Business of Fashion Minor

For Non-Rutgers Business School students

The Business of Fashion program was designed to bridge the gap between creativity and business acumen. It is for artistic individuals who want to solidify their understanding of business, as well as for business students who want to learn how to apply solid business practices to the arts industries.

The Business of Fashion minor is available for non-Rutgers Business School majors. The minor requires completion of 18 credits; 9 in basic business skills, and 9 in specialty courses. 

Basic Business Skills (9 credits)

Prior to enrolling in any of these courses, students must have completed English Comp (21:355:101) and Algebra (21:640:109).

I. Required:

Course# Title Cr
21:010:203

Financial Accounting

(prerequisites: 21:640:105 Intermediate Algebra or 21:640:109 College Algebra)

 3

II. Select 2 courses from the following:

Course # Title Cr
29:630:301

Intro to Marketing

(prerequisite: 21:355:102 English Composition II)

 3
29:620:301

Intro to Management

(prerequisite: Any course equal to or greater than 21:355:099)

 3
29:390:329 or 29:390:203

Intro to Finance* or Finance

Prerequisites for 390:329: 

  • 21:640:211 Statistics I
  • 21:640:119 Applied Calculus
  • 29:010:203 Financial Accounting,
  • 29:010:204 Managerial Accounting,
  • 21:220:101 Microeconomics
  • 21:220:102 Macroeconomics
 3

*Intro to Finance (29:390:301) may NOT be used for any RBS major; Students planning to do a school-to-school transfer into RBS should NOT take this course.

Specialty Courses (9 credits)

Course # Title Cr
*29:134:496 Business of Fashion Internship 3
29:390:475

Finance for Fashion and Other Creative Pursuits

(prerequisite: 29:390:329 Finance)

 3
29:134:475 Industry of Fashion I 3
29:134:476 Industry of Fashion II 3
29:799:475

Supply Chain Management I for Fashion and Other Creative Pursuits

(prerequisite: 29:620:301 Introduction to Management)

 3
29:799:476

Supply Chain Management II for Fashion and Other Creative Pursuits

(prerequisite: 29:799:475 Supply Chain Management I for Fashion and Other Creative Pursuits)

 3
29:630:475

The Branding of Fashion and Other Creative Pursuits

(prerequisite: 29:630:301 Introduction to Marketing)

 3

*requires Program Director’s approval

Business of Fashion minors enjoy special fast-track admissions requirements to the Master of Science in Business of Fashion and can finish their master’s in as little as one year (or slowly while working).