4000. Merchandising Study Tour. 3 hours. Experience fashion and home furnishings industries through visits to manufacturing facilities, retail establishments, museums, historical structures and industry support organizations. Includes field study in industry centers for fashion (New York), home furnishings (High Point, N.C.), or other selected destinations. Pre-trip and post-trip classes required. Prerequisite(s): SMHM 2400 or 2490 and consent of instructor.
4010. Global Textiles and Apparel Industries. 3 hours. Overview of textile and apparel industries with emphasis on international issues and factors affecting processes from the production through distribution of textiles and apparel. Prerequisite(s): SMHM 2490 or consent of instructor.
4080. Merchandising Ventures. 3 hours. Exploration of the merchandisers' role in establishing new ventures with fashion and home furnishing products. Includes non-traditional merchandising formats. Prerequisite(s): SMHM 2400 or SMHM 2490, and ACCT 2020. Offered fall semester only.
4090. Visual Merchandising. 3 hours. Study and application of display principles as related to visual merchandising including store layout. Prerequisite(s): SMHM 2360 and 2490 or 2400.
4210. Hospitality Cost Controls. 3 hours. A study of the food, beverage and labor cost control systems used in the hospitality industry. Emphasis is on the use of control systems for managerial planning, analysis and evaluation. Includes the concept and terminology of costs; departmental income and expense statements; budgets; purchasing, receiving and inventory systems. Prerequisite(s): ACCT 2020 and 2030.
4250. Quantity Food Production and Management. 3 hours. (2;6) A laboratory-based course designed to provide students with an understanding of quantity food production principles and techniques. Students apply organizational and management skills in the actual operation of a restaurant facility. Prerequisite(s): SMHM 1420, 2550 and 4210. BIOL 2380 recommended. Students must apply one semester in advance and pass departmental screening. Uniforms required.
4260. Hospitality Business Strategies. 3 hours. Comprehensive study, strategic planning and analysis of the hospitality manager's role in operating a successful hospitality operation including applications of specialized computer software and human relations skills. Prerequisite(s): SMHM 3260 or consent of instructor.
4300. Survey of Beverages in the Hospitality Industry. 3 hours. A study of social beverages commonly used in the hospitality industry. Primary emphasis is on history, language, product identification and production and merchandising techniques for wines, beers, distilled spirits and non-alcoholic beverages. Prerequisite(s): student must be 21 years of age or older.
4450. Promotion of Apparel and Home Furnishings. 3 hours. Promotion of apparel and home furnishings throughout production and distribution systems. Emphasis on promotion media, special events and computer applications.
4650. Private Label Merchandising. 3 hours. Students plan, develop and present a textile-based merchandise group for private label apparel or home furnishings goods that are offered by a simulated retail organization. A multi-functional team approach. Includes application of computer software.
4660. Merchandising Case Studies. 3 hours. Analysis of merchandising and operating cases in retailing and related areas. Emphasis on formulating and evaluating alternatives for effective problem solving. Prerequisite(s): SMHM 3510 and MKTG 4600 or consent of instructor.
4730. Hotel and Restaurant Management Systems. 3 hours. In-depth analysis of the systems approach to marketing management in the hospitality industry. Students will utilize computer simulations to gain an understanding of hotel operations and menu engineering principles. An overall understanding of quality management is emphasized. Prerequisite(s): MKTG 3650, MGMT 3820 and SMHM 4210.
4750. Managing a Diverse Work Force. 3 hours. Exploration of current issues affecting management of a global work force. Managing a diverse workforce requires working effectively with people who vary by nationality, ethnicity, culture, religion, gender, language, age, abilities and unique personal characteristics.
4820. Facilities Planning, Equipment, Layout and Design. 3 hours. (2;2) Principles of hotel and restaurant property management and facilities layout and design, emphasizing equipment selection, space allocation, guest and production/service traffic flow patterns and facility operations management. Prerequisite(s): SMHM 4250 (may be taken concurrently).
5240. Merchandising Practices. 3 hours. Case analysis of merchandising principles practiced by representative consumer-driven international and domestic textile, apparel, and home furnishings companies. Interpretation of global trends and issues influencing the vertical and horizontal integration of merchandising practices in the distribution pipeline.
