Consumer, Apparel, and Retail Studies Department Course Requirements
Retail and Consumer Studies Concentration
Suggested Four-Year Program
Effective Catalog Fall 2014
FRESHMAN
Fall
CRS 231
CRS 211
CRS 221
GRD
MAT 115
Spring
Intro to Apparel and Related Industries
Textiles: Fiber To Finish
3
3
Culture, Hum. Behavior & Clothing
ENG 101 (or FMS 114 or RCO 101)
College Algebra
Credit hour subtotal
3
3
3
15
SOPHOMORE
Fall
RCS 262
ECON 201
ACC 201
APD 242
CRS 225
CST 105
ISM 110
GSB
Credit hour subtotal
3
3
3
3
3
15
Credit hour subtotal
3
3
3
3
3
15
Design Prin. Apld. To Textile Prods.
Consumer Behavior
Intro to Communication Studies
Business Computing
SOC 101 or PSY 121
Spring
Int. Mark. Comm. Apparel
Prin. Of Microeconomics
CHE
Financial Accounting
Chemistry 101 or 103 & 110 lab
GHP
Any GEC GHP-Suggested CRS 372
Credit hour subtotal
3
3
3
4
3
16
JUNIOR
Fall
RCS 361
CRS 321
GPR
ECON 250
GLT
Retail Buying & Merchandising
Social Psychology of Dress
Any GEC GPR
Economics & Bus Statistics
Any GEC GLT
Spring
RCS 363
Visual Merchandising
CRS 312
CRS 331
GEC
MKT 320
Quality Analysis of Consumer Goods
Professional Devpmt.
Additional GPR/GFA/GLT
Principles of Marketing
Credit hour subtotal
3
RCS 364
Retail Store Operations & Management
3
3
3
3
15
CRS 463
Cognate
GFA
Global Sourcing of Apparel and Related Products
Elective
Any GEC GFA
Free Elective
Credit hour subtotal
Summer Sessions
CRS 332 Internship
SENIOR
Fall
MGT 200, 309, 312, 354, 0r ENT 240
3
3
3
3
3
15
6 credit hours
Spring
RCS 464
Multicultural & Multichannel Retailing
3
RCS 560
Apparel & Related Consumer Products
Marketing
3
3
3
APD/RCS/CRS Any CARS Elective
GNS
Any GEC GNS (not from CHEM)
Credit hour Subtotal
CRS 481
Contemporary Professional Issues in CARS
3
(changed in 2010)
Retail Strategy
3
APD/RCS/CRS
Elective
Elective
Any CARS Elective
RCS 484/584
12
Free Elective
Free Elective
Credit hour subtotal
3
3
1
13
Note: when scheduling CRS/APD/RCS classes, the deparment makes every effort to keep classes within a prescribed semester out of conflict. For example, RCS 361 would not
be scheduled at the same time as CRS 321. By the same token, CRS 321 may be scheduled at the same time as RCS 464, so it is in a student's best interest to take classes as
advised by this plan.
Revised March 2014
TOTAL CREDIT HOURSE FOR GRADUATION=122 min.