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

First Semester

Social Science ElectiveG		3	hours
Music, Visual Arts, Dance, or TheatreG		3	hours
*ENGL 101G	Freshman Composition	3	hours
MATH 105 or MATH 151 or MATH 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	Critical Reading and Writing	3	hours
MATH 241G	Elementary Statistics	3	hours
Biological ScienceG		3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

ENGL 230 or ENGL 231 or ENGL 232G	World Literature English Literature American Literature	3	hours
Physical  Science ElectiveG		3	hours
History ElectiveG		3	hours
††FCS 242	Clothing and Human Behavior	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	Communicating in the Classroom Introduction to Public Speaking	3	hours
Second Science SequenceG		3	hours
††FCS 305	The Fashion Industry	3	hours
Elective		3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

 

THIRD YEAR

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
††FCS 448	Communication, Aging and Social Interaction	3	hours
††ENGL 322	Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing	3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

 

FOURTH YEAR

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

††MRKT 331	Retailing	3	hours
††FCS  Elective		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
^*Grade of "C" or better.
^††Major Course Grade of "C" or better.