Spring 2024

In this course, qualified students work on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.

This course provides an in-depth exploration of varying special topics within the fashion industry's science and technology field. The topics of the course vary depending on instructor and semester. Each course will overview core concepts, foundational knowledge, and practical applications about the topics presented. The course will focus on contemporary issues in the field and those issues' contextual positioning within industry, community, and societal contexts.

Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.

Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of instruction and practice in actual service in a department, program, or discipline. Teaching formats may include seminars, in-depth studies, laboratory work and patient study.

An in-depth look at how technology impacts the fashion industry. Examines uses of technology in the fashion design process, the emergence of wearable tech, the use of smart textiles, wearer-friendly interactive clothing, body scanners, and the Quantified Self (QS). The course further explores the revolutionary relationship between contemporary fashion and technology and how it translates into highly aspirational products that focus on self-expression.

This course presents an overview of the apparel production cycle, product design, creation, and distribution. Various assembly equipment used in the production process along with the importance of the technical package's relationship to the process will be stressed. Students will analyze garment design and construction features in order to understand their relationship to apparel cost and quality. Garment specification, time and motion studies, sourcing and sustainability are also covered. An introduction to the HIGG Index and how it is applied to apparel production will be discussed.

Develop the science of predicting future fashion trends. Learn the relationship between forecasting, trend prediction, external, social changes, and historical style movements. Analyze past styled movements and establish an understanding of historical context, consumer trends, buying patterns, fads, and cults. Research color palettes, surface and fabric trends and concepts, form and silhouette changes, and product shifts. Learn to synthesis trends for new product by gaining insight into consumers' attitudes and lifestyles phases. Group and individual projects are used to access the students learning. This course is not intended for RCSC majors. No RCSC credit will be given for this course.

The fashion industry is, ever-changing and a greater understanding of all aspects of fashion promotion is necessary for student success. Communicating effectively across a range of platforms with respect to the consumer and maintaining consistency to navigate the global landscape in fashion communication along with managing emerging trends in social marketing and event planning is necessary for all fashion promotion.

Use of current news, events, and personalities as a basis for writing and evaluating institutional and product publicity releases for news and feature stories. Students plan publicity campaigns and create a press kit. Students plan and develop sales promotion activities in order to achieve specific marketing and communications objectives. Both business-to-business and business-to-consumer sales promotion campaigns are developed

This online course provides an analysis of the principles and practices of e-commerce in fashion retailing and their relationship to customer service integrated as fashion promotion. Topics included a survey of brick & mortar fashion customer, its technology underpinnings; understanding and communicating with the e-customer. Case studies and projects will be used to apply the concepts.

The class will consist of a systematic exploration of the various realms: Egyptians to present where the relationship between fashion and history can be observed. These realms include gender, race, class, law, capital, religion, and the like. A thematic exploration of the topic of the class should serve as a double introduction to fashion history, Arizona history (expands from indigenous cultures that have contributed to Arizona fashion) and fashion theory (especially from the post-structuralist era onwards). The class will be about fashion as theory, rather than theory applied to fashion.

An introductory course which will provide students with a dynamic overview of the global beauty industry. Students will gain an understanding of the different sectors of the business and will experience through assignments, and case studies, the many unique aspects of beauty as a business. The course will explore the history of the beauty industry, the distinctive aspects of beauty marketing, and the role of cultural differences, which mold the business of beauty throughout the world. Prominence will be given to the influencer phenomenon and its impact on global beauty trends.