5250. Restaurant Development. 3 hours. The identification, examination and application of restaurant development principles. Topics include menu planning, service styles, dining room and kitchen design, materials purchasing and receiving, food production techniques, accounting and financial management, and merchandising.
5280. Hotel and Restaurant Operations: Theory and Analysis. 3 hours. A study of hotel and restaurant management operations problems, including the areas of budgeting, human resource scheduling and payroll control, sales forecasting, costing and financial statement analysis. Students will be actively involved in writing and discussing cases on current operations issues.
5300. Research Methods in Merchandising and Hospitality Management. 3 hours. Critical evaluation of research methods in merchandising and hospitality management fields. Develop research framework and formulate research design questions. Enhance research skills through writing a thesis proposal or research proposal.
5350. Issues and Trends in Merchandising and Hospitality Management. 3 hours. An analysis of current issues, trends and future projections influencing the field of either hotel and restaurant management or fashion merchandising.
5400. Research Applications in Merchandising and Hospitality
Management. 3 hours. Execute research projects
with
implications for marketers in textile, apparel, home furnishings or hospitality industries. Emphasis is on
conceptualizing problems, analyzing and interpreting data, and writing for industry and/or scholarly dissemination. Prerequisite(s):
SMHM 5300; statistics; or consent of instructor.
5440. Consumer Theory for Merchandising. 3 hours. Classic and contemporary consumer theories analyzed in situation contexts. Emphasis on formulating integrated conceptual consumer behavior models for strategic merchandising practices in domestic and international consumer-driven textile, apparel and home furnishing markets.
5460. Human Relations in Merchandising and Hospitality Management. 3 hours. Major areas of human relations skills necessary for managing employees and customers in merchandising and hospitality management are studied. Topics include employee supervision, motivation, communication, training, management development, problem-solving, decision making and stress management.
5500. Merchandising Strategies. 3 hours. Merchandising theory, principles and practice applied to the strategic planning, developing and presenting of textile, apparel and home furnishings product lines. How consumer driven markets motivate product sourcing, pricing, assortment, styling, and timing in the global distribution pipeline.
5550. Promotional Strategies. 3 hours. Analyze internal, external and situational factors that influence promotion strategies including advertising, public relations, promotions and salesmanship. Formulate and judge promotion strategies that generate added economic value to textile, apparel, home furnishings, or hospitality products or companies.
5600. Concept Merchandising. 3 hours. Explore concept merchandising of tangible and intangible products, services and experiences that are linking merchandising and hospitality segments. Apply merchandising strategies of planning, developing, and presenting products to consumers with the experiential components of the hospitality industry to provide a total concept-based experience. Topics include lifestyle merchandising, thematic merchandising, experience packaging, immersive environments, brand extension, co-branding, product category management, blurring, customization, innovation (planned obsolescence), consumer value orientations, value-added merchandising, core competencies in products and services, collaborative partnerships, and globalization.
5650. Global Merchandising. 3 hours. Critical analysis of merchandising principles and practices in a global context with emphasis on economic, political, environmental, cultural and social issues; geographic distribution; trade theory; trade data; and technological developments. Contrast the global dominance of textile, apparel and home furnishings industries on world trade and on consumer-driven markets by country and geo-political regions.
5700. Service Excellence. 3 hours. Explores the dynamics of service excellence in the merchandising and hospitality industries. How consumer-driven trends motivate service approaches, management and training procedures, and their impact in the marketplace.
5750. Electronic Merchandising. 3 hours. Analysis and application of electronic information exchange technology related to textile, apparel, home furnishings and other fashion-oriented products. Emphasis on product development, manufacturing/production, distribution, merchandising, e-commerce and sales.
5790. Field Experiences in Various Areas of Concentration. 3 hours. Arranged.
5800. Seminar in Various Areas of Concentration. 3 hours. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
5900-5910. Special Problems in Various Areas of Concentration. 3 hours each. Arranged. Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor.
5920. Problem in Lieu of Thesis. 3 hours. No credit given until problem in lieu of thesis is completed.
5950. Master's Thesis. 3 or 6 hours. To be scheduled only with consent of department. 6 hours credit required. No credit assigned until thesis has been completed and filed with graduate dean. Continuous enrollment required once work on thesis has begun. May be repeated for credit.
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