Visual Studies, BBA

LIM College Core

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Required Courses - 10 Credits

• FASH 1110 - Introduction to the Fashion Business credit(s): 3
• LIMS 1000 - First Year Experience credit(s): 1 or
  LIMS 1020 - College Success for Online Students
    credit(s): 1
• TECH 1310 - Business Spreadsheets credit(s): 3
• MRKT 1550 - Marketing credit(s): 3

General Education Requirements

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Required Courses - 21 Credits

• COMM 1400 - Communication: Methods and Audiences credit(s): 3
• COMM 2010 - Critical Thinking: Reading, Writing and Research credit(s): 3
• COMM 2025 - Digital Culture in Business and Life credit(s): 3
• ENGL 1100 - English Composition credit(s): 3 or 
  ENGL 1095 - English Composition with Essentials
    credit(s): 3 and 
  ENGL 0795 - Essentials of Composition
    credit(s): 2* or
  ENGL 1060 - English Composition for International Students
    credit(s): 3 or
  ENGL 1055 - English Composition for International Students with Essentials
    credit(s): 3 and
  ENGL 0755 - Essentials of Composition for International Students
    credits(s): 2*
• ENGL 3110 - Global Themes for Writing credit(s): 3
• MATH 1300 - Introduction to Statistics credit(s): 3 or 
  MATH 1295 - Introduction to Statistics with Essentials
    credit(s): 3 and 
  MATH 0595 - Essentials of Introduction to Statistics
    credit(s): 2* 
• MATH 2760 - Applied Data Analysis credit(s): 3

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  * Institutional credits - do not count toward total credit requirement

Career Education & Internship Requirements

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Required Courses - 13 Credits

• CARE 1300 - Internship Prep: Designing Your Career credit(s): 2
• CARE 1620 - Internship 1 credit(s): 2
• CARE 2620 - Internship 2 credit(s): 2
• CARE 4800 - Senior Co-op Prep: Launching Your Career credit(s): 1
• CARE 4820 - Senior Co-op credit(s): 6

Business Core Requirements

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Required Courses - 15 Credits

• ACCT 2700 - Accounting credit(s): 3
• BUSN 3310 - Business Law credit(s): 3
• ECON 2100 - Economics credit(s): 3
• FNCE 3410 - Finance credit(s): 3
• MNGT 2310 - Management credit(s): 3

Visual Studies Major Requirements

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Required Courses - 33 Credits

• ARTS 2215 - History of Art credit(s): 3
• VIST 1010 - Visual Communication credit(s): 3
• VIST 1510 - Color and Design credit(s): 3
• VIST 2601 - Digital Design I credit(s): 3
• VIST 2710 - Design Eras and Visual Style credit(s): 3
• VIST 4960 - Visual Studies Senior Capstone (6cr) credit(s): 6
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  Visual Studies Choices
    Credit(s): 12

Liberal Arts & Sciences Electives

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9 Credits

Liberal Arts Electives are any non-remedial courses offered by the Arts & Sciences Department  and Interdisciplinary Studies Department  with the following prefixes:  ARTS, COMM, ECON, ENGL, HIST, INTD*, LANG, MATH, NTSC, PHIL, POLS, PSYC, and SOCI, and courses offered by the  not specifically required for a major and vary depending upon major course requirements.

* INTD 1321 , INTD 2163 , INTD 2511 , INTD 3341  

 

General Electives

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21 Credits

General Electives are any courses numbered 1000 or higher (except CARE 1890 - Micro-Internship (Optional)) which are not specifically required for the student’s degree program.

Notes:

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• 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 fewer than 13 credits.
• For BS, BBA and BPS degree students, a minimum of 36 credits must be completed at LIM College.
• All students are required to take CARE 1300/CARE 1302 - Internship Prep: Designing your Career/Internship Prep in the Business of Cannabis.
• Students who do not have prior retail experience or do not meet the qualifications listed below are also required to complete CARE 1620/1621 - Internship I/ Cannabis Internship 1 prior to graduation.
  • Students who have 24 or more credits and at least 1,000 hours of retail or corporate experience within the past five years can qualify out of CARE 1620/CARE 1622 and take another course to replace those credits.
  • Students who have fewer than 24 credits and at least 2,000 hours of retail or corporate experience within the past five years can qualify out of CARE 1620/CARE 1622 and take another course to replace those credits.

