Requirements

Students must complete at least 15 credit hours in coursework, including:

1. Fundamental Skills. Complete items a-c below.
   1. One (1) of the following:
      • SOAD-M 100 Introduction to Retail Design and Merchandising
      • SOAD-M 209 Apparel Industries
   2. One (1) of the following:
      • SOAD-F 203 Materials for Fashion Design
      • SOAD-M 204 Apparel Merchandising and Quality Analysis
   3. SOAD-M 315 Principles of Retail Merchandising
2. Advanced Courses. Complete two (2) 300–400 level courses (6 credits) chosen from the courses below.
   • SOAD-M 308 Brand Management and Advertising
   • SOAD-M 309 Strategies in Retail Promotion
   • SOAD-M 316 Retail Product Management
   • SOAD-M 327 Product Development
   • SOAD-M 350 Omnichannel Apparel Merchandising: Connecting to Consumers
   • SOAD-M 404 International Textiles and Apparel Trade
   • SOAD-M 405 International Fashion Consumers and Retailers
   • SOAD-M 409 Retail Industry Field Seminar
   • SOAD-M 410 Apparel Entrepreneurship
   • SOAD-M 412 Global Sourcing
   • SOAD-M 413 Planning and Analysis
   • SOAD-M 416 Sustainability in Product: Fashion Design, Merchandising, and Retailing
   • SOAD-M 450 Profiling the Apparel Customer
   • SOAD-M 485 Topics in Apparel Merchandising
   • SOAD-X 492 Independent Study in Retail
   • SOAD-C 380 Topical Issues in Comprehensive Design
   • SOAD-C 381 Topical Issues in Collaborative Design
   • SOAD-C 480 Special Problems in Comprehensive Design
   • SOAD-C 481 Intensive Seminar in Comprehensive Design