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School of Business and Technology

Applications accepted for fall and spring.      NYSED: 00828          HEGIS 5004

The major in Fashion Business Management provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary for assuming positions in the merchandising industry in areas such as buying, sales, product development, creative fashion presentation, retail management, and marketing. Curriculum below is for the entering class of Fall 2019. 

Semester 1Credits
MAJOR AREAFM 114 - Introduction to the Fashion Industry3
FM 116 - Fashion Business Practices3
RELATED AREAAC 111 - Advertising and Promotion3
MG 153 - Excel for Business2
GENERAL EDUCATIONEN 121 - English Composition G13
choice - see Requirements*3
Semester 2
MAJOR AREAFM 117 - Introduction to Fashion Marketing3
FM 262 - Contemporary Retail Management3
FM 268 - Team Development Workshop2.5
RELATED AREATS 111 - Fundamentals of Textiles3
GENERAL EDUCATIONSS 141 - Macroeconomics G43
choice - see Requirements*3
Semester 3
MAJOR AREAFM 224 - Merchandising Math Applications3
FM 244 - Product Development3
choice - see Major Area Elective(s)***3
RELATED AREAchoice - see Related Area Elective(s)**1.5
GENERAL EDUCATIONMA 222 - Statistical Analysis G23
choice - see Requirements*3
Semester 4
MAJOR AREAFM 225 - Fashion Merchandising3
choice- see Major Area Elective(s)***3
GENERAL EDUCATIONchoice - see Requirements*6
TOTAL CREDIT REQUIREMENTS
GENERAL EDUCATION24
MAJOR AREA29.5
RELATED AREA9.5
HEALTH AND/OR PHYS.ED1
 Total Credits: 64
 

*Fall 2019 Requirements:  See below

Associate Degree General Education: 

  • Three (3) credits from each required General Education area, totaling 9 credits: G1, G2 (MA 222), and G3
  • Three (3) credits from G4 (SS 141)
  • Nine (9) credits from three different areas in liberal arts courses in G5 - G10
  • Three (3) credits of any 200- or 300-level English literature or speech course   

See list of Gen Ed approved courses under FIT's General Education Requirements and Courses.  An FIT Gen Ed course cannot be used to meet more than one General Education area.

**Related Area Electives: 1.5 credits (minimum)
CHOICE of AC 221,  AR 101AR 115DE 101, HD 111, HP 201, IC 296, IC 297, ID 103, JD 101, PH 118,  PH 162, or TD 112

***Major Area Electives: 6 credits (minimum)
CHOICE of two: FM 144, FM 212, FM 213, FM 222, FM 223, FM 226, FM 228FM 231, FM 245, FM 251

Evening/Weekend Option:
A four-semester degree program is available for this degree program (see Curricula Overview or visit the FIT website at fitnyc.edu/evening_weekend). The sequence of courses is the same as that listed on this page.

Online Degree Option:
The one-year online degree is designed to give students flexibility in earning an Associate of Applied Science degree (see Online Learning for additional information).

Upper Division Alternatives:
Graduates of this program are eligible to apply for admission to the Bachelor of Science programs in Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing, Direct and Interactive Marketing, Fashion Business Management, Home Products Development, International Trade and Marketing for the Fashion Industries, Production Management: Fashion and Related Industries, and Textile Development and Marketing. By completing certain course requirements, graduates may also apply to the Bachelor of Science programs in Advertising and Marketing Communications and Technical Design.

Additional Location: The two-year AAS in Fashion Business Management is offered in Incheon, South Korea as part of FIT at SUNY Korea.

Upon graduating from the Fashion Business Management AAS degree program, students will demonstrate:

  1. Business Fundamentals: Students will be able to identify and apply current business methodology and discuss current situations and opportunities connected to the fashion business.
  2. Communication: Students will be able to compare how business decisions are established by using coherent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
  3. Globalism:  Students will be able to identify and evaluate the current global issues in how they will affect the fashion business. 
  4.  Technology: Students will be able to illustrate and distinguish their technology proficiency by beginning to adapt to the various technologies in the courses of the fashion business.
  5. Research and Critical Thinking: Students will be able to explain and conduct research of primary and secondary data to make business decisions. 
  6. Product Commercialization: Students will be able to begin to evaluate the functions of product development, the merchandising of a line and how it works within the Product Life Cycle.
  7. Retailing/ Wholesaling: Students will be able to identify and compare the differences between retail and wholesale in the fashion business.