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Catalog: 2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog Program: Fashion Merchandising and Product Development, Specialization in Fashion Institute of Technology, BSFMPD

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Fashion Merchandising and Product Development, Specialization in Fashion Institute of Technology, BSFMPD

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the baccalaureate degree, students in fashion merchandising and product development are expected to:

Plan textile and apparel product lines to meet target market needs using the product development process.
Evaluate apparel industry processes in which products are developed, produced, marketed, sold, and consumed in the global economy.
Formulate solutions to apparel and textile global problems as evidence of critical and creative thinking skills.
Evaluate issues of personal and social responsibility, professional behavior, and ethics related to the impact of individual, organizational, and corporate decision making.

BG Perspective (BGP) Requirements

Must complete at least 1 course in each of the following:

English Composition and Oral Communication
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Quantitative Literacy
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Must Complete at least 2 courses in each of the following:

Humanities and the Arts
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Natural Sciences - at least one Lab Science required
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Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Complete total required BGP credit hours by selecting courses from any of the above categories:

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University Requirements

Designated courses in Humanities and the Arts and the Social and Behavioral Sciences domains may be used to fulfill both the BGP requirement and one of the following university requirements:

Cultural Diversity in the US ____________
International Perspective ____________

Composition Requirement:
WRIT 1120

Total BGP Credits: Must be at least 36

Required Courses

(51 Credits)

Course Name

Terms Taken

Grade

Core

FMPD 1510 - Apparel and Textile Industry

FMPD 2010 - Twentieth Century Fashion

FMPD 2020 - Merchandising Math

FMPD 2400 - Computers for Apparel

FMPD 2510 - Fundamentals of Apparel

FMPD 2720 - Fashion Career Exploration

FMPD 2810 - Textiles for Apparel

COOP 50 - Cooperative Internship or Academic Internship

FMPD 3120 - Patternmaking

FMPD 3130 - Technical Design

FMPD 3510 - Fashion Forecasting

FMPD 3600 - Omni-Channel Retailing

FMPD 3800 - Visual Merchandising

FMPD 3890 - Internship I: Fashion Merchandising and Product Development

FMPD 4020 - Merchandise Buying and Management

FMPD 4030 - Consumer Analysis in Fashion

FMPD 4140 - Product Development

FMPD 4510 - Global Sourcing and Trade in the Fashion Industry

Required Supporting Courses

(3 credits)

Course Name

Terms Taken

Grade

Core

ECON 2000 - Introduction to Economics * (or any higher-level ECON course)

Fashion Institute of Technology (F.I.T)

(30 Credits)

Must be accepted into F.I.T. Advertising and Communications (Fall/Spring) and Textile Development and Marketing (Fall)

Course Name

Terms Taken

Grade

Core

FMPD 3090 - F I T Visiting Student

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*ECON 2000 fulfills BG P Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement.

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