This degree caters for the specialised skills needs of clothing retailers and manufacturers seeking top talent to give them an edge in the fiercely competitive clothing market. This well-rounded programme also includes compulsory practical sessions in clothing production, ethnic and entrepreneurial clothing production and tailoring.
Type: undergraduate degree
Duration: 3 years full time
Compulsory Subjects
First year subjects:
- Principles of consumer science
- End-user Computing
- English communication for business
- Business management
- Accounting concepts, principles and procedures
- Clothing construction
- Commercial law
- Commercial law
Second year subject:
- Introduction to retailing
- Introduction to entrepreneurship and small-business management
- General management
- Marketing management
- Textiles: Fibre
- Ethnic and entrepreneurial clothing production
- History of costume
- Clothing and textile practice
- Social psychology of clothing
- Wardrobe planning
Third year subjects:
- Evaluation of apparel
- Textiles: yarns, fabrics and finishes
- Tailoring: practical
- Fashion development, production and marketing
- Small-scale clothing production and merchandising
- Retail merchandising management
- Retail buying
- Promotion and distribution management in retailing
- Entrepreneurship and small-business management
- Strategic management
Careers: retail merchandising manager, retail buyer, promotion and distribution manager, wardrobe planner, clothing entrepreneur.
Source: www.unisa.ac.za