Fashion Industry & Merchandising BS / Business Administration MBA
Major: Fashion Industry & Merchandising and Business Administration
Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Science (BS) and Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Calendar Type: Quarter
Minimum Required Credits: 230.0
Co-op Options: One Co-op (Five years)
BS Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code: 52.1902
BS Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code: 13-1022
MBA Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code: 52.0201
MBA Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code: 11-1021
About the Program
This accelerated dual degree program combines study in the areas of Fashion Industry and Merchandising for the fashion lifestyle industries with the MBA degree. The program is designed to allow students to complete both the bachelor's degree and the Master of Business Administration degree in five years.
Additional Information
Students should visit the Westphal College of Media Arts and Design for more information.
Admission Requirements
The program is offered to qualified students who apply for this option prior to the end of freshmen year or prior to the completion of 90.0 credits. All students who apply for this option must take the GMAT entrance exam. Incoming freshmen selected for this program will generally have a minimum of 1350 on the SAT, a GPA of 3.5 or better, and rank in the top 10% of their high school graduating class. A strong candidate for this program will have taken significant AP coursework while in high school.
BS/MBA students may be waived from two LeBow MBA courses, assuming a grade of B or better is earned in specified undergraduate courses. Students can review the Waiver Policies for the Statement of Curriculum Standing on the LeBow College's website for additional information. The above conditions hold only for fully accepted BS/MBA students as identified by Enrollment Management.
Degree Requirements
| General Education Requirements | ||
| CIVC 101 | Introduction to Civic Engagement | 1.0 |
| COOP 101 | Career Management and Professional Development * | 1.0 |
| ENGL 101 | Composition and Rhetoric I: Inquiry and Exploratory Research | 3.0 |
| or ENGL 111 | English Composition I | |
| ENGL 102 | Composition and Rhetoric II: Advanced Research and Evidence-Based Writing | 3.0 |
| or ENGL 112 | English Composition II | |
| ENGL 103 | Composition and Rhetoric III: Themes and Genres | 3.0 |
| or ENGL 113 | English Composition III | |
| ENVS 160 | Environment in the News | 2.0 |
| ENVS 260 | Environmental Science and Society | 3.0 |
| GEO 111 | Natural Disasters | 3.0 |
| MATH 119 | Mathematical Foundations for Design | 4.0 |
| UNIV A101 | The Drexel Experience | 1.0 |
| Required Arts and Humanities | ||
| COM 220 | Qualitative Research Methods | 3.0 |
| COM 230 | Techniques of Speaking | 3.0 |
| Arts and Humanities Elective ** | 3.0 | |
| Required Social Science | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3.0 | |
| Politics of Hip Hop | ||
| Introduction to Social Psychology | ||
| Retail Intersections: Social & Cultural Issues | ||
| Social Science Electives *** | 6.0 | |
| Visual Studies Requirements | ||
| ARTH 103 | History of Art III | 3.0 |
| Select two of the following: | 6.0 | |
| Asian Art and Culture | ||
| Art of India | ||
| Art of China | ||
| Art of Japan | ||
| Contemporary Art | ||
| History of African-American Art | ||
| African Art | ||
| Global Material Culture | ||
| Special Topics in Art History | ||
| Special Topics in Art History | ||
| PHTO 110 | Photography | 3.0 |
| VSST 101 | Design I | 4.0 |
| VSST 102 | Design II | 4.0 |
| VSST 103 | Design III | 4.0 |
