Bachelor of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences (B.S.F.C.S.) Major in Fashion Merchandising
Minimum required: 120 semester credit hours
General Requirements
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The general education core curriculum courses are listed in the degree plan below along with the statewide component code number. See the General Education Core Curriculum section of this catalog for the Texas State requirements and options in the core curriculum, including Honors courses.
- A minor in Business Administration or Mass Communication is required for this major.
- This major is required to take specialized courses in Fashion Merchandising including culture and consumer behavior, textiles, textile product analysis, fashion buying principles, fashion merchandising, fashion history, fashion merchandising administration, fashion economics, and fashion promotional strategies.
- Students participate in an internship in a related area.
- Students must complete a minimum of 36 advanced hours (3000 or 4000 level courses).
- Nine semester credit hours must be writing intensive (WI).
- If two years of the same modern language are taken in high school, then no additional language hours will be required for the degree. In the absence of modern language taken in high school, then two semesters of the same modern language (1410 and 1420) must be taken at the college level, and the requirement will be added to the student's degree audit.
- Students must pass all required Fashion Merchandising courses with a “C” or higher.
Course Requirements
| Freshman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| US 1100 | 1 | Communication Component Code 010 | 3 |
| ENG 1310 (Communication Component Code 010 [TCCN ENGL 1301]) | 3 | Component Area Option Codes 090 | 3 |
| POSI 2310 (Government/Political Science Component Code 070 [TCCN GOVT 2306]) | 3 | Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 | 3 |
| MATH 1315 or 1319 (Mathematics Component Code 020 [TCCN MATH 1314 or1324] ]) | 3 | FM 2330 | 3 |
| FM 1330 | 3 | FM 2335 | 3 |
| FM 1332 | 3 | ||
| 16 | 15 | ||
| Sophomore | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 | 3 | POSI 2320 (Government/Political Science Component Code 070 [TCCN GOVT 2305]) | 3 |
| American History Component Code 060 | 3 | American History Component Code 060 | 3 |
| Creative Arts Component Code 050 [HUMA 1315] | 3 | Minor1 | 3 |
| FM 2337 | 3 | FM 3330 | 3 |
| Minor1 | 3 | FCS 3303 | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Junior | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| Component Area Option Codes 090 | 3 | Language, Philosophy, and Culture Component Code 040 | 3 |
| FM 3334 | 3 | Social and Behavioral Sciences Component Code 080 | 3 |
| FM 3335 or 3336 | 3 | FM Electives | 6 |
| Support Course2 | 3 | Electives | 2 |
| FM Elective | 3 | ||
| 15 | 14 | ||
| Senior | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| FM 4000-Level Electives | 6 | FM 4301 | 3 |
| FM 4338 | 3 | FM 4339 | 3 |
| Minor1 | 6 | Minor1 | 6 |
| FM 4000-Level Electives | 3 | ||
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Total Hours: 120 | |||
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Students may choose between the 18-hour Business Administration minor or the 18-hour Mass Communication minor.
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Support Course: students may choose 3 hours from the following: ECO 2301, ECO 2314, ECO 2315, MC 3343, or MC 3367. Students who minor in Business Administration must choose a MC course. Students who minor in Mass Communication must choose a ECO course.
