Retailing and Consumer Science
Associate of Arts for Transfer
Jump start your retail management or fashion merchandising career by completing this degree and then transferring to a university retailing/merchandising degree or related program emphasizing various principles employed to manage the retail supply chain in order to satisfy consumers’ needs. Complete this program by taking classes exclusively on weekdays or in a combination of weekdays and evenings/weekends.
Program/Major Codes: AOABFT/BFT
What can I do with this degree?
Career Options: Retail management personnel examine retail, marketing, fashion, and management principles that are applied across a broad spectrum of U.S. and global retail businesses including store, catalog, Internet, and services firms and other businesses that support these diverse retailers.
Academic Options: Transfer to a 4-year university to pursue a degree in retailing/merchandising or a related degree.
Program Requirements
Arizona General Education Curriculum Requirements (AGEC-B)
This section lists general education requirements that are not fulfilled by core or support courses.*
Course lists for each General Education category listed below can be found starting on page 57.
| Credits | ||
| English Composition | 6 | |
| Humanities and Fine Arts: Humanities: | 3 | |
| Biological and Physical Sciences | 8 | |
| 3 | ||
| Subtotal | 20 | |
Required Core Courses
| Course # | Course Title | Credits |
| MGT 130 | Improving Customer Service Quality | 3 |
| MKT 140 | Fashion Merchandising | 3 |
| MKT 240 | Fashion Merchandising Planning and Control | 3 |
| Subtotal | 9 | |
Required Support Courses
| Course # | Course Title | Credits |
| ACC 101 | Financial Accounting [SUN# ACC 2201] | 3 |
| ACC 102 | Managerial Accounting [SUN# ACC 2202] | 3 |
| ART 100 | Basic Design | 3 |
| BUS 125 | eCommerce | 3 |
| BUS 205 | Statistical Methods in Economics and Business | 3 |
| CIS 100 | Introduction to Computers | 3 |
| ECN 201 | Microeconomic Principles [SUN# ECN 2202] | 3 |
| ECN 202 | Macroeconomic Principles [SUN# ECN 2201] | 3 |
| MAT 172 | Finite Mathematics | 3 |
| MAT 212 | Topics in Calculus | 3 |
| Electives | Choose one course below: MGT 122, 276, MKT 139, FDC 110, 111, 112, 126 or STU 210 |
2-3 |
| Subtotal | 32-33 | |
| Total | 61-62 | |
*Other general education requirements are fulfilled by required Core and Support courses. Humanities and Fine Arts: ART 100 fulfills 3 credits in this category - complete a Humanities course; Mathematics: MAT 212 fulfills this requirement; Social and Behavioral Sciences: ECN 201 or 202 fulfills 3 credits of this requirement - complete a non-ECN course; Other requirements: CIS 100 and MAT 172 fulfill this requirement.