Fashion Studies, Fashion Merchandising Concentration, B.S.

True Blue Core (41 hours)

True Blue Core (TBC)  requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

Fashion Studies Core (35 hours)

• FASH 1110 - Apparel Foundations Applications 3 credit hours
• FASH 1170 - Introduction to the Fashion Industry 3 credit hours
• FASH 2110 - Fashion Forecasting 3 credit hours

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• FASH 2180 - Textiles 3 credit hours AND
• FASH 2181 - Textiles Laboratory 0 credit hours

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• FASH 2200 - History of Fashion 3 credit hours
• FASH 3120 - Advanced Topics in Textile Production and Trade 3 credit hours
• FASH 4140 - Global Apparel Manufacturing and Sustainability 3 credit hours
• FASH 4170 - Cultural and Social Aspects of Dress 3 credit hours
• FASH 4220 - Computer-Aided Apparel Design I 3 credit hours
• FASH 4240 - Fashion Show Production 2 credit hours
• FASH 4400 - Fashion Product Development 3 credit hours
• VCOM 2950 - Media Design Tools 3 credit hours

Fashion Merchandising Concentration (33 hours)

• FASH 3150 - Apparel Selection and Evaluation 3 credit hours OR
• FASH 3300 - Apparel Construction II 3 credit hours

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• FASH 3170 - Fashion Branding 3 credit hours
• FASH 3450 - Retail Math 3 credit hours
• FASH 4100 - Fashion Promotion and Digital Communication Strategies 3 credit hours
• FASH 4150 - Fashion Buying 3 credit hours

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• ACTG 3000 - Survey of Accounting for General Business 3 credit hours OR
• FIN 3010 - Principles of Corporate Finance 3 credit hours

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• MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours
• MKT 3830 - Retailing and E-Commerce 3 credit hours

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• Fashion Merchandising Guided Electives - choose three courses from the following (9 hours):

• BLAW 3400 - Legal Environment of Business 3 credit hours
• ENTR 2900 - Entrepreneurship 3 credit hours
• FASH 3200 - Apparel Construction I 3 credit hours
• FASH 4043 - Seminar in Fashion Studies 3 credit hours
• FASH 4303 - International Experience: Fashion and Culture Study Abroad 3 credit hours
• MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours
• MGMT 3620 - Supply Chain Operations 3 credit hours
• MKT 3825 - Marketing Analytics 3 credit hours
• MKT 3900 - Social Media Marketing 3 credit hours

Professional Education (5 hours)

• FASH 1010 - Career Orientation 1 credit hour
• FASH 4000 - Senior Professional Development Seminar 1 credit hour
• FASH 4103 - Internship: Textiles, Merchandising, and Design 3 credit hours

Electives (6 hours)

Freshman Fall

• FASH 1110 - Apparel Foundations Applications 3 credit hours OR
• FASH 1170 - Introduction to the Fashion Industry 3 credit hours

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• FASH 2180 - Textiles 3 credit hours AND
• FASH 2181 - Textiles Laboratory 0 credit hours

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• VCOM 2950 - Media Design Tools 3 credit hours

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• Written Communication 3 credit hours
• Quantitative Literacy 3 credit hours
• Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours

Freshman Spring

• FASH 1110 - Apparel Foundations Applications 3 credit hours OR
• FASH 1170 - Introduction to the Fashion Industry 3 credit hours

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• FASH 2180 - Textiles 3 credit hours AND
• FASH 2181 - Textiles Laboratory 0 credit hours

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• VCOM 2950 - Media Design Tools 3 credit hours

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• Information Literacy 3 credit hours
• Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
• Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours

Sophomore Fall

• FASH 1010 - Career Orientation 1 credit hour
• FASH 2110 - Fashion Forecasting 3 credit hours
• Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours
• Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
• Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours

Sophomore Spring

• FASH 2200 - History of Fashion 3 credit hours
• Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
• Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours

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• FASH 3150 - Apparel Selection and Evaluation 3 credit hours OR
• FASH 3300 - Apparel Construction II 3 credit hours

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• FASH 4220 - Computer-Aided Apparel Design I 3 credit hours

Junior Fall

• MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours
• FASH 3120 - Advanced Topics in Textile Production and Trade 3 credit hours
• FASH 3170 - Fashion Branding 3 credit hours
• FASH 4100 - Fashion Promotion and Digital Communication Strategies 3 credit hours

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• ACTG 3000 - Survey of Accounting for General Business 3 credit hours OR
• FIN 3010 - Principles of Corporate Finance 3 credit hours

Junior Spring

• MKT 3830 - Retailing and E-Commerce 3 credit hours
• FASH 4103 - Internship: Textiles, Merchandising, and Design 3 credit hours
• FASH 4240 - Fashion Show Production 2 credit hours
• Fashion Merchandising Guided Elective 3 credit hours
• History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours

Senior Fall

• FASH 3450 - Retail Math 3 credit hours
• FASH 4000 - Senior Professional Development Seminar 1 credit hour
• FASH 4140 - Global Apparel Manufacturing and Sustainability 3 credit hours
• FASH 4170 - Cultural and Social Aspects of Dress 3 credit hours
• Fashion Merchandising Guided Elective 3 credit hours
• Elective 3 credit hours

Senior Spring

• FASH 4150 - Fashion Buying 3 credit hours
• FASH 4400 - Fashion Product Development 3 credit hours
• History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
• Fashion Merchandising Guided Elective 3 credit hours
• Elective 3 credit hours