Graduate Seminar in Consumer, Apparel, and Retail Studies

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Identify the responsibilities and expectations involved in pursuing a graduate degree.
• Assess appropriate writing styles and referencing in written examples of research.
• Understand the ethics of conducting research with human participants.
• Evaluate topics of research in consumer, apparel, and retail studies.
• Summarize the diverse approaches to research employed in consumer, apparel, and retail studies.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Written Assignments	40%
Research Interest Paper with Presentation	40%
Class Participation	20%
Total	100%

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
≥ 93.0%	A
90.0-92.9%	A-
87.0-89.9%	B+
83.0-86.9%	B
80.0-82.9%	B-
77.0-79.9%	C+
70.0-76.9%	C
<70.0%	F

Attendance/Participation:

The course is delivered in an asynchronous format. Students are expected to actively participate in the course by completing written assignments, contributing to class discussions, and completing research interest paper with presentation.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

No course materials are required.