FS 4210 - Fashion Professional Practices

Credits: 3

This advanced-level course prepares the Fashion major with essential knowledge and practical strategies necessary to market product design from the original concept through merchandising, financing, sourcing, contracting, quality control, and sales to include exposure to global international trade and e-commerce. Upon successful completion of this course, students will have fundamental knowledge of how a fashion industry business functions and how to oversee productivity to include the venture of entrepreneurship.

Prerequisites: completion of 90+ credit hours

Course Learning Outcomes:

Identify approaches to take an idea to market.
Prepare detailed product development plans to support financial planning.
Prepare financial documents to support fashion business planning.
Explore marketing and sales with consideration of international trade and e-commerce.
Demonstrate fundamental knowledge of how a fashion industry business functions and how to oversee productivity in a venture of entrepreneurship.

Required Textbooks:
Fashion for Profit: A Professional’s Complete Guide to Designing, Manufacturing, & Marketing a Successful Line 

ISBN: 978-0972776301