Visual Merchandising, BBA

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As a Visual Merchandising major pursuing a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree at LIM College, you’ll be exposed to an in-depth analysis of the retail store environment. You will be introduced to the principles, philosophies and technologies of visual merchandising through first-hand exploration of the marketplace and hands-on classroom experimentation, using the latest software.

Registered Hegis Code 0509

(Total Credits: 124)

(Total Liberal Arts Credits: 36)

LIM Foundation

Required Courses - 19 Credits

EECM 1801 - Industry Exploration Seminar credit(s): 1
EECM 1802 - Industry Exploration Internship: Retail credit(s): 2
EECM 2801 - Career Building Seminar credit(s): 1
EECM 2802 - Career Building Internship credit(s): 2
EECM 480A - Senior Co-op Preparation credit(s): 0
EECM 480B - Senior Co-op credit(s): 6
FASH 1110 - Fashion Fundamentals credit(s): 3
FASH 1210 - Retailing credit(s): 3
LIMS 1000 - First Year Experience credit(s): 1

BBA - Professional Core

Required Courses - 27 Credits

ACCT 2700 - Accounting credit(s): 3
BUSN 3310 - Business Law credit(s): 3
MRKT 1550 - Marketing credit(s): 3
FASH 2710 - Applied Concepts In Fashion Merchandising credit(s): 3
FNCE 3410 - Finance credit(s): 3
MNGT 2310 - Management credit(s): 3
MNGT 4650 - Leadership And Negotiation credit(s): 3
TECH 1310 - Business Spreadsheets credit(s): 3
Global Requirement
credits(s):3

Visual Merchandising Major Requirements

Required Courses - 27 Credits

VMER 1010 - Intro To Visual Merch credit(s): 3
VMER 1510 - Color And Design credit(s): 3
VMER 2601 - Display Graphics credit(s): 3
VMER 2710 - Visual Presentation credit(s): 3
VMER 3350 - Store Design credit(s): 3
VMER 3610 - Product Presentation credit(s): 3
VMER 4510 - Visual Merchandising: History, Theory, And Practice credit(s): 3
VMER 4960 - Senior Capstone - Visual Merchandising
credit(s): 6

BBA - Liberal Arts Requirements

36 Credits

Required Courses - 27 Credits

COMM 1110 - Public Speaking credit(s): 3
COMM 2010 - Critical Thinking: Reading, Writing, and Research credit(s): 3
COMM 2710 - Professional Communications credit(s): 3
ECON 2100 - Economics credit(s): 3
ENGL 1100 - English Composition credit(s): 3
ENGL 3110 - Junior Writing Topics credit(s): 3
MATH 1100 - College Algebra credit(s): 3
MATH 2610 - Survey of Statistics credit(s): 3
PHIL 3650 - Ethics credit(s): 3

Elective Courses - 9 Credits

Liberal Arts Electives are any non-remedial course offered by the Arts & Sciences Department with the following prefixes: ENGL ; ARTS; HIST; LANG; NTSC; PHIL; POLS; PSYC; SOCI, not specifically required for a major and vary dependent upon major course requirements.

Electives

15 Credits

Electives are any non-remedial course not specifically required for a major and vary dependent upon major course requirements.

Fashion Scholars

Students enrolled in the Fashion Scholars program are required to complete 38 Honors credits with a B or better, substituting the following courses:

Required Courses
MATH 1501 - Business Calculus I credit(s): 4 for MATH 1100 credits(s): 3
MATH 1502 - Business Calculus II credit(s): 4 for one
Liberal Arts Elective
credit(s): 3
Foreign Language Requirement

Foreign Language
  credit(s): 3 for one
Liberal Arts Electives
  credit(s): 3

Foreign Language
  credit(s): 3 for one
Liberal Arts Electives
  credit(s): 3

Any Advanced Language Topics  course completed is counted as honors credits.

Choose 30 Honors credits from the following (substituting for the non-honors equivalent):
ACCT 2700H - Honors Accounting credit(s): 3
COMM 1110H - Honors Public Speaking credit(s): 3
COMM 2010H - Honors Critical Thinking: Reading, Writing, and Research
credit(s): 3
COMM 2710H - Honors Professional Communications credit(s): 3
ECON 2100H - Honors Economics credit(s): 3
ENGL 3110 - Honors Junior Writing Topics
credit(s): 3
FASH 1110H - Honors Fashion Fundamentals credit(s): 3
FASH 1210H - Honors Retailing credit(s): 3
FASH 2710H - Honors Applied Concepts In Fashion Merchandising credit(s): 3
FNCE 3410H - Honors Finance credit(s): 3
LIMS 1000H - Honors First Year Experience Seminar credit(s): 1
MATH XXXX - Honors Survey of Statistics
credit(s): 3
MNGT 2310H - Honors Management credit(s): 3
MRKT 1550H - Honors Marketing credit(s): 3
PHIL 3650H - Honors Ethics credit(s): 3

Notes:

All courses are required except where choice is indicated.

*First Year Experience is required of all first-time freshmen or students who have transferred in less than 13 credits.

For BPS & BBA degree students, a minimum of 58 credits must be completed at LIM College.

For BS degree students, a minimum of 61 credits must be completed at LIM College.

All entering students’ prior academic records are evaluated to determine Math and English capabilities. This includes SAT and/or ACT math and writing results and results of English and Math courses taken at other colleges. See the LIM College website for current criteria. This information is used when planning a student’s academic program, which may include required remedial Math and/or English courses. Remedial courses do not carry credit towards the degree but do carry hours which count towards full-time status. See Credits and Hours and Remedial Course Policy for further information.

LIM College offers the following concentrations for each major, which are intended to provide an additional focused area of study:

Cosmetics
Digital Business Strategy
Entrepreneurship
Event Planning
Fashion Communications
Fashion Merchandising (not for Fashion Merchandising majors)
Fashion Publishing
Home Fashions
International Marketing
Responsible Business Practices
Retail & Merchandise Management
Styling
Visual Merchandising (not for Visual Merchandising majors)

For specific concentration course requirements please see your Academic Advisor or the College website.

Visual Merchandising Student Consumer Information

For further student consumer information about the Visual Merchandising degree and outcomes of our graduates please visit: http://www.limcollege.edu/gedt/visual_merchandising_bs.html