Fashion Merchandising & Retail Management, MPS

Courses

• GRAD 612 - Advanced Spreadsheet Modeling credit(s): 1.5
• MPSR 611 - Merchandise Buying & Planning Metrics and Analytics (Merchandising Metrics effective Summer 2021) credit(s): 1.5
• MPSR 651 - Advanced Fashion Merchandising credit(s): 3
• MPSR 653 - Fashion Retail Management credit(s): 3
• MPSR 657 - Technology in Fashion Merchandising and Management credit(s): 3
• MPSR 659 - Internship in Fashion Merchandising and Management  credit(s): 3 or 
  MPSX 700 - Developing and Exercising Influence in Organizations
    credit(s): 3 
• MPSR 660 - Capstone in Fashion Merchandising and Retail Management credit(s): 3
• Graduate Electives
    credit(s): 12

 

Notes:

For MPS degree students, a minimum of 24 credits must be completed at LIM College.

Career Success Track

The Graduate Studies Program offers a Career Success Track. All students will have the option to enroll in the exciting new “Career Success Track” which consists of 3 career courses, all of which are aimed at preparing students to recognize, understand, and secure their career goals.

Required Courses

• MPSI 600 - Career Accelerator credit(s): 3
• MPSI 690 - Graduate Career Exploration Internship credit(s): 1
• MPSB 608 - Internship in The Business of Fashion
    credit(s): 3 or 
  MPSM 608 - Internship in Fashion Marketing
    credit(s): 3 or 
  MPSR 659 - Internship in Fashion Merchandising and Management
    credit(s) 3 or 
  MPSS 610 - Internship in Global Fashion Supply Chain Management
    credit(s) 3

• 
  Students declare the “Career Success Track” option at the end of their first semester.

Global Pathway to Fashion Program

Students enrolled in the Global Pathway to Fashion Program will complete the following:

• Level 3A

   

• PATH 035A - Graduate: The Language of Business and Fashion I credit(s): 9
• PATH 0510 - Graduate Support Lab credit(s): 3
• PATH 0590 - Graduate: Pathway Special Topics credit(s): 3
• MPSM 600 - Fashion Marketing Management credit(s): 3 or
  MPSR 651 - Advanced Fashion Merchandising
    credit(s): 3 or
  MPSS 600 - Supply Chain Management Fundamentals
    credit(s): 3

• 
  Level 3B
   

• PATH 035B - Graduate: Language of Business and Fashion II credit(s): 9
• PATH 0510 - Graduate Support Lab
    credit(s): 3
• PATH 0590 - Graduate: Pathway Special Topics
    credit(s): 3
• MPSM 602 - Services Marketing in the Fashion Industry credit(s): 3 or
  MPSR 652 - Consumer Behavior in Fashion
    credit(s): 3 or
  MPSS 601 - The Relationship Between Fashion and the Supply Chain
    credit(s): 3

• 
  PATH course credits are institutional credits - they do not count towards total degree program credit requirement.
   

  In order to proceed to the next level and/or complete the program, students must earn a Global Pathways GPA of 2.00 or better.