Four-year Combined BBA/MBA Option
Fashion Merchandising and Management

Not all programs are offered for completion at each campus or through Berkeley College Online®. Please review the academic program pages (BerkeleyCollege.edu/Academics) for information on where each program is offered. Additionally, all students may be required to take some courses at another campus or online. Internship courses are only offered online.

BBA SAMPLE PROGRAM SEQUENCE

FIRST SEMESTER

CREDITS

CIS1115
Computer Applications
3
MGT2220
Principles of Management
3
SOC1123
Psychology of Adjustment
3
FAS1101
Introduction to the Fashion Business
3
ENG1105
Writing and Research
3

SECOND SEMESTER

CREDITS

ACC1111
Financial Accounting I
3
FAS2230
Fashion Textiles for Apparel and Home
3
ENG2205
Writing Through Literature
3
MAT2215
Statistics I
3
ENG2215
Public Speaking
3

THIRD SEMESTER

CREDITS

FAS2245
Merchandise Planning and Buying
3
MKT2220
Principles of Marketing
3
IBS2201
International Business
3
HUM2225
Introduction to Ethics
3
SOC2231
Human Relations
3

FOURTH SEMESTER

CREDITS

FAS2222
Product Development
3
CIS2201
Advanced Spreadsheets
3
Mathematics/Science Elective
3
GRD1101
Photoshop and Digital Graphics I
3
Free Elective
3

FIFTH SEMESTER

CREDITS

FAS3335
Omni-Channel Retail Management
3
ECO2200
Principles of Economics
3
BUS2231
Business Law I
3
Free Elective
3
GRD1102
Illustrator and Digital Graphics II
3

SIXTH SEMESTER

CREDITS

FAS3365
Interactive Fashion Communication
3
FIN3302
Corporate Finance
3
ENG3316
The Confident Writer
3
Business Electives*
6

SEVENTH SEMESTER

CREDITS

MBA5501
Essentials of Management
3
English Elective
3
Science Elective
3
Liberal Arts Elective
3
FAS4110
Fashion Innovation & Digital Transformation
3

EIGHTH SEMESTER

CREDITS

BUS4483
Internship
3
FAS4475
Fashion Innovation Capstone
3
Social Science Elective
3
Liberal Arts Elective
3
MBA Core Course (6610, 6615, 6620, 6625, 6630, or 6635)
3

120 SEMESTER CREDITS REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION.

This program also requires students to obtain specific supplies, the cost of which totals approximately $89.00. Detailed, itemized information describing the required supplies and listing typical prices for each such item is available at Berkeley Store.

*Must be at the 3000 or 4000 level and must be selected from the Larry L. Luing School of Business courses.

Up to two MBA core courses – one being MBA5501 – may be substituted for BBA electives in the Eighth Semester. MBA5501 to be taken as a 7-week course in the A session; the other as a 7-week intensive in the B session.

MBA SAMPLE PROGRAM SEQUENCE

NINTH SEMESTER

CREDITS

MBA Core Courses (not taken previously)
12

TENTH SEMESTER

CREDITS

MBA Core Courses (not taken previously)
3
MBA Electives
6

ELEVENTH SEMESTER

CREDITS

MBA Electives (taken in the A session)
6
MBA8810
Capstone (taken in the B session)
3

36 GRADUATE CREDITS REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION

Prospective students who meet the following criteria may be eligible for the program: A cumulative GPA of at least 3.50, full-time enrollment, and successful completion (B or better) of all required courses in the student’s undergraduate major.

NOTE: Every other degree combination includes the same graduate level course taken during the final year as an elective.

 

Under certain circumstances the need to take developmental College Skills courses may lengthen the time required to complete the student’s program, and may result in increased costs to a student.

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