FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY**FASHION MERCHANDISING MANAGEMENT
FOR STUDENTS BEGINNING SPRING 2010
07/10
TWO YEAR A.A.S. DEGREE PROGRAM (Total: 68.5 - 72 credits)
CURRICULUM WORKSHEET
Student's Name ___________________________________
REMINDER:
FM 114 Intro to Fashion Industry
FM 116 Fashion Business Practices
AC 111 Advertising & Promotion
MG 153 Excel for Business
Liberal Arts
Liberal Arts
Total Credits
(Credits)
3
3
3
2
3
3
17
SEMESTER II
 FM 117 Intro to Fashion Marketing
 FM 262 Contemporary Retail Management
(Pre-req. FM 114)
 Major Area Elective
 Liberal Arts
 Liberal Arts
 Liberal Arts
Total Credits
3
3
3
3
3
3
18
SEMESTER III
 FM 224
Merchandising Math App.
3
(Pre-req. FMM Math Placement or MA005)
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Advisor ____________________
Student must take both the English & FMM Math placement exams before taking EN 121, Math, and Science
courses. If SAT or ACT results have been submitted, these will be used for placement purposes.
SEMESTER I
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Date_________________
FM 268 Team Development Workshop
Major Area Elective
Related Area Elective
TS 111
Textile Fundamentals
Liberal Arts
Total Credits
2.5
3-4
1.5 - 4
3
3
16 - 19.5
SEMESTER IV
 FM 244 Product Development
(Pre-req. TS 111 & FM 224)
 FM 225 Fashion Merchandising
(Pre-req. FM224 & TS 111)
 Liberal Arts
 Liberal Arts (MA222)
 Art Requirement
Total Credits
3
3
3
3.5
3
15.5
Take any two (Required)
 Physical Ed. or Health Ed.
 Physical Ed. or Health Ed.
1
1
Important: Major Area Electives and Related Area
Electives must be completed in residence at FIT. These
courses cannot be transferred from another institution.
Major Area Electives : Select Two Courses (6-7 credits)
FM 144
FM 212
FM 213
FM 222
FM 223
FM 226
FM 231
FM 251
FM 491
(Credits)
Product Knowledge
3
Case Studies Fashion. Mkt. (Pre-req. FM 116)
3
Intro to Direct Marketing (Pre-req. AC111 & FM114)
3
Import Buying (Pre-req. FM 224)
3
Creative Fashion Presentations(Pre-req. AC111&FM114) 3
International Buying & Marketing
(Summer only)
3
Strategies of Selling
3
Small Store Fashion Retailing (Pre-req. FM 224)
3
Fashion Merch. Internship
in London (Summer only)
4
Related Area Electives : Select One Courses
( 1.5-4 credits)
AC 221
Publicity Workshop (Pre-req. AC111)
AR 101
Fashion Art & Design
AR 115
Intro CAD for Fashion Designers
DE 101
Principles of Display
HD 111
Career Planning
HP 201
Home Products Merchandising
IC 298
Internship: (Room B202)
IC 296 or IC 297
4
ID 103
Interior Design
JD 101
Jewelry Design
PH 116
Photography
PH 162
Photographic Styling
SD 112
Textile Color Fundamentals
3
1.5
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
Art Requirement : Select One Course
EN 251
HA 214
HP 231
EN 262
EN 361
LA 211
LA 321
Theatre Arts
Art in New York
America at Home
Screenwriting
Creative Writing
Dance as Art
Survey of American Music
Eight Liberal Arts Courses
Required Liberal Arts:
EN 121
HA 112
MA222
SS 141
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
(Total 24 credits)
Take all four
English Comp. (required)
History of Art (required)
Statistics (required) (Pre-req: Arithmetic Proficiency)
Macroeconomics (required)
English Elective: Select One Course
EN 231
EN 232
EN 233
EN 236
(12.5credits)
3
3
3.5
3
(3 credits)
The Short Story
Perspectives on American Lit.
Poetry
Major Writers of the Western World
Science Elective: Select One Course
3
3
3
3
(3 credits)
SC 111, SC 112, SC 121, SC122, SC 253, SC 045/145, SC 032/332
Social Science Elective: Select One Course
SS 131, SS 151, SS 171
American History Elective: Select One Course
(3credits)
EN 271, EN 272, EN 274, EN 335, HA 314, LA 221 or LA 392
(3credits)
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