Dec 04, 2024  
2020-2021 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2020-2021 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Merchandising, Apparel, and Textiles, B.S.


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The Merchandising, Apparel, and Textiles program blends creativity with business components to develop graduates who are consumer and technology focused. Students study concepts and develop skills necessary for understanding market trends, retail strategies, and industry structures that facilitate the development, sourcing, marketing, and merchandising of consumer goods and services in the domestic and international marketplace.

The curriculum challenges students to exercise resourceful thinking in business operations, merchandising strategies, and the interrelationships of people, technology, and materials. Course work is designed to match industry expectations and intended to provide students with the knowledge and experience they will need to understand trends and applications in the merchandising, apparel, and textiles industries.

Internships are a required component of the program, which can lead to permanent professional placement. The internship provides students with first-hand experience in merchandising, apparel, and textiles related fields, allowing them to exercise classroom knowledge in a realworld setting. Visit us at: http://rtm-hes.ca.uky.edu/content/bachelorscience-merchandising-apparel-and-textiles.

Each student must complete the following:

  1. Complete UK Core requirements.
  2. Complete 120 credit hours with a minimum grade-point average of 2.0.
  3. Complete the required curriculum in the major program.

UK Core Requirements


See the UK Core section of this Bulletin for the complete UK Core requirements . The courses listed below are (a) recommended by the college, or (b) required courses that also fulfill UK Core areas. Students should work closely with their advisor to complete the UK Core requirements.

I. Intellectual Inquiry in Arts and Creativity


II. Intellectual Inquiry in the Humanities


III. Intellectual Inquiry in the Social Sciences


IV. Intellectual Inquiry in the Natural, Physical, and Mathematical Sciences


V. Composition and Communication I


VI. Composition and Communication II


VII. Quantitative Foundations


Recommended:

IX. Community, Culture and Citizenship in the USA


Recommended:

X. Global Dynamics


Recommended:

UK Core hours: 32


Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement (GCCR)


Subtotal: Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement hours (GCCR): 3


Program Entrance Requirements


The minimum grade-point average for entrance of all students into the Merchandising, Apparel and Textiles program is 2.0.

Graduation Requirements


Students must fulfill all prerequisites and achieve a grade of C or better in all MAT and RTM courses which are major requirements.

Subtotal: Premajor hours: 16


Professional Support: 27


Subtotal: Professional Support: 27


Electives


Electives should be selected to complete the minimum total of 120 hours required for graduation.

Subtotal: Minimum Elective hours: 6


TOTAL HOURS: 120


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