Study BS Management/Fashion Merchandising at Fisher College - Boston

The Fisher College Fashion Merchandising concentration is where management meets fashion. To accomplish this, we often step outside of the classroom and take you on field trips that include: meetings with executives in top firms, consultations with local entrepreneurs, and visits to apparel businesses and retailers that operate in Boston's fashionable Back Bay. Students will discover and embrace creative and imaginative instincts to connect trading and enterprising skills within the apparel, textile and home furnishings industries. Travel and study abroad programs inspire students both visually and culturally in their fashion studies and future workplace endeavors.

Program Requirements

Core Courses
General Education Requirements

Core Courses

AC121 Financial Accounting

AC122 Managerial Accounting

FA103 Line, Color, and Design

FI201 Principles of Business Finance

FM102 Fashion Merchandising

FM209 Retail Buying

FM210 Fashion Marketing

FM215 History of Fashion

FM220 Retail Management

FM225 Textile Science

FM315 Global Retail Markets

FM320 Retail Product Development

FM450 Fashion Merchandising Senior Seminar

LA204 Business Law

MG202 Human Resource Management

MG304 Leadership and Ethics

MG321 Organizational Behavior

MG390 Management Internship

MG303 Managerial Communications

MG441 Business Policy and Strategic Management

MK220/ CS116 Consumer Behavior/ Introduction to Graphic Design

Total Credits: 63

General Education Requirements

CM105 Public Speaking

CS101 Computer Concepts and Applications

CS245 Management Applications and Information Systems

EC101 Macroeconomics

EN101 English I

EN102 English II

IS105 Common Experience

IS220 Preparation for Careers and Life after College

MA107/ MA117 College Algebra/ Finite Math

MA121 Basic Statistics

PS101 Introduction to Psychology

English Elective

Science Elective 40

Social Sciences Elective (3)

Free Elective (4)

Total Credits: 58

Learning Outcomes

In addition to the learning outcomes in the Bachelor of Science in Management, students within the Fashion Merchandising concentration will also achieve the following concentration-specific learning objectives:

Define product and merchandising developmental stages from design concept to end-use consumer product.
Recognize the importance of aesthetics and principles of design to implement trend forecasting tools and adverting platforms.
Demonstrate textile knowledge by understanding fiber properties in consumer apparel and home textiles.
Identify recurring historical costume elements in contemporary fashion products.
Analyze and critique the ever-changing Omni retail channels utilized by retailers and consumers for profitability.
Prepare a buying proposal with an assortment plan, pricing strategies and proposed sales reports.
Establish Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) plans for print, visual displays and online marketing formats to promote fashion related goods and services.
Evaluate parameters within the global marketplace in relation to ever-changing trade, political, and technological landscapes of international business frameworks.

Fashion Merchandising Career Track

Graduates with the Bachelor of Science in Management and Fashion Merchandising Concentration can obtain positions in Assistant Buying, Visual Merchandising, and Retail Management. The Fashion Merchandising Concentration also prepares its graduates for employment in a myriad of professional settings, including: Allocation and Planning for local corporate firms, Merchandising, Social Media Strategies, and Sales for Off-Price, Luxury, Beauty and Home Furnishing Retailers.

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Credits: 121

Learning Format: On Campus

Semester Length: 15 weeks
Typical Time to Completion:

4 years

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BS Management/Fashion Merchandising