| VSST 110 | Introductory Drawing | 3.0 |
| Professional Requirements | ||
| ACCT 110 | Accounting for Professionals | 4.0 |
| ARTH 335 [WI] | History of Costume I: Preclassical to 1800 | 3.0 |
| or FASH 335 | History of Costume I: Preclassical to 1800 | |
| or ARTH 336 | History of Costume II: 1800-1920 | |
| or FASH 336 | History of Costume II: 1800-1920 | |
| or ARTH 337 | History of Costume III: 1920 to Present | |
| or FASH 337 | History of Costume III: 1920 to Present | |
| or ARTH T380 | Special Topics in Art History | |
| or ARTH T480 | Special Topics in Art History | |
| COM 181 | Public Relations Principles and Theory | 3.0 |
| DSMR 100 | Computer Imaging I | 3.0 |
| DSMR 103 | Introduction to the Fashion Industry | 3.0 |
| DSMR 201 | Analysis of Product | 3.0 |
| DSMR 210 | Presentation Techniques Design and Merchandising | 3.0 |
| DSMR 211 | Digital Design for Design and Merchandising | 3.0 |
| DSMR 215 | Digital Commerce & Promotion | 3.0 |
| DSMR 230 | Textiles for Design and Merchandising | 3.0 |
| DSMR 231 | Retail Operations | 3.0 |
| DSMR 232 | Merchandise Planning and Buying | 4.0 |
| DSMR 300 | Design and Merchandising Trends and Impact | 3.0 |
| DSMR 310 | Merchandising Operations & Management | 3.0 |
| DSMR 311 | Visual Merchandising | 3.0 |
| DSMR 333 | Fashion Product Development and Sourcing | 3.0 |
| DSMR 464 | Merchandising Analytics | 3.0 |
| DSMR 477 [WI] | Design and Merchandising Seminar | 3.0 |
| DSMR 496 [WI] | Senior Problem in Design and Merchandising | 3.0 |
| ECON 201 | Principles of Microeconomics | 4.0 |
| ENTP 105 | Entrepreneurial Thinking | 3.0 |
| MKTG 201 | Introduction to Marketing Management | 4.0 |
| MKTG 321 | Selling and Sales Management | 4.0 |
| or MKTG 326 | Marketing Insights | |
| or MKTG 344 | Professional Personal Selling | |
| or MKTG 356 | Consumer Behavior | |
| or MKTG 362 | Brand and Reputation Management | |
| PHIL 301 | Business Ethics | 3.0 |
| PROD 215 | Design Thinking in Product Design | 4.0 |
| Career Pathway Electives † | 31.0 | |
| MBA Requirements | ||
| ACCT 510 | Essentials of Financial Reporting | 2.0 |
| BLAW 510 | Analyzing Legal Options in Decision-Making | 2.0 |
| BSAN 601 | Business Analytics for Managers | 3.0 |
| ECON 601 | Managerial Economics | 3.0 |
| FIN 601 | Corporate Financial Management | 3.0 |
| MGMT 520 | Strategy Analysis | 2.0 |
| MGMT 530 | Managing and Leading the Total Enterprise | 2.0 |
| MGMT 770 | MBA Capstone | 2.0 |
| MKTG 510 | Marketing Strategy | 2.0 |
| ORGB 511 | Leading in Dynamic Environments: A Personal, Relational, and Strategic Approach | 3.0 |
| POM 510 | Operations and Supply Chain Management | 2.0 |
| Experiential Requirement-Select one course: | 3.0 | |
| Graduate Internship | ||
| International Business Seminar and Residency | ||
| Leading for Innovation | ||
| Business Consulting | ||
| Business Agility and IT | ||
| Negotiations for Leaders | ||
| Tax Experiential Learning | ||
| MBA Major Requirements - select one major from choices below | 9.0 | |
| Free Electives | 11.0 | |
| Total Credits | 230.0 | |
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Co-op cycles may vary. Students are assigned a co-op cycle (fall/winter, spring/summer, summer-only) based on their co-op program (4-year, 5-year) and major.
COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101.
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Select 9.0 credits from 100-499 level courses, including T380-480 in AFAS, ARTH, ARCH, COM, DANC, ENGL, FMST, GST, HIST, INTR, IST, JWST, LANG, LING, MENA, MUSC, PHIL, PHTO, PPE, PBHL, RELS, SCRP, THTR, TVST, VSCM, WGST, and WRIT.
Suggested Arts and Humanities electives: ENGL 303, ENGL 335, HIST 163.
