Psychology of Fashion – FACS 302
CG • Section 8WK • 07/01/2018 to 12/31/2199 • Modified 02/01/2024
Course Description
For information regarding prerequisites for this course, please refer to the Academic Course Catalog.
Rationale
This course introduces students to the emerging field of Fashion Psychology. Students learn how fashion and human behavior are intertwined and how psychological principles can be utilized to predict and explain those behaviors.
Course Assignment
Course Requirement Checklist
After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.
Discussions (4)
Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student is required to provide a thread in response to the provided prompt for each discussion. Each thread must be at least 300 words and demonstrate course-related knowledge. In addition to the thread, the student is required to reply to 2 other classmates’ threads. Each reply must be at least 100 words. (CLO: A - E).
Dressing for an Interview Blog Assignment
The students will create a blog style paper of at least 1000 words on the subject of dressing successfully for an interview. The student will incorporate information and research findings from Modules 2 and 3. (CLO: B, C, D).
Media's Influence Assignment
The student will keep a recording of 12 fashion images that he/she pays attention to during Module 4. The student will then answer a series of prompts related to body image or body positivity in a reflection paragraph of at least 200 words. (CLO: B, C, D, E).
Fashion and Mental Health Assignment
The student will create a fashion product that improves the mental health of fashion consumers and/or fashion industry employees. (CLO: B, C, D, E).
Ethics in the Fashion Industry Essay Assignment
The student will create a paper answering a series of prompted questions aimed at reflecting ethics, sustainability, and temptations in the fashion industry and how this relates to the Christian life. The paper should be at least 1250 words and include at least 5 citations (CLO: B, D, E, F).
Fashion Psychology Reflection Assignment
The student will create a paper reflecting on what he/she has learned in the course. The student will define what fashion psychology personally means and explain how this definition has changed from the start of the course. The student will explain how he/she intends to apply what has been learned in the course to the field. The paper should be at least 500 words and include at least 2 citations (CLO: A, B, C, D, E, F).
Quizzes (6)
Each quiz will cover the material for the assigned module. Each quiz will be open-book/open-notes, contain 12 true/false, multiple-choice, multiple answers, matching, short answers, and essay questions, and have a 1 hour time limit. (CLO: A, B, C, D, E, F).
