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Fashion Merchandising

This track prepares students for careers in the fashion and apparel industry as it relates to fashion merchandising. The student, in addition to taking courses in her major field, completes a business administration minor. She is prepared for careers in both wholesale and retail aspects of fashion. Students have the opportunity to substitute a year of study at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York City for the required minor.

Required major courses:
FASH 2050 Textiles
FASH 2100 Apparel Construction & Analysis
FASH 2150 Sociocultural Aspects of Clothing
FASH 3100 History of Costume
MRCH 3200 Technical Garment
MRCH 3300 Non-store Retailing
MRCH 3400 Visual Merchandising & Trend Analysis
FASH 4100 History of Fashion
MRCH 4604 Internship (Senior year)
MRCH 4850 Fashion Merchandising Seminar (Junior or Senior year)


Required Business Minor:
ACCT 2110 Financial Accounting
ACCT 2130 Managerial Accounting
MKTG 2300 Introduction to Marketing OR
SALE 2330 Introduction to Selling
MGMT 2400 Introduction to Management
MKTG 4300 Advanced Marketing
and at least 4 credits from
SALE 3330 Professional Selling
MKTG 3350 Buyer Behavior and Market Research
BUSI 3650 Business Law
MGMT 3400 Advanced Management

General Requirements:
History
Social Science
Literature
Fine Arts
Math/Statistics
Lab Science
Foreign Language (3)
Theology/Philosophy (3)
Reflective Woman
Global Search For Justice
Writing Intensive Courses (4)
Exercise Science Activities (2)

For course descriptions please see the academic catalog at the following website under Family, Consumer, and Nutritional Sciences.
http://minerva.stkate.edu/academiccatalog.nsf/Baccalaureate?OpenForm