About the Courses
Fashion Merchandising is an exciting and dynamic career choice. Texas Tech has designed the Fashion Merchandising curriculum to provide graduates with the skills to succeed in this growing multi-trillion-dollar global industry encompassing everything from apparel designers, wholesalers, retailers preparing fashion goods in apparel, footwear and home design. This Fashion Merchandising degree prepares graduates with skills used daily in fashion retail stores and corporate offices with a comprehensive curriculum including a business core focused on the marketing, consumer behavior, sales, accounting, and finance with the addition of courses focused on fashion merchandising, such as visual merchandising, retail trends, retail buying, fashion design and analysis, study abroad, fashion styling, fashion history, and global sourcing. Students may study abroad, will complet
Fashion Merchandising is an exciting and dynamic career choice. Texas Tech has designed the Fashion Merchandising curriculum to provide graduates with the skills to succeed in this growing multi-trillion-dollar global industry encompassing everything from apparel designers, wholesalers, retailers preparing fashion goods in apparel, footwear and home design. This Fashion Merchandising degree prepares graduates with skills used daily in fashion retail stores and corporate offices with a comprehensive curriculum including a business core focused on the marketing, consumer behavior, sales, accounting, and finance with the addition of courses focused on fashion merchandising, such as visual merchandising, retail trends, retail buying, fashion design and analysis, study abroad, fashion styling, fashion history, and global sourcing. Students may study abroad, will complete internships, and will learn from highly skilled faculty. Graduates of this department currently hold positions in product development, buying, sourcing, store management, and visual merchandising.
Modules
First Year
Fall
RETL 1320 - Fashion and Modern Culture 3 Semester Credit Hours
HRM 2310 - Introduction to Hospitality and Retail Management 3 Semester Credit Hours
HUSC 1100 - Introduction to Human Sciences 1 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 1301 - Essentials of College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours
Language, Philosophy, and Culture 3 Semester Credit Hours *
Mathematics 3 Semester Credit Hours *
Total: 16
Spring
ENGL 1302 - Advanced College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours (Prerequisites and restrictions apply.)
Life and Physical Sciences 4 Semester Credit Hours *
Mathematics 3 Semester Credit Hours *
POLS 1301 - American Government 3 Semester Credit Hours
Creative Arts 3 Semester Credit Hours *
Total: 16
Second Year
Fall
HIST 2300 - History of the United States to 1877 3 Semester Credit Hours
Social and Behavioral Sciences 3 Semester Credit Hours *
Oral Communication 3 Semester Credit Hours *
RETL 2320 - Fashion Trends 3 Semester Credit Hours
HRM 3321 - Introduction to Accounting for Hospitality and Retailing 3 Semester Credit Hours
Total: 15
Spring
HIST 2301 - History of the United States since 1877 3 Semester Credit Hours
POLS 2306 - Texas Politics and Topics 3 Semester Credit Hours
Human Sciences Core Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours
HRM 3322 - Financial and Managerial Accounting for Hospitality and Retail Management 3 Semester Credit Hours
RETL 3370 - Retail Management Analytics 3 Semester Credit Hours
Total: 15
Third Year
Fall
Guided Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours †
RETL 3350 - Visual Merchandising and Retail Promotion 3 Semester Credit Hours
HRM 4322 - Financial Analysis for Hospitality and Retailing 3 Semester Credit Hours (Prerequisites and restrictions apply.)
RETL 3380 - Retail Buying and Control 3 Semester Credit Hours (Prerequisites and restrictions apply.)
Life and Physical Sciences 4 Semester Credit Hours *
Total: 16
Spring
HRM 3389 - Professional Practices in Hospitality and Retail Management 3 Semester Credit Hours (Prerequisites and restrictions apply.)
HRM 3385 - Introduction to Sales for the Services Industry 3 Semester Credit Hours
HRM 4316 - Services Marketing for Hospitality and Retailing 3 Semester Credit Hours
HRM 3335 - Consumer Behavior in the Services Industry 3 Semester Credit Hours
RETL 3385 - Fashion and Design Analysis 3 Semester Credit Hours †
Total: 15
Summer
RETL 3395 - Internship in Retail Management 3 Semester Credit Hours (300 hours)
Total: 3
Fourth Year
Fall
RETL 4350 - Retail Global Sourcing 3 Semester Credit Hours
HRM 4313 - Legal Aspects of the Services Industry 3 Semester Credit Hours
RETL 4335 - E- and Mobile Commerce 3 Semester Credit Hours
3 hours from RETL 4320, RETL 4300, or HRM 4355
Total: 12
Spring
Guided Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours †
HRM 4332 - Leadership in the Services Industries 3 Semester Credit Hours
RETL 3310 - Fashion Styling in Retail 3 Semester Credit Hours
3 hours from RETL 4345, RETL 4342, or RETL 3345