BS Management/Fashion Merchandising

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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$33,150 Per Year

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4 Years

Duration

Jan 2025

Start Month

Dec 2024

Application Deadline

Upcoming Intakes

  • January 2025
  • August 2025
  • January 2026
  • August 2026

Mode of Study

  • Full Time