Fashion Media, BS

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

Fashion Media Major Requirements

Required Courses - 42 Credits

• BUSN 3332 - Intellectual Property credit(s): 3
• FAME 2020 - Creative Computing credit(s): 3
• FAME 3521 - Video Production and Editing credit(s): 3
• FAME 4960 - Fashion Media Senior Capstone (6CR) credit(s): 6
• FASH 2315 - Fashion Styling Essentials credit(s): 3
• MRKT 1550 - Marketing credit(s): 3
• MRKT 2650 - The Power of the Brand credit(s): 3
• MRKT 2710 - Consumer Behavior credit(s): 3
• MRKT 2714 - Integrated Marketing Communications credit(s): 3
• TECH 1310 - Business Spreadsheets credit(s): 3
• VMER 3014 - Fashion Photography credit(s): 3
• Marketing Elective
     credits(s): 3
• Elective
    credit(s): 3

Fashion Media Liberal Arts Requirements

66 Credits

    Required Courses - 54 Credits

• ARTS 2220 - Introduction to Film credit(s): 3
• COMM 3411 - The New Journalism credit(s): 3
• COMM 4328 - Advanced New Media: Writing, Editing, Visuals credit(s): 3
• COMM 1110 - Public Speaking credit(s): 3
• COMM 1500 - Introduction to Mass Media credit(s): 3
• COMM 2010 - Critical Thinking: Reading, Writing and Research credit(s): 3
• COMM 2328 - New Media: Writing, Editing, Visuals credit(s): 3
• COMM 2603 - Global Media credit(s): 3
• COMM 3328 - Intermediate New Media: Writing, Editing, Visuals credit(s): 3
• ENGL 1100 - English Composition credit(s): 3
• MATH 1100 - College Algebra credit(s): 3
• MATH 2610 - Survey of Statistics credit(s): 3
• PHIL 3650 - Ethics credit(s): 3
• History elective
    credit(s): 3
• Literature elective
     credit(s): 3
• Political Science elective
    credit(s): 3
• Social Science elective
    credit(s): 3
• Science elective
     credit(s): 3

Notes:

All courses are required except where choice is indicated.

First Year Experience or College Success for Online Students is required for all first-time freshmen or students who have transferred in less than 13 credits.

For BPS and BBA degree students, a minimum of 38 credits must be completed at LIM College.

For BS degree students, a minimum of 41 credits must be completed at LIM College.

All students are required to take EECM 1801 - Industry Exploration Seminar.

Students who do not have prior retail experience, or do not meet the qualifications listed below, are also required to complete EECM 1802 - Industry Exploration Internship prior to graduation.

Students who have 24 or more credits and at least 1,000 hours of retail experience within the past five years can take EECM 1803 - Industry Exploration Internship: Corporate or take another course to replace those credits.

Students who have at least 2,000 hours of retail experience within the past five years and less than 24 credits must take a course to replace the credits that would have been earned in EECM 1802, as they are not be eligible to take EECM 1803 until they earn at least 24 credits. 

Verifiable proof of retail experience will be required. Students must submit two of the following:

• letter from their employer(s)
• W2
• pay stub
• resume

All undergraduate students who enroll at LIM College must demonstrate their readiness to learn course material successfully. English and mathematics aptitude is assessed and students are placed in appropriate courses based upon level of aptitude*.

Students can demonstrate their readiness by:

• Submitting ACT or SAT scores for review
• Completing the LIM College placement test(s)
• Submitting official transcript(s) for the evaluation of College-level English Composition and/or mathematics courses

Students will be placed based on any of the above submissions. If multiple submissions are made, LIM College will use the placement criteria that demonstrates the highest level of proficiency. Students who do not submit any of the above will automatically be placed into the lowest level of developmental coursework (Writing Essentials & Mathematics Through Business Applications).

Developmental courses do not carry credit towards the degree, but do carry hours which count towards full-time status. See Undergraduate Credits and Hours  and Remedial Course Policy  for further information. 

*Students accepted into the Fashion Scholars program are qualified out of all remedial course work.

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.

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  Students accepted into the Fashion Scholars program are qualified out of all remedial course work.
  
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Concentrations*

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

* Not available online.

**At least one (1) course within a concentration must be completed at LIM College. Each Concentration requires no less than three courses. Courses specifically required for your major do not count towards your concentration.