Interior Design/Fashion Merchandising Concentration (1218)

In the Interior Design/Fashion Merchandising concentration a student may choose a specialized subject area from the following options: Interior Design or Textiles, Clothing, and Fashion Merchandising. The student has the choice of selecting unspecified electives or a minor in a supporting discipline. Minors in art, business administration, communications, sociology, political science, psychology, and others are useful selections for complementing the major. An important component of the curriculum which contributes to professional development is supervised field experience. The experience offers each student additional means for individual specialization. Enrollment in supervised field experience courses requires a minimum 2.50 cumulative grade point average. As an alternative to the supervised field experience, students can earn credits in approved, upper-division electives.

Careers in both traditional and non-traditional settings are open to graduates. Entry-level positions of recent graduates include department manager for a major retail store, residential interior designer, wholesale representative, and a buyer for a retail store. Many contemporary issues of society-at-large call for the services of the family and consumer sciences graduate who seeks to affect the lives of individuals and families in positive ways.

Degree Requirements

1. Family and Consumer Sciences Core Component -- 17 hours
   • (see preceding page)
2. General Education Component -- 48 hours
   • Art 221
   • Chemistry 121-122 or Biology 110-120
   • Communications 200, 210, 230, or 250
   • Computer Science 201
   • Economics 201
   • English 111-112 and one course from Eng 250, 251, 260, 261, 270, or 271
   • Mathematics 140
   • Microbiology 251 or Zoology 201
   • Psychology 110
   • Sociology 201
   • Electives: Humanities (3 hours) (see accepted list on preceding page)
   • Social Science Elective (3 hours) Choose from: Economics 202, Psychology 120, or Sociology 202
3. Family and Consumer Sciences Component -- 18 hours
   • Child and Family Studies 303
   • Textiles, Clothing and Fashion Merchandising 202 or Interior Design 210
   • Consumer Resource Management 302
   • Textiles, Clothing and Fashion Merchandising 303 and 306
   • Consumer Resource Management 403 or Textiles, Clothing and Fashion Merchandising 305
4. Electives Component: Interior Design/Fashion Merchandising -- 12-14 hours
   • Courses selected to meet student’s own interest in specialization for career.
5. Electives Component: Unspecified -- 16-18 hours
   • Courses selected may be used for a declared minor in a supporting discipline.
6. Professional Development Component -- 18 hours
   • Marketing 301 or 302
   • Also select option A or B to complement electives in family and consumer sciences and to develop specialization. Certain combinations of two options may be approved.
     1. Supervised Field Experience: Family and Consumer Sciences 460, 48-, 49-
     2. Approved Electives: 300-400

Total required for a B.S. degree - 131 hours

A minimum of 48 hours is required in upper-division courses.

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