Course Syllabus

Fashion Merchandising 

In this course students are introduced to the fashion and merchandising industries. Students acquire transferable knowledge and skills among the concepts of the business of fashion, fashion promotion events, the evolution and movement of fashion, the fashion industry, career development, merchandising of fashion and the selling of fashion.

Canvas and Assignments :  We use Canvas for EVERYTHING!!
Assignments are listed in Canvas by date – if you miss school – yes, you need to make it up.

Substitute Assignments are due the day they are assigned.  You will not be able to make these assignments up if they not turned in  by the end of class. 

Reading comprehension will be a large part of the course.
Creativity is vital in marketing, be prepared to be creative.

Every industry utilizes marketing.

  Movies and television shows are often part of the learning process in Fashion Merchandising.  The following videos may be shown:  “Project Runway Junior”,  “Million Dollar Shoppers”, “Fashion Hunters”, “The Pitch”,  “Shark Tank”, “Undercover Boss: O’Neill Clothing”, “The Devil Wears Prada”,  “Big Bang Theory: The Work Song Nanocluster”, “The First Monday in May”,  “In Vogue: The Editor's Eye”, and “The World's Greatest Festivals: The Ultimate Guide to New York Fashion Week”.

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Please note the information below is not a compressive list of assignments for this course.

Please ask your student to show you the current week in Canvas.

This will allow you to see all current assignments for the course.