Fashion Merchandising, BS
The fashion merchandising program involves all activities related to the development, buying and selling of merchandise. This major is for students planning a career in retail buying, product development, management, wholesale or retail sales, public relations, event planning or visual merchandising. A supervised internship is required during the senior year.
Major Requirements:
Required major courses:
Introduction to the Fashion Industry | 3 | |
Global Fashion Consumers | 3 | |
Textile Fundamentals | 3 | |
Fashion Drawing Fundamentals | 3 | |
Apparel Construction | 3 | |
Fashion Marketing and Digital Merchandising | 3 | |
History of Modern Dress and Culture | 3 | |
Merchandise Buying | 3 | |
Digital Design | 3 | |
Career Development for Merchandising | 2 | |
Product Development | 3 | |
Entrepreneurship in Merchandising | 3 | |
Appearance and Dress | 3 | |
Global Trade of Textiles and Apparel | 3 | |
Textile Testing and Analysis | 3 | |
Merchandise Planning and Analysis | 3 | |
Fashion Internship | 3 | |
FAME | Approved Elective | 3 |
FAME | Approved Elective | 3 |
**Additional 6 hours of electives in the major
Related Requirements:
Introductory Microeconomics | 3 | |
OR | ||
Introductory Macroeconomics | 3 | |
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Introduction to Psychology | 3 | |
OR | ||
Introductory Sociology | 3 |
Associated Requirement:
Introduction to Computer Graphics | 3 |
Minor Requirements:
General business, journalism, art, foreign language, communication studies, writing (English), architectural lighting design or another approved minor.
University Requirements
Undergraduate degree (120 hours minimum)
Upper-level coursework taken at TCU (42 hours minimum)
TCU Core Curriculum requirements
Suggested Courses for First-year
Fall or Spring (12 hours)
Introduction to Computer Graphics | 3 | |
Introduction to the Fashion Industry | 3 | |
Textile Fundamentals | 3 | |
Core Curriculum Requirement 3 credits | 3 |
Spring (6-7 hours)
Introductory Microeconomics | 3 | |
OR | ||
Introductory Macroeconomics | 3 | |
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Introduction to Psychology | 3 | |
OR | ||
Introductory Sociology | 3 | |
Core Curriculum Requirement 3 credits | 3 | |
Core Curriculum Requirement 3 credits | 3 |