Fashion Merchandising

The Fashion Merchandising major at UGA is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of merchandising related to the apparel and textile industries.  The curriculum emphasizes the skills and competencies needed for careers in fashion promotion, retailing, merchandising, and management.  Course topics include but are not limited to retail planning and buying, global retailing, history of dress and fashion, apparel line development, visual merchandising, and trend analysis. 

A Product Development and Design area of emphasis is available which specifically orients toward production and sourcing.  For this emphasis students take courses in computer aided design, global sourcing, product development, apparel manufacturing, and choose from several study tours available in China, Ghana, London, or New York City. 

Career opportunities are available in retailing as a buyer, manager, fashion coordinator, or market researcher; in promotion as a display coordinator, public relations director, or advertising manager; in wholesaling as a manufacturing representative, showroom sales associate, piece goods buyer, product developer, or merchandising manager; and others.

Please note the following prerequisite courses that should be satisfied while selecting classes for Areas I-V. CHEM 1110-CHEM 1110L - Elementary Chemistry Laboratory (1 hour) or PHYS 1010 - Physical Science (3 hours) or BIOL 1103-BIOL 1103L - Concepts in Biology Laboratory (1 hour) is a prerequisite for TXMI 3500 - Textiles (3 hours). STAT 2000 - Introductory Statistics (4 hours) is a prerequisite for TXMI 3520 - Textile Testing (3 hours). SOCI 1101 - Introductory Sociology (3 hours) or PSYC 1101 - Elementary Psychology (3 hours) is a prerequisite for TXMI 4230/6230 - Dress, Society, and Culture (3 hours). 

Complete the following (40 hours):

Choose  General -  Fashion Merchandising or choose Product Development and Design  Area of Emphasis :

General-Fashion Merchandising

Choose twelve to thirteen (12-13) hours from the following Professional Electives:

General Electives: 7-8 hours

• Any level

Product Development and Design Area of Emphasis 

Required Courses (9 hours)  

• TXMI 3540 - CAD for Apparel Design and Production (3 hours)
• TXMI 4160/6160 - Product Development in the Textile and Apparel Industries (3 hours)
• TXMI 4250 - Survey of Apparel and Soft Goods Manufacturing (3 hours)

Choose 3-4 hours from the following:  

• TXMI 2010 - Creativity and the Design Process (3 hours) 
• TXMI 4220 - Apparel Line Development and Presentation (3 hours)  
• TXMI 5260 - Consumer and Employee Case Studies in the Retail Industry (3 hours) 
• TXMI 5710/7710 - Study Tour in Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors (1-3 hours) (3 hours) 
• HDFS(FDNS)(FHCE)(TXMI) 5711/7711 
• TXMI 5900 - Professional Development for the Fashion Industry (1 hour)
• TXMI 5910/7910 - Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors Internship (3-9 hours)  (maximum of 3 hours)

    
General Electives: 7-8 hours
Any level

• Transcripts. High School Transcripts (secondary school) from each and every institution must be submitted for review. If your high school is outside of the United States and not accredited by a U.S. Regional Association of Colleges and Schools, we recommend (not required) that you use a "course-by-course" (not document-by-document) evaluation service to ensure that your transcript is evaluated properly. College Transcripts from each institution attended during high school must be submitted for review. If you have attended college after high school graduation, you are not eligible to be a First-Year applicant and should submit a Transfer application. If your college is outside of the United States and not accredited by a U.S. Regional Association of Colleges and Schools, we REQUIRE that you use an evaluation service that does a "course by course" evaluation to ensure that your transcript is evaluated properly (if you do not submit, your application to UGA will be incomplete).
• Official SAT or ACT scores
• Verbal SAT scores above 430 OR
• ACT scores above 17 OR
• A band score of 6.5 or better on the IELTS OR
• Submit a TOEFL score of at least 213 on the computer-based exam, or a 550 paper based score, or an 80 on the internet based TOEFL.
• The University of Georgia accepts TOEFL and IELTS results from testing headquarters.
• School/Counselor Evaluation AND Teacher Recommendation
• Certificate of Finance

Scholarships

• Merit-based scholarships
• Diversity Scholarship
• Balanced Man Scholarship
• Helping Hand Scholarship