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Fashion Retailing is a global, growth industry that provides challenging and rewarding career opportunities. Retail management is the achievement of company goals through effective and efficient planning, leadership, organisation and control of internal resources.
This Degree program is responding to a need for a Degree qualification in Fashion Buying within the context of Retail management This new Degree will take its first students in September 2023. The programme development team included Primark fashion buying team and Fashion Design lead JW Anderson London.
The team in conjunction with SETU guided the content and modules to ensure graduates are ready for employment on graduation. The Degree programme will blend business IT and Management modules with Fashion Buying, Fashion Retail Trend analyses and Media Modules
Special Features of the Degree
Our BSc in Fashion Buying and Retail Management programme is the ideal course of study for any individual who wishes to pursue a career in the Fashion or General Retail sector. This Business degree is perfect for someone who loves Fashion and Business .
Throughout the Degree a series of Fashion seminars and lectures will be delivered by key Fashion and Retail industry leaders to keep student up to date on trends and Industry Developments.
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 |
|---|---|
| Intro Fashion Buying & Retail man | Statistics and Data Analytics |
| Personal, Professional and Academic Skills 1 | Personal, Professional and Academic Skills 2 |
| The Fashion Retail Manager | The Macro Business Environment |
| Basic Excel | Retail Marketing |
| Market Pricing for Retail and Services | Retail Consumer |
| Semester 3 | Semester 4 |
|---|---|
| Accounting for Retailers | Marketing Research Fashion Forecasting |
| Enterprise Skills | Fashion Branding |
| Intro to Human Resource Management | Advanced Excel |
| Law | Fashion Buying 2 |
| Online Retailing | Employability skills |
| Merchandising | Marketing Mix Decisions |
| Semester 5 | Semester 6 |
|---|---|
| Choose one of the following electives: | Customer Relationship Management |
| *Retail Work Placement | Retail Entrepreneurship |
| *Retail Work Placement Log | Digital Fashion Marketing |
| *Retail Study Abroad | Retail Logistics & Project Management |
| *Retail Study Abroad Learning Log | Fashion Retailing |
| *International study Trip and Log | Global Fashion Landscape |
Leaving Cert: Minimum entry requirements for BSc in Fashion Buying and Retail Management
5 subjects: O6/H7
English or Irish: O6/H7
Mathematics: O6/H7
Advanced and Equivalent Entry for BSc in Fashion Buying and Retail Management :
Career options
Add 1 year to attain Level 8 Degree
Bachelor of Business (Hons)
Management Stream or HR Stream or Marketing Stream
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