The School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN ECOLOGY

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE
FASHION MERCHANDISING - FIT ADVERTISING AND MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS OPTION

I. General Education Requirements —42 ¹

II. Core Curriculum —10 ²

III. Professional Courses

Course Title Credits
FMCT 141 Introduction to Fashion Industry —3
FMCT 300 Historic Costumes —3
FMCT 341 Fashion Buying and Merchandising —3
FMCT 361 Apparel Construction/Evaluation —3
FMCT 381 Textiles I —3
FMCT 382 Textiles II —3
FMCT 441 Visual Merchandising —3
HUEC 101 Principles of Art and Design —3
HUEC 310 Resource Management —3
HUEC 487 Supervisory Management —3
HUEC 490 Consumer Motivation —3

Total —33

FIT Professional Courses

AC 111 Advertising & Promotion— 3
AC 113 Strategic Planning —3
AC 121 Publicity Workshop —3
AC 141 Journalism —3
AC 171 Mass Communication —3
AC 231 Advertising Copyrighting —3
AC 261 Broadcast Workshop —3
AC 271 Audiences & Media —3
AC Elective (select one: 232, 242, 262, 291) —3
AD 101 Advertising Layout Techniques —2

Total —30

Business Administration Minor

ACCT 201 Introductory Financial Accounting —3
BUAD 132 Introduction to Business —3
BUAD 302 Management & Organizational Behavior —3
BUAD 412 Business Law —3
ECON 202 Principles of Economics II —3
MKTG 308 Principles of Marketing —3

Total —18

IV. Support Courses

Course Title Credits
BUED 212/213 Computer Concepts and Applications I or II —3

Total —3

¹ AC 241 Satisfies General Education Area V requirement (ENGL 305).

² IC 291/491 taken at FIT replaces HUEC 399 and 400.

Total Program Required Credits —34

FIT ADVERTISING AND MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS OPTION
Recommended Course Sequence

FRESHMAN YEAR

FALL SEMESTER HOURS

ENGL 101 Basic Composition I —3
HUEC 101 Principles of Art & Design —3
SOCI 101 Introduction to Sociology —3
FMCT 141 Intro. to Fashion Industry —3
HUEC 100 First Year Experience Seminar —1

Semester Total —13

SPRING SEMESTER HOURS

MATH 109 College Algebra or higher —3
ENGL 102 Basic Composition II —3
EDHE 111 Personalized Health & Fitness —3
BUAD 132 Introduction to Business —3
Gen. Ed. Req. Area III —4

Semester Total —16

SOPHOMORE YEAR

FALL SEMESTER HOURS

ENGL 203 Fund. of Contemporary Speech —3
ECON 202 Principles of Economics II —3
PSYC 200 Introduction to Psychology I —3
FMCT 361 Apparel Const./Evaluation —3
Gen. Ed. Req. Area III —3
Gen. Ed. Req. Area I —3

Semester Total —18

SPRING SEMESTER HOURS

ACCT 201 Introductory Financial Acct. —3
BUAD 302 Mgmt. & Organizational Behavior —3
BUED 212/213 Comp. Concepts & Appl. I or II —3
FMCT 300 Historic Costumes —3
MKTG 308 Principles of Marketing —3
Gen. Ed. Req. Area I —3

Semester Total —18

JUNIOR YEAR

FALL SEMESTER HOURS

AC 111 Advertising & Promotion —3
AC 121 Publicity Workshop —3
AC 141 Journalism —3
AC 171 Mass Communication —3
AC 241 Magazine Journalism —3
AD 101 Advertising Layout Techniques 2

Semester Total —17

SPRING SEMESTER HOURS

AC 113 Strategic Planning —3
AC 231 Advertising Copyrighting —3
AC 261 Broadcast Workshop —3
AC 271 Audiences & Media —3
AC Elective (232, 242, 262, or 291) —3
IC 291/491 Internship —4

Semester Total —19

SENIOR YEAR

FALL SEMESTER HOURS

HUEC 310 Resource Management —3
HUEC 409 Post-Internship Seminar —1
HUEC 370 Professional Development —2
FMCT 341 Fashion Buying & Merch. —3
FMCT 381 Textiles I —3
FMCT 441 Visual Merchandising 3

Semester Total —15

SPRING SEMESTER HOURS

BUAD 304 Small Business & Management Entrepreneurship —3
BUAD 412 Business Law —3
FMCT 382 Textiles II —3
HUEC 464 Social Psychology of Food, Clothing & Shelter —3
HUEC 487 Supervisory Management —3
HUEC 490 Consumer Motivation —3

Semester Total 18

Total Credits Required —134

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