3 Product Development Virginia Grose - Fashion Merchandising-AVA Academia (2011),Chapter 2: product development
4 Fashion Retail Strategy Virginia Grose - Fashion Merchandising-AVA Academia (2011), Chapter 3: Retail Strategy
5 Fashion Merchandising Tim Jackson, David Shaw (auth.) - Mastering_ Fashion Buying and Merchandising Management-Macmillan Education UK (2001), Chapter: Role of Merchandising
6 Fashion Merchandising Management Tim Jackson, David Shaw (auth.) - Mastering_ Fashion Buying and Merchandising Management-Macmillan Education UK (2001), Chapter: Role of Merchandising
7 MIDTERM PRESENTATIONS
8 Luxury Fashion Branding Uche Okonkwo (auth.)-Luxury Fashion Branding_ Trends, Tactics, Techniques-Palgrave Macmillan UK (2007) Chapter; luxury fashion branding
9 Luxury Fashion Retailers Uche Okonkwo (auth.)-Luxury Fashion Branding_ Trends, Tactics, Techniques-Palgrave Macmillan UK (2007) Chapter; Luxury Fashion Retailing
10 Trend Development Process Fashion Marketing, Tony Hines, Margaret Bruce,(2007),Chapter 9: The process of trend development leading to a fashion season
11 Innovation management in creating new fashions Fashion Marketing, Tony Hines, Margaret Bruce,(2007),Chapter10; Innovation management in creating new fashions
12 Marketing and Brand Communication Kathryn Best - The Fundamentals of Design Management, Chapter 5; Marketing and Brand Communication
13 Review of the Fashion Project Management I
14 FINAL Project Presentations
15 Semester Review
16 Semester Review
Course Notes/Textbooks
  • Fairchild, Apparel Merchandising: line starts here by  Rosenau Jeremy A. (2001) Fairchild ISBN: 1-56367-198-0
  • Kathryn Best - The Fundamentals of Design Management  -Ava Publishing (2010) ISBN 978-2-940411-07-8
  • Tim Jackson, David Shaw (auth.) - Mastering_ Fashion Buying and Merchandising Management-Macmillan Education UK (2001) ISBN 978-0-333-80165-9
  • Fashion Marketing, Tony Hines, Margaret Bruce,(2007), ISBN–13: 978-0-7506-6897-2
Suggested Readings/Materials
  •  Virginia Grose - Fashion Merchandising-AVA Academia (2011) ISBN 978-2-940411-34-4
  • Creative Fashion Presentations by Polly Guerin (2009), 2nd Ed ISBN: 1-56367-250-2
  • Uche Okonkwo (auth.)-Luxury Fashion Branding_ Trends, Tactics, Techniques-Palgrave Macmillan UK (2007) ISBN 978-1-349-35657-7
  • Fashion Brand Merchandising, Gordon T. Kendall (2009), Fairchild Books ISBN: 978-1-56367-561-4

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
20
Presentation / Jury
Project
1
40
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
1
30
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
4
100
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

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
4
Study Hours Out of Class
13
4
52
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
35
Presentation / Jury
Project
1
40
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
1
35
Final Exams
    Total
258

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
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.

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