Marketing Management Technology - Fashion Merchandising Technology

Program Description:

The Fashion Merchandising program of study is designed to provide specialized instruction in all phases of fashion merchandising in order to prepare students for careers in the fashion industry, such as a retail sale manager, wardrobe consultant, wholesale market representative, visual merchandiser, and fashion director. A combination of classwork and practical experience is stressed.

Career certificate and technical certificate options are embedded in the program that can be stacked as a student progresses through the program, allowing them to develop a “portfolio” of credentials that will serve them even if they do not complete a full-degree program. These certificates, each of which build upon the other, ultimately stack into an Associate of Applied Science degree in Fashion Merchandising.

Any student entering any FMT option must have a high school diploma or high school equivalency diploma (GED^®, HiSET^®, TASC™­, or Mississippi Competency-Based High School Equivalency).

Career Certificate

• FMT 1133 - Introduction to Fashion 3 SH
• FMT 1213 - Fashion Marketing 3 SH
• FMT 1313 - Fundamentals of Textiles 3 SH
• FMT 2513 - Image and Wardrobe Consulting 3 SH
• FMT 2613 - Fashion Show Production 3 SH OR FMT 2623 - Fashion Forecasting  3 SH
• MMT 1113 - Principles of Marketing 3 SH
• MMT 1413 - Merchandising Math 3 SH
• MMT 2353 - Digital Media Applications 3 SH OR Approved Computer-Related Elective 3 SH
• MMT 2423 - Retail Management 3 SH
• Approved Technical Elective 3 SH***

Technical Certificate

• FMT 1243 - Fashion Analysis 3 SH
• FMT 2414 - Visual Merchandising 4 SH
• FMT 2913 - Internship in Fashion Merchandising 3 SH OR MMT 1223 - Consumer Behavior  3 SH
• MMT 1313 - Selling 3 SH
• Approved Technical Elective 3 SH***

Associate of Applied Science

• ENG 1033 - Technical English 3 SH OR ENG 1113 - English Composition I   3 SH
• SPT 1113 - Public Speaking I 3 SH OR  SPT 2173 - Interpersonal Communication  3 SH
• Social/Behavioral Science Elective 3 SH
• Humanities/Fine Arts Elective 3 SH Credits / Units: 3 SH
• Mathematics/Science Elective 3-4 SH 

• ( MAT 1033 - Technical Mathematics  OR MAT 1313 - College Algebra  or higher OR any Laboratory Science)

**Completion Award: Associate of Applied Science in Fashion Merchandising Technology 61-62 SH

**Additional Graduation Requirements:

• Orientation - Any student (first-time, transfer, and part-time) who begins at Hinds Fall 2007 and later will be required to take Orientation (LLS 1312 /RST 1312 ) to graduate from the College. Exception: Orientation credit (1-3 hrs) transferred to Hinds from another college will satisfy our orientation requirement.
• Assessment - An Assessment Prep review course(s) and Skills Assessment exam(s) are required to graduate from this program.