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Design & Merchandising
Bachelor of Science Degree: 180.0 credits

Degree Requirements

Required courses
General education requirements			Credits
ENGL 101	Expository Writing and Reading		3.0
ENGL 102	Persuasive Writing and Reading		3.0
ENGL 103	Analytical Writing and Reading		3.0
MATH 119	Mathematical Foundations for Design		4.0
PHYS 121	Physical Science for Design I		4.0
PHYS 122	Physical Science for Design II		4.0
UNIV 101	The Drexel Experience		2.0
	Arts and humanities electives		9.0
	Social science electives		9.0
	Free electives		29.0
Visual studies requirements
			Credits
ARTH 101	History of Art I: Ancient to Medieval		3.0
ARTH 102	History of Art II: Renaissance to Modern		3.0
ARTH 103	History of Art III: Early Modern to Postmodernism		3.0
PHTO 110	Photography		3.0
or
PHTO 115	Photographic Principles
VSST 101	Design I		4.0
VSST 102	Design II		4.0
VSST 103	Design III		4.0
VSST 110	Introductory Drawing		3.0
VSST 111	Figure Drawing I		3.0
VSST 201	Multimedia: Performance		4.0
VSST 202	Multimedia: Space		4.0
VSST 203	Multimedia: Materials		4.0
VSST 211	Textiles		3.0
Design and merchandising requirements			Credits
ACCT 115	Financial Accounting Foundations		4.0
ARTH 300 WI	History of Modern Design		3.0
DSMR 201	Analysis of Product		3.0
DSMR 210	Presentation Techniques in Design and Merchandising		3.0
DSMR 211	Computer Design for Design and Merchandising		3.0
DSMR 231	Introduction to Retail Management		3.0
DSMR 232	Retail Buying and Merchandising Management		4.0
DSMR 310	Computer Integrated Mechandise Management		3.0
DSMR 311	Visual Merchandising I		4.0
DSMR 433	Fashion Product Knowledge and Development		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
ECON 202	Principles of Macroeconomics		4.0
FASH 201	Survey of the Fashion Industry		3.0
MKTG 301 WI	Introduction to Marketing Management		4.0
VSCM 100	Computer Imaging I		3.0
	Art history electives		6.0
Writing-Intensive Course Requirements In order to graduate, all students beginning with the entering class of 2002/01 (fall, 2002) must pass three writing-intensive courses after their freshman year. Two writing-intensive courses must be in a student's major. The third can be in any discipline. Students are advised to take one writing-intensive class each year, beginning with the sophomore year, and to avoid “clustering” these courses near the end of their matriculation. Transfer students need to meet with an academic advisor to review the number of writing-intensive courses required to graduate. A "WI" next to a course in this catalog indicates that this course can fulfill a writing-intensive requirement. Departments will designate specific sections of such courses as writing-intensive. Sections of writing-intensive courses are not indicated in this catalog. Students should check the section comments in Banner when registering. Students scheduling their courses in Banner can also conduct a search for courses with the attribute "WI" to bring up a list of all writing-intensive courses available that term. For more information on writing-intensive courses, see the Drexel University Writing Program's Writing-Intensive Course page.