University Catalog

Curriculum in Family and Consumer Sciences

Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Science

Fashion Merchandising Concentration

(see footnotes at bottom)

FIRST YEAR

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First Semester

Social Science ElectiveG		3	hours
Music, Visual Arts, Dance, or TheatreG,H		3	hours
*ENGL 101G,H	Freshman Composition	3	hours
MATH 105 or MATH 151/161G	Finite Mathematics College Algebra with Fundamentals / College Algebra	3	hours
SE 101	Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern	2	hours
††FCS 100	Foundations of Family and Consumer Sciences	1	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

Second Semester

*FCS 120	Evaluation of Ready-to-Wear Fashion	3	hours
PSYC 101G	General Psychology I	3	hours
*ENGL 102G,H	Critical Reading and Writing	3	hours
MATH 241G	Elementary Statistics	3	hours
Biological ScienceG		3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

SECOND  YEAR

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First Semester

ENGL 230, or ENGL 231, or ENGL 232G,H	World Literature English Literature American Literature	3	hours
Physical  Science ElectiveG		3	hours
History ElectiveG,H		3	hours
††FCS 305	The Fashion Industry	3	hours
Elective		3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

Second Semester

††FCS 302	Family and Individual Development Over the Lifespan	3	hours
COMM 210 or COMM 211G,H	Communicating in the Classroom Introduction to Public Speaking	3	hours
Second Science Sequence1,G		3	hours
††FCS 242	Clothing and Human Behavior	3	hours
Elective		3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

 

THIRD YEAR

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First Semester

††FCS 345	Nutrition Through the Life Cycle	3	hours
MRKT 303	Principles of Marketing	3	hours
††FCS 412	Family Stress and Coping	3	hours
††FCS 346	Professional Development in Family and Consumer Sciences	3	hours
††FCS Elective		3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

Second Semester

††FCS 304	Parenting: Issues and Education	3	hours
††FCS 342	Nutrition	3	hours
††FCS 420	Advanced Fashion Merchandising	3	hours
MRKT 319 or MRKT 320	Consumer Behavior Purchasing Management	3	hours
††FCS 430	Current Trends in Family and Social Policy	3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

 

FOURTH YEAR

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First Semester

††FCS 421	Weight Management Principles	3	hours
††FCS 475	Family Resource Management	3	hours
††FCS 371	Family Finance and Consumer Education	3	hours
††FCS 441	Family Relations	3	hours
MRKT 321	Personal Selling	3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

 

Second Semester

††FCS 491 or MRKT 331	Fashion Retailing        Retailing	3	hours
††FCS 487, or FCS 488, or FCS 489	Field Experience in Human Development and Family Studies Field Experience in Nutrition Education and Promotion Field Experience in Fashion Merchandising	3	hours
*MGMT 351	Principles of Management	3	hours
††FCS 314	Fashion Buying	3	hours
Elective		3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

Total semester hours required 120

Southeastern 101 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 hours or more. Those students will replace Southeastern 101 with 2 hours of electives.

^GGeneral Education Courses
^HHonors students to take Honors course option:
ENGL 101 or 121H or 123H
ENGL 102 or 122H or 124H
ENGL 230 or 231 or 232 or 210H or 291H or 292H
HIST 101 or 102 or 201 or 202 or 101H or 102H or 201H or 202H
COMM 211 or 211H
GBIO 106 or 151H
GBIO 151 or 151H
Art Elective or HONR 191 
^*Grade of "C" or better.
^††Major Course Grade of "C" or better.