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Select 9.0 credits from 100-499 level courses, including T380-T480, in AFAS, ANTH, CJS, CS, ECON, ENSS, ENVS, PSI, PSY, PBHL, SOC, and WGST.
Suggested Social Science electives: SOC 210, SOC 215, SOC 240, SOC 340, SOC I499.
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Career Pathway electives enable students to pursue specific areas of study, which complement the Design and Merchandising major and the student's desired career pathway.
Suggested Career Pathway Electives: ENTP 205, ENTP 209,ENTP 250, ENTP 375, DSMR 485.
MBA Major Requirements
Students select one major from the following:
Major: Accounting Analytics
| Required Courses | ||
| ACCT 655 | Data Analytics & Technology in Accounting | 3.0 |
| ACCT 665 | Financial Statement Analysis | 3.0 |
| Select one of the following: | 3.0 | |
| Strategy & the Master Budgeting Process | ||
| Data Visualization for Managers | ||
| Tax and Business Strategy | ||
| Total Credits | 9.0 | |
Major: Business Analytics
| Select three of the following: | 9.0 | |
| Aligning Information Systems and Business Strategies | ||
| Inter-Active Decision Support Systems | ||
| Database Analysis and Design for Business | ||
| Customer Analytics | ||
| Marketing Experiments | ||
| Managerial Decision Models and Simulation | ||
| Supply Chain Analytics | ||
| Statistics for Business Analytics | ||
| Datamining for Managers | ||
| Time Series Forecasting | ||
| Special Topics in STAT | ||
| Total Credits | 9.0 | |
Major: Economics
| Required Course | ||
| ECON 610 | Microeconomics | 3.0 |
| Select two of the following: | 6.0 | |
| Intro to Econometrics and Data Analysis | ||
| Mathematical Economics | ||
| Econometrics | ||
| Macroeconomics | ||
| Business & Economic Strategy: Game Theory & Applications | ||
| Total Credits | 9.0 | |
Major: Finance
| Select three of the following: | 9.0 | |
| Advanced Financial Management | ||
| Business Valuation | ||
| Corporate Governance | ||
| Financial Institutions & Markets | ||
| Risk Management | ||
| Investment Management | ||
| Entrepreneurial Finance | ||
| FinTech | ||
| Behavioral Finance | ||
| International Financial Management | ||
| Special Topics in Finance | ||
| Total Credits | 9.0 | |
Major: General Business
General Business Major requires three business courses with distinct subject codes and course number range 500-799. Allowable options for the subject codes are Accounting (ACCT), Statistics (STAT), Economics (ECON), Finance (FIN), General Business (BUSN), Interdisciplinary Business (INDS), International Business (INTB), Legal Studies (BLAW), Management (MGMT), Management Information Systems (MIS), Marketing (MKTG), Operations Research (OPR), Organizational Behavior (ORGB), Production Operations Management (POM), Sports Management (SMT) or Taxation (TAX).
