Visual Merchandising, BBA

LIM Foundation

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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 - Introduction to the Fashion Business credit(s): 3
• FASH 1210 - Retailing credit(s): 3
• LIMS 1000 - First Year Experience credit(s): 1

BBA - Professional Core

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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 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

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Required Courses - 27 Credits

• VMER 1010 - Introduction to Visual Merchandising 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

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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

Electives

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15 Credits

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

Fashion Scholars

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All Fashion Scholars are required to complete the following:

• Minimum of 30 credits at the honors level achieving a minimum final grade of B in each course (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 credit(s): 3
• COMM 2710H - Honors Professional Communications credit(s): 3
• ECON 2100H - Honors Economics credit(s): 3
• ENGL 3110H - Honors Junior Writing Topics credit(s): 3
• FASH 1110H - Honors Introduction to the Fashion Business credit(s): 3
• FASH 1210H - Honors Retailing credit(s): 3
• FASH 2710H - Honors Applied Concepts in Merchandising credit(s): 3
• FNCE 3410H - Honors Finance credit(s): 3
• LIMS 1000H - Honors First Year Experience Seminar credit(s): 1

• MATH 2610H - 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

• TECH 1310H - Honors Business Spreadsheets
    credit(s): 3

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  Business Calculus Requirement

• 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

• If a grade of B or higher is achieved in MATH 1501 Business Calculus I and/or MATH 1502 Business Calculus II, these courses can be included in the 30 required honors credits.

   

  Foreign Language Requirement
  

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

  Advanced Language Topics  courses are counted as honors credits.

Notes:

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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 and 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 

  and   for further information. 

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

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Cosmetics
Digital Business Strategy
Entrepreneurship
Event Planning
Fashion Media
Fashion Merchandising (not for Fashion Merchandising majors)
Fashion Publishing
Home Fashions
International Business
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

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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