Within your major, courses include accounting, marketing, personnel relations, interviewing, consumer behavior, business writing, merchandising, leadership strategies, promotion, sales negotiations, merchandise buying, and retail strategy. Outside your major, courses cover the humanities, social and behavioral sciences, life and physical sciences, and computer science. We provide real work experience before you graduate. You'll learn how a company functions in a retail setting during the summer prior to your sophomore or junior year and in your hometown. Or you might prefer an internship in an entry-level management position with a major retailer in such locations as New York, Chicago, Los Angles, San Francisco, Dallas, Indianapolis, and Miami.
Power is city slick.
You may apply as a junior for a one-year program at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Upon completion of the FIT program, you receive an Associate in Applied Science degree. Credits can be transferred to Purdue to meet requirements for your Bachelor of Science degree.