Major: Marketing
| Select three of the following, of which two MUST be from MKTG (any course with MKTG subject code and course number between 500-799): | 9.0 | |
MKTG Course 500-799 | ||
| Special Topics in Legal Studies | ||
| Intro to Econometrics and Data Analysis | ||
| Microeconomics | ||
| International Business Management | ||
| Knowledge Management | ||
| Systems Analysis & Design | ||
| Database Analysis and Design for Business | ||
| Managerial Decision Models and Simulation | ||
| Supply Chain Management I | ||
| Quality & Six-Sigma | ||
| Time Series Forecasting | ||
| Total Credits | 9.0 | |
Major: Marketing Technology & Analytics
| Select three of the following: | 9.0 | |
| Customer Analytics | ||
| Marketing Experiments | ||
| Buyer Behavior Theory | ||
| Digital Marketing | ||
| Integrated Marketing Communications Management | ||
| Marketing Information Management and Research | ||
| Total Credits | 9.0 | |
Major: Project Management
| Required Courses | ||
| PROJ 501 | Introduction to Project Management | 3.0 |
| PROJ 502 | Project Planning & Scheduling | 3.0 |
| Select one of the following: | 3.0 | |
| Project Quality Management | ||
| Project Estimation & Cost Management | ||
| Project Risk Assessment & Management | ||
| Total Credits | 9.0 | |
Major: Strategic Technology & Innovation Management
| Required Courses | ||
| MGMT 602 | Innovation Management | 3.0 |
| MGMT 603 | Technology Strategy | 3.0 |
| Select one of the following: | 3.0 | |
| Business & Economic Strategy: Game Theory & Applications | ||
| Introduction to Change Management: An Integration of Macro and Micro Perspectives | ||
| Strategic Change Management | ||
| Strategic Human Resource Management | ||
| Knowledge Management | ||
| Sustainability and Value Creation | ||
| Leading for Innovation | ||
| Strategy Implementation | ||
| Change Management Experiential Capstone | ||
| MIS Policy and Strategy | ||
| Business Agility and IT | ||
| New Product Planning, Strategy, and Development | ||
| Managerial Decision Models and Simulation | ||
| Leading and Executing Change | ||
| Negotiations for Leaders | ||
| Time Series Forecasting | ||
| Total Credits | 9.0 | |
Major: Supply Chain Management & Logistics
| Select three of the following: | 9.0 | |
| Leading the Digital Supply Chain | ||
| Systems Analysis & Design | ||
| Managerial Decision Models and Simulation | ||
| Supply Chain Management I | ||
| Supply Chain Management II | ||
| Management of Service Firms | ||
| Transportation & Logistics Management | ||
| Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Logistics | ||
| Revenue Management | ||
| Supply Chain Analytics | ||
| Special Topics in POM | ||
| Quality & Six-Sigma | ||
| Time Series Forecasting | ||
| Total Credits | 9.0 | |
Major: Business Customized
| Students can self customize a concentration with coordination between their program manager and with faculty guidance. Please see your program manager/academic advisor for further information. | 9.0 | |
MBA Graduate Credits include courses in Accounting (ACCT), Statistics (STAT), Economics (ECON), Finance (FIN), General Business (BUSN), Interdisciplinary Business (INDS), International Business (INTB), Legal Studies (BLAW), Management (MGMT), Management Information Systems (MIS), Marketing (MKTG), Operations Research (OPR), Organizational Behavior (ORGB), Production Operations Management (POM), Sport Management (SMT) or Taxation (TAX), with a course number range between 500-799 or other approved course at the graduate level. | ||
| Total Credits | 9.0 | |
Major: Corporate Sustainability and Social Impact
| Choose three from the following: | 9.0 | |
| Legal Aspects of Employment | ||
| Social Entrepreneurship | ||
| Social and Sustainable Innovation | ||
| Corporate Governance | ||
| Environmental and Social Issues in Finance | ||
| Corporate Sustainability for Managers | ||
| Business Ethics | ||
| Sustainability and Value Creation | ||
| Corporate Brand & Reputation Management | ||
| Special Topics in ORGB | ||
| Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Logistics | ||
| Social Issues in Sport | ||
Major: Effective Leadership
| Choose three of the following: | 9.0 | |
| Leading the Digital Supply Chain | ||
| Business Ethics | ||
| Sustainability and Value Creation | ||
| Leading Virtual Teams | ||
| Negotiations for Leaders | ||
Sample Plan of Study
4+1, 1 co-op (Accelerated program completed in 5 years)
Students complete undergraduate requirements in four years, then convert to graduate status in the fifth and final year.
