Fashion Merchandising, BS (60 hours)
The fashion merchandising program involves all activities related to the development, buying and selling of merchandise. This major is for students planning leadership roles in the fashion industry in areas such as buying, planning, product development, trend forecasting, and entrepreneurial ventures. A supervised internship is required before graduation.
The Fashion Merchandising major requires 60 hours of fashion merchandising and associated coursework as well as a minor.
Required Major Courses (42 hours)
Seminar in Fashion Merchandising | 1 | |
Introduction to the Fashion Industry | 3 | |
Textile Fundamentals | 3 | |
FAME20221 | Professional Development for Merchandising | 1 |
Global Fashion Consumers | 3 | |
Fashion Drawing Fundamentals | 3 | |
Apparel Construction | 3 | |
Fashion Marketing and Digital Merchandising | 3 | |
FAME20293 | Merchandise Buying | 3 |
Global Trade of Textiles and Apparel | 3 | |
FAME30221 | Fashion Internship | 1 |
History of Modern Dress and Culture | 3 | |
Digital Design | 3 | |
FAME30263 | Product Development | 3 |
Textile Testing and Analysis | 3 | |
Merchandise Planning and Analysis | 3 |
FAME Electives (15 hours)
15 total elective hours are required, 12 of which must be upper-level (30000+). FAME 30221 Fashion Internship is repeatable up to 4 times for credit, 3 hours of which may be counted for elective credit.
FAME | Approved Upper-Level Elective | 3 |
FAME | Approved Upper-Level Elective | 3 |
FAME | Approved Upper-Level Elective | 3 |
FAME | Approved Upper-Level Elective | 3 |
FAME | Approved Elective | 3 |
Associated Requirements (3 hours)
Introduction to Computer Graphics | 3 |
Minor Requirements
Students are required to complete a minor as part of the degree program.
University Requirements
Undergraduate degree (120 hours minimum)
Upper-level coursework taken at TCU (36 hours minimum)
TCU Core Curriculum requirements