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Marketable Skills Report

Applied Arts

Family & Consumer Sciences

Bachelor of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences (B.S.F.C.S.) Major in Fashion Merchandising

Marketable Skills:

  • Think critically
  • Analyze and solve problems
  • Communicate clearly and effectively
  • Apply quantitative and qualitative data analysis within the textile and apparel complex, including but not limited to year over year percent sales change, inventory turnover, and gross margin.
  • Demonstrate technology skills with industry software including but not limited to Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to create trend imaging, technical drawings, and colorway images for product development and visual merchandising.
  • Identify and evaluate issues of social responsibility and ethics that impact decision-making of individuals, organizations, and corporations, including but not limited to global labor and human rights, false classification, and illicit transshipment.
  • Identify and understand social, cultural, educational, language, and individual influences on industry issues including but not limited to consumer decision making and demand for textile and apparel products.

Applied Arts

Family & Consumer Sciences

Bachelor of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences (B.S.F.C.S.) Major in Fashion Merchandising

Marketable Skills:
  • Think critically
  • Analyze and solve problems
  • Communicate clearly and effectively
  • Apply quantitative and qualitative data analysis within the textile and apparel complex, including but not limited to year over year percent sales change, inventory turnover, and gross margin.
  • Demonstrate technology skills with industry software including but not limited to Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to create trend imaging, technical drawings, and colorway images for product development and visual merchandising.
  • Identify and evaluate issues of social responsibility and ethics that impact decision-making of individuals, organizations, and corporations, including but not limited to global labor and human rights, false classification, and illicit transshipment.
  • Identify and understand social, cultural, educational, language, and individual influences on industry issues including but not limited to consumer decision making and demand for textile and apparel products.
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