Visual Merchandising, BBA

LIM Bachelor’s Degree Core

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

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

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 - Visual Merchandising Senior Capstone (6CR) (Amended 10/10/2017 - Effective Fall 2017) 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

Additional Elective Courses

15 Credits

Electives are any courses numbered 1000 or higher (except EECM 1890 - Career Exploration Internship) which are not specifically required for the student’s degree program.

Fashion Scholars

All Fashion Scholars are required to complete the following:

• Minimum of 24 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
• BUSN 3310H - Honors Business Law 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 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

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  Business Calculus and Applied Data Analysis Requirement

   

• MATH 1501 - Business Calculus I credit(s): 4 for
  MATH 1100
    credits(s): 3
• MATH 2760 - Applied Data Analysis credit(s): 3  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 2760 Applied Data Analysis, these courses can be included in the 24 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:

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 Mathematics and English capabilities. This includes SAT and/or ACT math and writing results and results of English and mathematics 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 Mathematics  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. 

Concentrations

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 Media (not for Fashion Media majors)
Fashion Merchandising (not for Fashion Merchandising majors)
**Fashion Publishing
Home Fashions
International Business (not for International Business majors)
International Marketing
Responsible Business Practices
Retail & Merchandise Management
Styling
Visual Merchandising (not for Visual Merchandising majors)

For specific concentration course requirements, students should see their Academic Advisor or check the College website.

** Fashion Publishing discontinued effective 9/24/2017

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