The Business of Fashion, MPS

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The Master of Professional Studies (MPS) in The Business of Fashion allows students with previous fashion industry experience the ability to build their own degree, tailoring their course of study to meet their individual needs and goals. Working under the direction of a graduate advisor, students in the program choose courses from among LIM’s current MPS programs in Fashion Merchandising & Retail Management, Fashion Marketing, Global Fashion Supply Chain Management, and other existing MPS elective courses. Students with an undergraduate major in a fashion related field plus 2 years of post-graduate fashion industry experience OR students with a minimum of 5 years post graduate fashion industry experience are eligible to apply for this degree. All students in the program will be required to complete MPSX 700 Influencing Organizations or MPSB 608 Internship in The Business of Fashion; at minimum one course covering global issues in the fashion industry; and MPSB 609 Capstone in The Business of Fashion. This program can be completed face-to-face or fully online.

Registered HEGIS Code 0599

(Total credits: 30)

Required Courses

7.5 Credits

GRAD 612 - Advanced Spreadsheet Modeling credit(s): 1.5
MPSB 609 - Capstone in The Business of Fashion credit(s): 3
MPSB 608 - Internship in The Business of Fashion credit(s): 3 or MPSX 700 - Developing and Exercising Influence in Organizations credit(s): 3
Graduate Elective
credit(s): 22.5

Notes:

For MS or 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 that consists of three required career internship or seminar courses across three consecutive semesters. These courses aim to provide students with real-world skills, knowledge, and experience to explore, prepare, and achieve their career goals.

* Not available in The Business of Cannabis program

Required Courses

CHOOSE TWO (2) CREDITS OF THE FOLLOWING:
MPSI 691 - Graduate Career Accelerator credit(s): 1
MPSI 692 - Graduate Career Launcher Internship credit(s): 1
MPSI 693 - Graduate Career Explorer Internship credit(s): 1
CHOOSE ONE (1) OF THE FOLLOWING:
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 or
MPSX 700 - Developing and Exercising Influence in Organizations
  credits(s): 3 or
MSCA 713 - Analytics Project Consultancy
  credit(s) 3 or
MSCA 714 - Internship in Consumer Analytics
  credit(s) 3
In order to be afforded the maximum flexibility in fulfilling the track, students should declare the track at the start 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.