Fashion Consumer Sciences
Associate of Applied Science
Learn the skills needed to succeed in fashion sales and apparel merchandising. Students planning to transfer to a four year university should pursue the Retail Management - Associate of Arts degree. Complete this program by taking classes exclusively on weekdays or in a combination of day, evening, and weekend classes.
Program/Major Codes: AASBFM/BFM
What can I do with this degree?
Career Options: Start a career or seek advancement as an apparel buyer, sales representative, manufacturing representative, apparel coordinator, display specialist, or department manager.
Academic Options: Transfer to a 4-year university to pursue a degree in Retailing and Consumer Sciences or a related degree.
Program Requirements
General Education Requirements
This section lists general education requirements that are not fulfilled by core or support courses. *
| Credits | ||
| Analysis and Critical Thinking Requirement | 3-6 | |
| Subtotal | 3-6 | |
Required Core Courses
| Course # | Course Title | Credits |
| BUS 125 | eCommerce | 3 |
| BUS 151 | Mathematics of Business | 3 |
| MGT 110 | Human Relations in Business and Industry | 3 |
| MGT 122 | Supervision | 3 |
| or MGT 124 | Small Business Management | |
| MGT 130 | Improving Customer Service Quality | 3 |
| MKT 100 | Customer Service Skills | 3 |
| MKT 111 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| MKT 125 | Advertising | 3 |
| MKT 139 | Retailing | 3 |
| MKT 140 | Fashion Merchandising | 3 |
| MKT 240 | Fashion Merchandising Planning and Control | 4 |
| CORE ELEC | Core Elective: select 3 credits from BUS, FDC, MGT, or MKT (MKT 290 is recommended). | 3 |
| Subtotal | 37 | |
Required Support Courses
| Course # | Course Title | Credits |
| ACC 101 | Financial Accounting [SUN# ACC 2201] | 3 |
| ART 100 | Basic Design | 3 |
| BUS 148 | Ethics in the Workplace | 3 |
| or MGT 230 | Dynamics of Leadership | |
| CSA 100 | Computer Literacy | 1 |
| MKT 105 | Retail Math | 3 |
| SPE 120 | Business and Professional Communication | 3 |
| WRT 101 | Writing I [SUN# ENG 1101] | 3 |
| or WRT 154 | Career Communications | |
| ELEC | Other Electives: select 3 credits from BUS, FDC, MGT, MKT with department faculty approval. |
3 |
| Subtotal | 22 | |
| Total | 62-65 | |
* NOTE: the following required courses fulfill general education requirements: Communication - WRT 101 or WRT 154, and SPE 120; Analysis & Critical Thinking - BUS 151 fulfills 3 credits of this requirement only if it was completed after Spring 2008; Humanities and Social Sciences - ART 100 and either BUS 148 or MGT 230; Computer and Information Literacy - CSA 100; Special Requirements: SPE 120.