FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES
Catalog Year 2009-2010
College of Education and Human Services
Apparel Design and Merchandising (area of emphasis)
Courses in these categories MAY NOT be completed under the credit/non-credit option.
A minimum 2.0 GPA is required for graduation.
Core Courses
16 hrs
______ 1
FCS 201 Family and Consumer Sciences: The Profession
______ 3
FCS 358 Family Resource Management
______ 3
FCS 379 Aesthetics for Living
______ 3
FCS 444 Consumer Education
______ 3
MGT 360 Introduction to Entrepreneurship
______ 3
SOC 200 Introductory Sociology (Multicultural)
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Area of Emphasis Courses
36 hrs
______ 3
ART 214 Introduction to Design
______ 3
FCS 112 Clothing Construction
______ 3
FCS 160 Overview of the Fashion Industry
______ 3
FCS 212 Textiles
______ 3
FCS 240 Pattern Making and Apparel Production
______ 3
FCS 311 Advanced Apparel Pattern Making
______ 3
FCS 314 Dress and Culture
______ 3
FCS 349 Product Quality Analysis
______ 3
FCS 359 Fashion Merchandising Process and Procedures (PR: MTH 121 or higher)
______ 3
FCS 417 Evolution of Fashion
______ 3
FCS 459 Fashion Buying
______ 3
MKT 344 Retail Management (PR: MKT 340, ACC 215)
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Support Courses
22 hrs
______ 3
ACC 310 Accounting for Entrepreneurs
______ 3
ECN 200 Survey of Economics
______ 4
ISC 209
Chemistry in the Home
______ 3
LE 207
Legal Environment of Business
______ 3
MGT 320 Principles of Management
______ 3
MKT 340 Principles of Marketing
______ 3
MGT 424 Human Resource Management (PR: MGT 320)
Internship
______ 3
FCS 471 Family and Consumer Sciences Internship
6 hrs
______ 3
FCS 472 Family and Consumer Sciences Internship (CAPSTONE)
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Electives (choose from the following courses to fulfill credit hours for graduation)*
______ 3 MKT 371
______ 3 ART 301
______ 3 THE 250
______ 3 MKT 435
______ 3 ART 308
______ 3 THE 356
______ 3 MKT 437
______ 3 ART 421 (PR: ART 308)
______ 3 PSY 201
______ 3 MKT 442
______ 3 ART 422 (PR: ART 308
* Students can select more courses from the list in order to earn a minor in Marketing or in Art and Design.
A minor in either field usually requires a minimum of 12 hours. Check the 2009-10 catalogue for specifics.
FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES
Catalog Year 2009-2010
College of Education and Human Services
- 128 credit hours are required for graduation / 45 must be in the 300-499 course levels.
- Total coursework for FCS Apparel and Design is 112 hours/16 hours of elective coursework is required to fulfill the 128 req. hrs.
- Developmental courses and Math Workshop do not count toward the 128 hours required for graduation.
- Marshall Plan requirements are satisfied by this course of study, if one 3-hour course is also Writing Intensive.
Apparel Design and Merchandising (area of emphasis)
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
FINE ARTS (Select one of the following subjects)
______ ART
______ THE (Theater)
______ MUS (Music)
COMMUNICATION STUDIES
Written Communications (EXEMPT from ENG 101 and ENG 102 with ACT 34-36)
_______ ENG 101 (PR: ACT 18-Verbal, SAT 450-Verbal, or ENG 100)
_______ ENG 102 (Fr/So) or ENG 302 (Jr/Sr) (Grade of “C” or better required)
or ENG 201H (ACT 28-Verbal/SAT 630-Verbal)-Students completing ENG 201H
are awarded 3 additional hours of credit toward graduation.
Oral Communications
_______ CMM 103 or CMM 104H (ACT 26/SAT 1170)
HUMANITIES
_______ ENG ________ (LITERATURE COURSE)
MATHEMATICS
_______ MTH 121 or higher (PR: ACT 19-Math, SAT 460-Math, or Math Workshop)
COMPUTER SCIENCE
_______ ____ _______
NATURAL SCIENCES
_______ Science course work other than ISC offered in the College of Science.
(Choose from BSC, PS, CHM, PHY, GLY)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(4)
Support Course ISC 209 (see other side) satisfies the Integrated Science requirement.
SOCIAL SCIENCES
_______ INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
_______ INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
(3)
(3)
Teaching Specialization course SOC 200 (see other side) satisfies the Multicultural requirement.
NEW STUDENT SEMINAR
_______ UNI 101 or HON 101
(1)
TOTAL GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
32 hours
MARSHALL PLAN
Writing Intensive 3 hrs
Select from approved course list
Integrated Science 4 hrs
(or 12 hrs. in 2 science areas)
Developmental courses takenOther courses taken-
Math 121 or higher
3 hrs
Multicultural 3 hrs
Select from approved course list
International 3 hrs
Select from approved course list
Computer Literacy 3 hrs
As required per major
International 3 hrs
Select from approved course list
CAPSTONE
As required per major