Fashion and Retail Studies

Effective for students admitted to the College of Education and Human Ecology beginning Summer 2023

General Education Requirements (32-39 Hours)

Bookends (2 Hours)

• Launch Seminar (1)
• Reflection Seminar (1)

Foundations (22-25 Hours)

• Writing & Information Literacy (3)
• Mathematical & Quantitative Reasoning or Data Analysis (3-5)
• Literary, Visual & Performing Arts (3)
• Historical & Cultural Studies (3)
• Natural Science (4-5)
• Social & Behavioral Sciences (3)
• Race, Ethnic & Gender Diversity (3)

Thematic Pathways (8-12 Hours)

Take 4-6 hours from Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World and 4-6 hours from another Thematic Pathway of choice.

• Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World
• Choice of 4-6 hours from one additional Thematic Pathway:
  • Lived Environments
  • Origins & Evolution
  • Migration, Mobility, & Immobility
  • Sustainability
  • Traditions, Cultures, & Transformations
  • Health & Wellbeing
  • Number, Nature, Mind

College Requirement (1 Hour)

• EHE 1100 College Survey (1)

Supporting Course Requirements (9-12 Hours)

• Math Placement M or higher, or MATH 1116 Excursions in Mathematics or higher (0-3)
• BUSML 3150 Foundations of Marketing (3)
• ECON 2001.01 Principles of Microeconomics (can overlap with GE Social & Behavioral Sciences) (3)
• Choose one:
  • CSFRST/CSHSPMG 2100 Profit-Centered Merchandising and Hospitality (3)
  • ACCTMIS 2000 Foundations of Accounting (3)

Major Requirements (51 Hours)

Major Core Requirements (24 Hours)

• CSFRST 2372 Appearance, Dress, and Cultural Diversity (3)
• CSFRST 2374 Twentieth Century Fashion and Beyond (3)
• CSFRST 2370 Design Aesthetics of Fashion & Retail (3)
• CSFRST 2371 Textiles (3)
• CSFRST 2373 Business of Fashion & Retailing (3)
• CSFRST 2990 Professional Development (3)
• CSFRST 3585 Retail Merchandising I (3)
• CSFRST 3191 Internship (3)

Interdisciplinary Core (12 Hours)

• CSFRST/CSHSPMG 2300 Branding in Fashion, Hospitality and Sports Industries (3)
• CSFRST/CSHSPMG 3330 Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability & Entrepreneurship in Fashion & Hospitality Indus (3)
• CSFRST/CSHSPMG 3950 Uses of Social Media and IT in Fashion, Hospitality, and Sports Industries (3)
• CSFRST/CSHSPMG 4680 Strategic Management in Fashion & Hospitality Industries (3)

Major Tracks Requirements (15 Hours)

Students can complete either the Merchandising Track or Product Development Track, or complete 15 total hours from a combination of both Tracks (15)

Merchandising Track

• CSFRST 3474 Fashion Forecasting (3)
• CSFRST 4575 Retail Environments (3)
• CSFRST 4576 Global Sourcing and Trade in Textile Products (3)
• CSFRST 4577 Fashion & Retail Promotion (3)
• CSFRST 4585 Retail Merchandising II (3)

Product Development Track

• CSFRST 3470 Apparel Product Development I (3)
• CSFRST 3471 Apparel Manufacturing Decisions (3)
• CSFRST 4570 Apparel Product Development II (3)
• CSFRST 4571 Technologies for Fashion Product Management (3)
• CSFRST 4576 Global Sourcing and Trade in Textile Products (3)

Total Hours: 89-103

Free Electives to reach 120 Hours: 18-31

Minimum of 120 credit hours required for degree completion. Total Hours range is based on requirement course choices and/or the number of credits that overlap between requirement areas. Students are encouraged to overlap as many credits as possible.

Suggested Electives (not required for degree completion; will not count for Major Requirements)

• BUSMHR 2500 Entrepreneurship (3)
• BUSMHR 3100 Foundations of Management and Human Resources (3)
• BUSOBA 3130 Foundations of Operations Management (3)
• CONSCI 3940 Consumer Information: Methods of Data Analysis (3)
• CONSCI 4990 Practicum in Consumer Sciences (1-3)
• CSCFFS 2260 Healthy Finances and Economic Wellbeing for Individuals and Families (3)
• CSCFFS 3270 Families in Business (3)
• CSFRST 2375 From Folk to Funk to Festivals: The Interplay Between Music and Dress (3)
• CSFRST/CSHSPMG/CSCFFS 3910 Customer Experience Management (3)
• CSFRST 4583 International Retailing (3)
• CSFRST 5575 Social, Psychological, and Cultural Aspects of Fashion and Dress (3)
• CSFRST 5701 Readings and Theories in Fashion and Retail Studies (1-4)
• CSFRST 5710 Ethical Decision-Making in Consumer Sciences (3)
• CSFRST 5720 Economics History of Power in Fashion (3)
• CSFRST 5730 Fashion, Textiles, and the Environment (3)
• CSFRST/CSHSPMG 5780 Leadership for the Service Industry (3)