This graduate certificate program is no longer accepting new students.
We're glad you're here but want you to know that the merchandising program is no longer accepting new students. Current students should work with their advisors to complete their master's degree or graduate certificate.
The 12-credit online merchandising graduate certificate features three required courses and one elective course.
Core Courses for the Graduate Certificate
This course offers an evaluation of psychological, sociological, and cultural theories of consumer behavior through the examination of factors influencing consumers' decision-making process.
In this course, students analyze leadership and how it affects organizational culture and change through a prism of past and current experiences. Students examine various leadership styles and develop a personal leadership philosophy for professional advancement in merchandising.
In this course, students learn to evaluate effectiveness and/or appropriateness of retail theories and current practices. Students learn to assess internal and external environmental forces impacting strategic decisions by retail firms and to synthesize past and present trends in order to forecast probable future patterns. Prerequisite: Retail Management course.
Elective Courses for the Graduate Certificate
This course is an advanced study of issues and management strategies necessary to design and produce a competitively priced product while offering visibility over material procurement and apparel production practices including the treatment of workers. Students examine the role of globalization, sustainability, and rapidly changing technology in the development of a successful product.
Students in this course examine integrated marketing communications to understand promotional strategies and techniques and pursue cultural and global awareness, social responsibility, and ethical decision-making.
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Cost per Credit Hour
2024-2025: $610
2025-2026: $622
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Average Time to Complete:
Master's degree: 26 months
Graduate certificate: 12 months - Master's Degree - Merchandising: 36 Hours
- Graduate Certificate - Merchandising: 12 Hours
Master's Degree - Merchandising
36 Hours
Graduate Certificate - Merchandising
12 Hours
