Fashion Business and Entrepreneurship, MS

30 credit hours

The Master of Science in fashion business & entrepreneurship provides students who are interested in pursuing fashion design as an entrepreneur the necessary knowledge of the field, as well as the specific business courses to succeed. The advanced professional training prepares entrepreneurs with insight into the industry of fashion and provides managerial and economic skills.

A graduate student in the College of Arts and Humanities may take only one tutorial or independent study course and may enroll in a maximum of nine graduate credit hours per semester. A student may not receive graduate credit for any course designated as a dually enrolled course if that student received credit for the undergraduate version of that course.

Admission Requirements

Applications are initially reviewed by the Office of University Admissions to ensure all university admissions standards are met. An admissions decision will be made once all steps have been completed.

In addition to the requirements of all graduate students, applicants to the College of Arts and Humanities should complete and/or submit the following documents and information:

  • Transcripts demonstrating completion of undergraduate degree in related field with a minimum of a 3.0 GPA in all major coursework.
  • The official results from the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) may be required if GPA is below 3.0. 
  • Contact information for three academic and/or professional references. 
  • 1,000-word statement of purpose describing applicant’s goals. 
  • Specific deliverables depending on area of study, such as a writing sample and/or portfolio of work.

Completion Options

Non-Thesis/Applied Project Option

The applied project allows students with a professional focus to apply the theories and research methods of their field in a professional setting or in a final product or series of products. Projects may take different forms, but all students produce some form of material on behalf of an organization or field of practice. Students pursuing the non-thesis/applied project option document their progress and product for final review by their thesis committee. See the chair of the program for more information.

Thesis Option

The thesis involves the creation of an original piece of scholarship relevant to the field of study that investigates an aspect of that field, professional area, or organization. Students evaluate the state of the field in existing research on their topic area and then develop a research question to investigate. Over the course of the program, students investigate their topic and refine their thesis, which is written the final two semesters and reviewed by their thesis committee. See the chair of the program for more information.

Students who do not successfully complete and defend the Thesis/Project Prospectus, or who have not completed their Thesis/Project by the end of CAH 61000, must enroll in CAH 60500 Thesis/Project Experience in every fall and spring semester until the Thesis/Project is completed.

Requirements

Major Coursework

21 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

CAH 50000Research Methods

3

CAH 51000Research and Scholastic Writing

3

CAH 55000Graduate Seminar

3

CAH 60000Thesis/Directed Project I

3

CAH 61000Thesis/Directed Project II

3

FBD 58500Fashion Business and Entrepreneurship

3

FBD 60000Fashion Business Capstone

3

Specialized Coursework

9 credit hours of coursework from the following options: 

ACCT 51010Financial Accounting Concepts

3

CAH 55555Internship

1-6

ECON 53081Economics Concepts

3

ENTR 57515Small Business Management

3

FBD 51700Digital Apparel Production Management

3

FBD 57200/ARTH 57200History of Costume to 1900

3

FBD 57300/ARTH 57300History of Costume from 1900

3

FBD 58530Innovative Luxury Branding and Visual Display

3

FBD 58540Global Apparel Buying and Trend Forecasting

3

FBD 58550Global Fashion Sustainability

3

FBD 58560Innovative Fashion Marketing and the Global Consumer

3

FBD 58570Fashion Writing and Global Communication

3

MGMT 56025Business Concepts

3

MGMT 56060Business Law and Ethics

3

MRKT 55010Marketing Principles and Issues

3

MRKT 55020Marketing Information and Research

3

MRKT 55040Advertising and Promotional Strategy

3