Verifiable proof of retail or corporate experience will be required. Students must submit a resume with one of the following:

• Signed letter from their employer(s) on company letterhead verifying hours worked and overview of responsibilities
• W2 with a corresponding paystub from the W2 year
• Pay stub

Students are encouraged to submit all retail experience accrued from multiple employers, if applicable.

English and Mathematics Placement

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All undergraduate students who enroll at LIM College are assessed in the areas of writing and mathematics to ensure they receive adequate support while completing required coursework*.

Students are assessed by either:

• Submitting ACT or SAT scores for review
• Completing the LIM College placement tests

In addition, college-level English composition and mathematics courses will be reviewed for equivalency and used when determining placement test requirements.

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 choose not to submit ACT/SAT scores and who do not take the LIM College placement test will automatically be placed into corequisite developmental courses in Writing and Statistics.

Corequisite developmental education courses do not carry credit towards the degree but do carry hours which count towards full-time status. See Undergraduate Credits and Hours  for further information. 

*Students accepted into the Honors program are waived out of developmental education course work.

Minors

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

BUSINESS MINORS:

 
 
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FASHION MEDIA MINOR:

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FASHION MERCHANDISING AND MARKETING MINORS:

   
 
  
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  (for Non-Fashion Merchandising Majors)
  (for Fashion Merchandising Majors)
  

INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES MINORS:

   
   

LIBERAL ARTS MINORS:

   
 
   
  

VISUAL STUDIES MINORS:

  
   
  
 
  

Not all courses are offered every semester.

Note that the LIM College Diploma will not display minors (only degree and program will be displayed). However, minors will be shown on the LIM College transcript.

* Available for Online Programs.

**Students must take two of the four courses required for the minor at LIM College in order to declare a minor at LIM College (students may transfer in a maximum of two courses into a minor). There is no limit to the number of minors that students can declare. Students may use the same course to qualify for multiple minors. Students are limited to applying one required course as part of their minor. Exceptions are made at the discretion of each department chair.

Honors Students

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Current/Continuing Honors Students 

• To remain in the Honors Students program, students must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 

• To earn honors credits, students must earn at least a “B” in honors courses. 

• To graduate as a Fashion Scholar, students must complete a minimum of 21 Honors credits (achieving a minimum final grade of B in each honors course, substituting for the non-honors equivalent). Honors courses with a grade lower than “B” do not count towards the 21 honors credits required. 

• Honors Students are waived out of all developmental coursework 

• The Honors Students program is available to main-campus students. 

• Of the 21 honors credits required, students must complete:

• MATH 2760H - Honors Applied Data Analysis credit(s): 3

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  For the remainder of the credits, students can choose from the following:
   

• ACCT 2700H - Honors Accounting credit(s): 3
• BUSN 3310H - Honors Business Law credit(s): 3
• COMM 1400H - Honors Communication: Methods and Audiences credit(s): 3
• COMM 1500H - Honors Introduction to Mass Media credit(s): 3
• COMM 2010H - Honors Critical Thinking: Reading, Writing and Research credit(s): 3
• COMM 2025H - Honors Digital Culture in Business and Life credit(s): 3
• COMM 2328H - Honors New Media: Writing, Editing, Visuals credit(s): 3
• ECON 2100H - Honors Economics credit(s): 3
• ENGL 3110H - Honors Global Themes for Writing credit(s): 3
• FASH 1110H - Honors Introduction to the Fashion Business credit(s): 3
• FNCE 3410H - Honors Finance credit(s): 3
• LIMS 1000H - Honors First Year Experience Seminar credit(s): 1
• MATH 1300H - Honors Introduction to Statistics credit(s): 3
• MNGT 2310H - Honors Management credit(s): 3
• MRKT 1550H - Honors Marketing credit(s): 3