Apr 19, 2024  
2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

What You’ll Learn


At the undergraduate level, you can study fashion merchandising, visual merchandising, marketing, or management, along with liberal arts and business courses. Whichever major you choose, you’ll benefit from focused coursework and in-depth studies in fashion, and develop the analytical and communication skills you’ll need to succeed.

While you’re working toward your degree, you’ll be gaining extensive experience through LIM College’s network of industry contacts and faculty, who are drawn from – and active in – the fashion industry. In addition, LIM College offers internships, field trips, and guest lecturers in fashion merchandising, visual merchandising, marketing, and management.

Requirements:

  • Both the BBA and BPS degrees require a minimum of 126/127 credits (the BBA in Visual Merchandising requires 129/130 credits) and a 2.00 minimum grade point average. Other minimum requirements: 35 credits in the liberal arts, 79-83 credits in professional subjects, and 10 credits of internship experience. All students must complete the final 33 credits (in addition to the Senior Semester) at LIM College.
  • Thirty-five credits in liberal arts are required for BBA and BPS degrees. College Algebra, Statistics, and Finance are not required for the BPS degree.
  • An LIM College education gives you the experiences, challenges, and skills to take you from the academic world to the career world. Every LIM College student completes a series of professional seminars and internships designed to develop the skills to successfully seek and secure a career-related job.  You will also complete a series of internship experiences focused on developing a broad understanding of career opportunities within the fashion and related industries and exploring in greater depth a potential career path prior to graduation. Throughout these experiences, you will develop a professional portfolio will support your ongoing career development and can be used during interviews.
  • During the Senior Semester, students bring together everything they’ve learned during their LIM College education. The experience includes a semester-long, full-time internship in a field related to your career goals. You will identify learning objectives then demonstrate them in a journal, a group project, and an oral presentation.

 Degree Programs

Four Year Bachelor’s Degree

Two Year Associate’s Degree

The two-year schedule provides programs aimed at meeting the business requirements of the industry – and emphasizes skills that will set you apart in the world of fashion. These programs give you a highly specialized, information intensive academic program integrated with interesting work experiences, field trips, and guest lectures.

The Access Program