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2016-2017 University Catalog 
    
2016-2017 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Retail Management, BS


About the Program

Retail management prepares students for careers in merchandising, management, and/or marketing consumer goods and services in a variety of retail settings. Students develop critical thinking communication skills that allows them to secure positions in industries and businesses such as e-commerce enterprises, major consumer product firms, and retail companies. For more information, please visit:

http://www.purdue.edu/hhs/csr/students/undergraduate/majors/remg.html.

Degree Requirements and Supplemental Information

The full Program Requirements for 2016-17 Retail Management  include all Supplemental Information and selective lists of those categories which a student must fulfill in order to earn their degree. These are intended to be printer-friendly, but include less descriptive course detail.

Please see below for program requirements and the necessary degree fulfillments.

CSCI-BS
REMG
120 credits

Required Courses in Other Departments (66-79 credits)


Select a Minor (Purdue West Lafayette campus) or Entrepreneurship Certificate (6-15 credits)


Electives (1-16 credits)


University Foundational Learning Outcomes List


https://www.purdue.edu/provost/initiatives/curriculum/course.html

120 semester credits required for Bachelor of Science degree


Program Requirements


14 Credits


15 Credits


Fall 2nd Year


16 Credits


15 Credits


15 Credits


14 Credits


Summer 3rd Year


  • or
  • Field Experience - Credit Hours: 1.00
    • Students may opt for the Study Abroad Internship Program in Dublin, London, or Sydney (6 credits) or complete the Interns for Indiana Internship (3 credits) to fulfill this requirement.

1 Credits


15 Credits


Spring 4th Year


15 Credits


Note


(1) Quantitative Reasoning: MA 15555  or higher from the University Core Curriculum
(2) Science Options: Two courses selected from the University Core Curriculum Science options (4 - 8 hours).
(3) STAT 11300  meets the University Core Curriculum Science, Technology & Society competency. Student may choose STAT 22500 , STAT 30100 , or IT 34200  to fulfill the Statistics requirement but will need an additional Science, Technology & Society course.
(4) Humanities: 2-4 credits selected from the University Core Curriculum Humanities options.
(5) Approved Study Abroad Experience is an option.
(6) Complete a MINOR or CERTIFICATE to meet degree requirements.

Foreign Language Courses


Foreign Language proficiency requirements vary by program.  For acceptable languages and proficiency levels, see your advisor:

American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, (ancient) Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Critical Course


The ♦ course is considered critical. A Critical Course is one that a student must be able to pass to persist and succeed in a particular major.