| First Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| DSMR 103 | 3.0 | DSMR 100 | 3.0 | CIVC 101 | 1.0 | VACATION | |
| ENGL 101 or 111 | 3.0 | DSMR 230 | 3.0 | DSMR 201 | 3.0 | ||
| ENVS 260 | 3.0 | ENGL 102 or 112 | 3.0 | ENGL 103 or 113 | 3.0 | ||
| UNIV A101 | 1.0 | GEO 111 | 3.0 | ENVS 160 | 2.0 | ||
| VSST 101 | 4.0 | VSST 102 | 4.0 | MATH 119 | 4.0 | ||
| VSST 110 | 3.0 | VSST 103 | 4.0 | ||||
| 17 | 16 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| ACCT 110 | 4.0 | COOP 101* | 1.0 | ARTH 103, DSMR 215, or ENTP 105 | 3.0 | COM 181, ARTH 103, or ENTP 105 | 3.0 |
| COM 230 or 181 (or Social Science Elective) | 3.0 | DSMR 210 or 211 | 3.0 | DSMR 232, ECON 201, or MKTG 201 | 4.0 | DSMR 311 | 3.0 |
| DSMR 211 or PHTO 110 | 3.0 | DSMR 215, COM 181, or COM 230 | 3.0 | DSMR 310 | 3.0 | DSMR 477*** | 3.0 |
| DSMR 231 (or Art History Elective) | 3.0 | DSMR 232 or 231 | 4.0 | DSMR 333 | 3.0 | (UG)Career Pathway Elective or PHTO 110 | 3.0 |
| ENTP 105, ARTH 103, or COM 181 | 3.0 | ECON 201 or MKTG 201 | 4.0 | PHTO 110 or DSMR 210 | 3.0 | (UG) Career Pathway Elective | 3.0 |
| Select one of the following: | 3.0 | (UG)Social Science Elective | 3.0 | ||||
| 16 | 18 | 16 | 18 | ||||
| Third Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| COOP EXPERIENCE | COOP EXPERIENCE | DSMR 300 (or Art History Elective) | 3.0 | COM 220 | 3.0 | ||
| PHIL 301 (or Career Pathway Elective) | 3.0 | PROD 215** | 4.0 | ||||
| (UG) Career Pathway Elective | 3.0 | DSMR 300 (or Art History Elective) | 3.0 | ||||
| (UG)Marketing Choice or Career Pathway Elective | 4.0 | (UG) Arts and Humanites Elective | 3.0 | ||||
| 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | ||||
| Fourth Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| ARTH 335, FASH 335, ARTH 336, FASH 336, ARTH 337, FASH 337, ARTH T380, or ARTH T480 | 3.0 | DSMR 464 or 496 | 3.0 | (UG)Career Pathway Elective or PHIL 301 | 3.0 | Awarded UG Degree | |
| DSMR 496 or 464 | 3.0 | (UG)Art History Elective | 3.0 | (UG) Career Pathway Electives | 3.0 | Student converts to Grad status | |
| (UG) Career Pathway Elective or Marketing Choice | 4.0 | (UG) Career Pathway Elective | 3.0 | (UG)Career Pathway Elective | 3.0 | ||
| (UG)Career Pathway Elective | 3.0 | (UG)Career Pathway Elective | 3.0 | (UG) Social Science Elective | 3.0 | ||
| ACCT 510 | 2.0 | BSAN 601 | 3.0 | ECON 601 | 3.0 | ||
| 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Fifth Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| FIN 601 | 3.0 | BLAW 510 | 2.0 | MGMT 520 | 2.0 | MGMT 770 | 2.0 |
| MGMT 530 | 2.0 | ORGB 511 | 3.0 | (GR) Major Requirement | 3.0 | (GR)Major Requirements | 6.0 |
| MKTG 510 | 2.0 | (GR) Electives | 6.0 | (GR) Electives | 5.0 | (GR) Experiential Elective | 3.0 |
| POM 510 | 2.0 | ||||||
| 9 | 11 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Total Credits 230 | |||||||
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COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101.
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PROD 215 and COM 220 should be taken together either the summer term after fall/winter COOP or the fall term after spring/summer COOP.
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DSMR 477 [WI] should be taken the summer term before fall/winter COOP or in the spring term before spring/summer COOP.