FACULTY OF FINE ARTS AND DESIGN

Department of Textile and Fashion Design

FB 302 | Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Name
Fashion Management Project I
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
FB 302
Spring
2
4
4
9

Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Required
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course -
Course Coordinator -
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s)
Course Objectives The objective of this course is to develop necessary strategy skills for a business management career in the domestic or international fashion industry by delivering relevant product-brand-quality knowledge.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • to discuss the context and concept of fashion management, fashion culture and fashion business models
  • to define a chosen market and fashion brand
  • to present a design proposals to the identified markets
  • to define luxury fashion brands
  • to apply strategic planning theories on their fashion projects.
Course Description This course covers; teamwork concept, management concept, and strategies, understanding of technological and cultural trends, marketing, brand management, and fashion project management subjects.

 



Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
X
Supportive Courses
Media and Management Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Related Preparation
1 Introduction and Course Orientation
2 Introduction to Fashion Business: Creating Fashion Fundamentals of Design Management Virginia Grose - Fashion Merchandising-AVA Academia (2011), Chapter 1: Context and Concept Kathryn Best - The Fundamentals of Design Management -Ava Publishing (2010) Chapter 1
3 Product Development Virginia Grose - Fashion Merchandising-AVA Academia (2011),Chapter 2: product development
4 Fashion Retail Strategy Virginia Grose - Fashion Merchandising-AVA Academia (2011), Chapter 3: Retail Strategy
5 Fashion Merchandising Tim Jackson, David Shaw (auth.) - Mastering_ Fashion Buying and Merchandising Management-Macmillan Education UK (2001), Chapter: Role of Merchandising
6 Fashion Merchandising Management Tim Jackson, David Shaw (auth.) - Mastering_ Fashion Buying and Merchandising Management-Macmillan Education UK (2001), Chapter: Role of Merchandising
7 MIDTERM PRESENTATIONS
8 Luxury Fashion Branding Uche Okonkwo (auth.)-Luxury Fashion Branding_ Trends, Tactics, Techniques-Palgrave Macmillan UK (2007) Chapter; luxury fashion branding
9 Luxury Fashion Retailers Uche Okonkwo (auth.)-Luxury Fashion Branding_ Trends, Tactics, Techniques-Palgrave Macmillan UK (2007) Chapter; Luxury Fashion Retailing
10 Trend Development Process Fashion Marketing, Tony Hines, Margaret Bruce,(2007),Chapter 9: The process of trend development leading to a fashion season
11 Innovation management in creating new fashions Fashion Marketing, Tony Hines, Margaret Bruce,(2007),Chapter10; Innovation management in creating new fashions
12 Marketing and Brand Communication Kathryn Best - The Fundamentals of Design Management, Chapter 5; Marketing and Brand Communication
13 Review of the Fashion Project Management I
14 FINAL Project Presentations
15 Semester Review
16 Semester Review

 

Course Notes/Textbooks
  • Fairchild, Apparel Merchandising: line starts here by  Rosenau Jeremy A. (2001) Fairchild ISBN: 1-56367-198-0
  • Kathryn Best - The Fundamentals of Design Management  -Ava Publishing (2010) ISBN 978-2-940411-07-8
  • Tim Jackson, David Shaw (auth.) - Mastering_ Fashion Buying and Merchandising Management-Macmillan Education UK (2001) ISBN 978-0-333-80165-9
  • Fashion Marketing, Tony Hines, Margaret Bruce,(2007), ISBN–13: 978-0-7506-6897-2
Suggested Readings/Materials
  •  Virginia Grose - Fashion Merchandising-AVA Academia (2011) ISBN 978-2-940411-34-4
  • Creative Fashion Presentations by Polly Guerin (2009), 2nd Ed ISBN: 1-56367-250-2
  • Uche Okonkwo (auth.)-Luxury Fashion Branding_ Trends, Tactics, Techniques-Palgrave Macmillan UK (2007) ISBN 978-1-349-35657-7
  • Fashion Brand Merchandising, Gordon T. Kendall (2009), Fairchild Books ISBN: 978-1-56367-561-4

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
20
Presentation / Jury
Project
1
40
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm
1
30
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
4
100
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Theoretical Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
2
32
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)
16
4
64
Study Hours Out of Class
13
4
52
Field Work
0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
0
Portfolio
0
Homework / Assignments
1
35
35
Presentation / Jury
0
Project
1
40
40
Seminar / Workshop
0
Oral Exam
0
Midterms
1
35
35
Final Exam
0
    Total
258

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To be able to develop and design a collection independently.

X
2

To be able to do maintain a design research individually or as a team.

X
3

To be able to develop entrepreneurship- and managerial skills for a future professional practice.

X
4

To be able to understand, interpret and apply theoretical knowledge in fashion and textile design.

X
5

To be able to analyze and integrate the particular local and regional needs and of their profession.

X
6

To be able to obtain a multidisciplinary point of view, follow and analyze the new issues, changes and trends in contemporary design and art in such a way that they can be integrated into design practice.

X
7

To be able to apply industrial requirements, knowledge of material & usage and know-how knowledge in the creation of high quality fashion products.

8

To be able to use digital information and communication technologies at a level that is adequate to the discipline of fashion and textile design.

X
9

To be able to develop an ongoing analytical and professional approach to academic and design research.

X
10

To be able to recognize the need and importance of a personal lifelong learning attitude towards their chosen area of interest.

X
11

To be able to collect data in the areas of fashion and textile design and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1).

X
12

To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently.

13

To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise.

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

 


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