FACS Fashion Merchandising

Please visit the Fashion Merchandising faculty webpages

Linda Gardner

Cindy Jones

Deborah Shivel

The Fashion Merchandising concentration at WKU is comprised of 76 hours in the major. The following chart shows course requirements for this major:

PROGRAM FOCUS: The central purpose of this program is to prepare graduates who can successfully fulfill focal roles as managers, merchandisers, and problem solvers in the textile and apparel industry.

REQUIRED COURSES

Comprehensive Major--No Minor Required

Fashion Merchandising Concentration

IDFM 120 Design Studio I

IDFM  131 Basic Apparel Construction

IDFM  132 Perspectives of Dress

IDFM  221 Creative Problem Solving in Design and Merchandising

IDFM  222 CAD in Human Environment

IDFM  223 Textiles

IDFM 231 Textiles and Apparel Quality Analysis

FACS 310 Management of Family Resources

FACS 311 Family Relations

IDFM  321 Professional Ethics and Issues Seminar

IDFM  322 Merchandising I for DMT

IDFM  332 History of Twentieth Century Fashion

IDFM  333 Fashion Fundamentals

IDFM  334 Apparel Design Management

IDFM  410 Internship

IDFM 421 Portfolio Design

IDFM 422 Textile Design and Performance

IDFM 431 Clothing and Human Behavior

IDFM 432 Visual Merchandising & Promotion

IDFM 433 Fashion Synthesis

IDFM 435 Computer Applications in Textiles and Apparel Management

IDFM (FM Elective)

MGT 210 Organization and Management

MKT 220 Basic Marketing Concepts

Fashion Merchandising Electives:

IDFM 226 Fashion Illustration

 IDFM 313 Practicum

FACS 411 Special Topics in FACS

IDFM 423 Human Environment Study Tour

IDFM 424 Historic Textiles

IDFM 426 Fashion Design Market Trends

IDFM 434 History of Costume

IDFM 438 Textiles & Apparel Merchandising II

For more information, please contact the department by phone (270-745-4352) or e-mail (lauri.warden@wku.edu).