Apparel & Merchandising Core Competencies

Key Concept
100 Level
200 Level
300 Level
400 Level
         
Aesthetics AM 140, AM 141 AM 240, AM 241 AM 341, AM 342, AM 345, AM 363 AM 446, AM 450, AM 460
         
Apparel & Textile Complex AM 101, AM 141, DM 120 AM 241 AM 330, AM 341, AM 363, AM 366 AM 446, AM 460
         
Careers        
- Professional Development AM 371, DM 300, DM 360 AM 446, AM 479, DM 400, DM 492, DM 487V
- Opportunities AM 101, AM 141 AM 241, AM 270 AM 330, AM 341, AM 342, AM 345, AM 366, DM 300, DM 360 AM 446, DM 400, DM 492
- Search DM 300, DM 360 AM 446, DM 492
         
Computer-Aided Design        
- Fashion Sketching AM 240 AM 446
- Marker Making AM 341 AM 446
- Pattern Making AM 341 AM 446
- Processes AM 341, AM 342 AM 446
- Retail Store Design (AM 466)
- Role - Strategy AM 101 AM 341
- Technical Sketching AM 240 AM 341 AM 446
- Textile Design AM 342 AM 446
         
Construction (Apparel & Textile) AM 141, DM 120 AM 241 AM 321, AM 341, AM 345, AM 363 AM 421, AM 446, AM 460
         
Design        
- Process AM 141, DM 130 AM 240, AM 241 AM341, AM 366 AM 446, AM 466, AM 460
- Elements & Principles AM 140, DM 130 AM 343, DM 300 AM 460
- Critique AM 140, AM 141 AM 240, AM 241 AM 341, AM 342, AM 343, AM 366, DM 300, DM 360 AM 446, AM 466, AM 479
         
Distribution AM 101 AM 241, AM 270 AM 341, DM 300, DM 360 AM 446
         
Diversity        
- Anthropometrics AM 141 AM 241 AM 341, AM 345
- Cultural AM 101, AM 140 AMCC 250
AM 342, AM 363, AM 366, DM 300, DM 360
AM 450, AM 460
- Global AM 101 AMCC 250 AM 330, AM 363 AM 460
- Product AM 141 AM 241 AM 341, AM 363, AM 366, DM 300, DM 360
AM 446, AM 460, AM 466
- Resources AM 101 AM 363 AM 460
- Target Market/Niche
AM 101, AM 140
AM 240, AM 241, AM 270
AM 341, AM 343, AM 366, DM 300, DM 360
AM 446, AM 450, AM 466, AM 472, AM 479
         
Economics AM 101 AM 330, AM 363, AM 366 AM 460, AM 481
         
Environmental Issues AM 321, AM 330, AM 366 AM 421
         
Ethics AM 330, DM 300, DM 360
         
Evolution of Merchandising        
Buying Processes AM 371
Brick and Mortar Retailers AM 101 DM 300, DM 360 AM 466
Communication Styles DM 300, DM 360
Consumer Behavior AM 101 DM 300, DM 360 AM 466, AM 472
Corporate Culture DM 300, DM 360
Customer Strategies DM 300, DM 360 AM 472
E-Tailers AM 101 DM 300, DM 360 AM 466
Market Structure AM 101 DM 300, DM 360
Retail Sales AM 101 DM 300, DM 360
Selling Processes DM 300, DM 360
Strategic Planning DM 300, DM 360
         
Garment Fit AM 140, AM 141 AM 240, AM 241 AM 341, AM 345, AM 363 AM 446
         
Industrial Processes        
- Costing AM 101 AM 241 AM 341 AM 446
- Production /Construction AM 101 AM 241 AM 321, AM 341, AM 363 AM 446, AM 460
- Production Guides AM 141 AM 241 AM 341 AM 446
- Specifications AM 141 AM 241 AM 341 AM 446
         
Layout/Composition        
- Exhibit Design (Museum, Gallery, Trade) AM 366, DM 300 AM 466
- Multi-media AM 341, DM 300, DM 360 AM 446
- Presentation Boards /Story Boards AM 140 AM 240 AM 343, AM 363 AM 446, AM 466
- Promotions AM 366, DM 300 AM 479
- Retail Space AM 366, DM 360 AM 466
         
Legislation /Regulation AM 241 AM 330, AM 341, AM 366, DM 300, DM 360 AM 421, AM 446, AM 466, AM 481
         
Pattern Making AM 141 AM 241 AM 341, AM 345 AM 446
         
Product Development & Evaluation Processes AM 101, AM 140, AM 141, DM 120 AM 241, AM 270 AM 341, AM 363 AM 421, AM 446, AM 460
         
Quality AM 101, AM 141, DM 120 AM 363 AM 421, AM 446, AM 460
         
Quality Control AM 101 AM 241 AM 341, AM 345 AM 421
         
Research Methods        
- Historical Methods /Perspectives AM 241 AM 363 AM 460
- Interpretative Methods AM 446, AM 450, AM 460
- Marketing Research DM 300, DM 360, AM 366 AM 446, AM 472
         
Sketching        
- Fashion AM 140 AM 343 AM 446
- Technical AM 140, AM 141 AM 341, AM 343, AM 345 AM 446, AM 466
         
Social Psychology of Appearance        
- Contextual Perspectives/ Meanings of Appearance AMCC 250 AM 363 AM 450
- Dress as a Factor in Collective Behavior
- Cultural Categories & Social Stratification: Ethnicity, Age, SES AMCC 250 AM 363 AM 450
- Fashion Process Theories AMCC 250 AM 363 AM 450
- Identification & Differentiation AMCC 250 AM 450
- Dress as a Factor in Interpersonal Behavior
- Dress as Nonverbal Communication AMCC 250 AM 450
- Person Perception & Social Cognition AMCC 250 AM 450
- Physical Attractiveness/ Interpersonal Attraction AMCC 250 AM 450
- Functions of Dress/ Theories of Dress/ Appearance AMCC 250 AM 363 AM 450
- Postmodernism: Social Structure, Appearance, and Fashion AMCC 250 AM 450
- Relationship of Dress to Self AMCC 250 AM 450
- Phenomenal Self: body image, satisfaction ideals AMCC 250 AM 450
- Role Behaviors (gender, occupational, life cycle, etc.) AMCC 250 AM 450
- Self-concept, self-esteem AMCC 250 AM 363 AM 450
- Self as social, self presentation (symbolic interactionism, dramaturgy) AMCC 250 AM 363 AM 450
         
Textiles        
- Color Systems & Software AM 140 AM 240 AM 321, AM 342 AM 421, AM 446, AM 460
- Layout AM 141 AM 241 AM 341 AM 446
- Performance Evaluation AM 341 AM 421, AM 446
- Properties AM 141, DM 120 AM 241 AM 321, AM 341 AM 446
- Specifications /Tolerances AM 241 AM 341 AM 421, AM 446
- Structure AM 141, DM 120 AM 241 AM 321, AM 341 AM 446, AM 460
- Textile Lab Techniques DM 120 AM 341 AM 421
         
Trade AM 101 AM 241 AM 330, AM 363 AM 460, AM 481
         
Trends        
- Consumer AM 101 AMCC 250 AM 341, AM 366, DM 360 AM 446, AM 450, AM 472
- Merchandising (Retail & Wholesale) AM 341, AM 366, DM 300, DM 360 AM 479
- Textiles AM 140 AM 240 AM 321, AM 342 AM 446