Bachelor of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences - Fashion Merchandising and Product Development

The fashion merchandising curriculum prepares students to work in various fashion industries that produce, manufacture, and forecast goods in apparel, home industries, accessories, and other services. Students are able to develop an understanding of theories, concepts, principles, and elements which impact fashion goods. Codes develop an understanding of human needs, culture, heritage, and nationality impact the creative solutions that are constantly evident in the fashion business.

Fashion merchandising is geared to practical and real-world concerns. Students majoring in this fieldwork honing their retailing, business, creative, visual, and presentation skills. Fashion merchandising majors become aware of assortments, merchandise planning, space allocation in retail, buying, selling, managing, presenting, and providing solutions to various merchandising cases and problems. Students complete projects (i.e., designer worksheets, computer-aided programs, visual displays) that allow them to forecast future trends, develop original ideas, plan fashion production, and select and create images for retail settings.

Official transcripts from colleges/universities attended in the United States
Official transcripts and authorized school records with a course-by-course listing of courses and grades received, such transcripts must have been evaluated by a foreign educational credential agency, at the student's expense.

Minimum grade point average of 2.50 on a 4.00 system.

An applicant whose native language is not English is required to submit a test score of 61 as the minimum acceptance level of performance on the Test of English as a Foreign Language, (TOEFL) IBT or 5.0 on the IELTS (International English Language Testing System). We will also accept the Duolingo English Test with a score of 71 or higher. International students with superior scholastic records are considered for admission as freshmen and as transfer students. An applicant whose native language is not English is required to submit a test score of 500 as the minimum acceptance level of performance on the Test of English as a Foreign Language, (TOEFL)