Apr 24, 2025

2016-2017 University Catalog

2016-2017 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Retail Management, BS

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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

Major Requirements (38-40 credits)

Required Courses in Other Departments (66-79 credits)

AGEC 33100 - Principles Of Selling In Agricultural Business
COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication [Fulfills Oral Communication Core]
COM 25600 - Introduction To Advertising
COM 32500 - Interviewing: Principles And Practice
CS 11000 - Introduction To Computers or
CNIT 13600 - Personal Computing Technology And Applications or
CS 23500 - Introduction To Organizational Computing
ECON 21000 - Principles Of Economics or
ECON 25100 - Microeconomics or
ECON 25200 - Macroeconomics or
AGEC 21700 - Economics
ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition [Fulfills Written Communication Core] and [Information Literacy Core] or
ENGL 10800 - Accelerated First-Year Composition [Fulfills Written Communication Core] and [Information Literacy Core]
ENGL 42000 - Business Writing or
ENGL 42100 - Technical Writing or
SPAN 42400 - Business Spanish
HTM 14100 - Financial Accounting For The Service Industries or
MGMT 20000 - Introductory Accounting
MA 15555 - Quantitative Reasoning [Fulfills Quantitative Reasoning Core]
MGMT 32300 - Principles Of Marketing
MGMT 45500 - Legal Background For Business I
OLS 25200 - Human Relations In Organizations
PSY 12000 - Elementary Psychology [Fulfills Behavior/Social Science Core]
OLS Selective - select 3 credit course numbered 10000-59999 except OLS 25200 - Credit Hours: 3.00
SOC 10000 - Introductory Sociology
STAT 11300 - Statistics And Society or
STAT 22500 - Introduction To Probability Models or
STAT 30100 - Elementary Statistical Methods or
IT 34200 - Introduction To Statistical Quality
(If STAT 11300 selected, fulfills Science, Technology, & Society Core)
[Humanities Core] - select from University list - Credit Hours: 3.00
[Science Core] - select from University list - Credit Hours: 3.00
[Science Core] - select from University list - Credit Hours: 3.00
[Science, Technology & Society Core] - select from University list (IF STAT 11300 is selected for other requirements, this requirement is fulfilled) - Credit Hours: 0.00 - 3.00

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

Fall 1st Year

14 Credits

Spring 1st Year

CSR 20900 - Introduction To Retail Management ♦
SCIENCE 1 of 2₍₂₎ (UCC) - Credit Hours: 3.00
COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication ♦ (UCC)
SOC 10000 - Introductory Sociology (UCC)
OLS 25200 - Human Relations In Organizations

15 Credits

Fall 2nd Year

CSR 28200 - Customer Relations Management
SCIENCE 2 of 2 ₍₂₎ (UCC) - Credit Hours: 3.00
STAT 11300 - Statistics And Society ₍₃₎ (UCC)
MINOR/CERT ₍₆₎ - Credit Hours: 3.00
CSR 20000 - Professional Development In Consumer Science
Free Elective - Credit Hours: 3.00

16 Credits

Spring 2nd Year

OLS Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
CSR 33100 - Consumer Behavior
HTM 14100 - Financial Accounting For The Service Industries ♦ or
MGMT 20000 - Introductory Accounting ♦ or
MGMT 20010 - Business Accounting ♦
AGEC 21700 - Economics (UCC) or
ECON 21000 - Principles Of Economics (UCC)
MINOR/CERT ₍₆₎ - Credit Hours: 3.00

15 Credits

Fall 3rd Year

AGEC 33100 - Principles Of Selling In Agricultural Business
MGMT 32300 - Principles Of Marketing
COM 25600 - Introduction To Advertising
CSR 40100 - Buying Of Merchandise
Humanities ₍₄₎ (UCC) - Credit Hours: 3.00

15 Credits

Spring 3rd Year

CSR 30900 - Leadership Strategies spring only
CSR 33200 - Cross-Cultural Marketing And International Retailing or Study Abroad ₍₅₎
CSR 21500 - Textiles
CSR 32300 - Visual Merchandising
COM 32500 - Interviewing: Principles And Practice

14 Credits

Summer 3rd Year

CSR 30000 - Field Experience In Retail Management 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

Fall 4th Year

CSR 40600 - E-Retailing fall only
CSR 34400 - Fundamentals Of Negotiations
CSR 34200 - Personal Finance
CSR 40400 - Strategic Issues For Sales And Retailing
MINOR/CERT ₍₆₎ or Elective - Credit Hours: 3.00

15 Credits

Spring 4th Year

MINOR/CERT₍₆₎ - Credit Hours: 3.00
MINOR/CERT ₍₆₎ or Elective - Credit Hours: 3.00
ENGL 42000 - Business Writing or
ENGL 42100 - Technical Writing
MGMT 45500 - Legal Background For Business I
Free Elective or Sci Tech Soc ₍₃₎ - Credit Hours: 3.00

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

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Retail Management, BS

About the Program

Degree Requirements and Supplemental Information

Major Requirements (38-40 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

120 semester credits required for Bachelor of Science degree

Program Requirements

Fall 1st Year

14 Credits

Spring 1st Year

15 Credits

Fall 2nd Year

16 Credits

Spring 2nd Year

15 Credits

Fall 3rd Year

15 Credits

Spring 3rd Year

14 Credits

Summer 3rd Year

1 Credits

Fall 4th Year

15 Credits

Spring 4th Year

15 Credits

Note

Foreign Language Courses

Critical Course