FM at Texas State University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate FM coursework.

• FM 2330Aesthetics and Brandingopens 8 courses (7 directly)
• FM 3330Fashion Buying Principlesopens 3 courses (3 directly)
• ECO 2314Principles of Microeconomicsopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• FM 3334Fashion Merchandising Administrationopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• ECO 2315Principles of Macroeconomicsopens 1 course (1 directly)
• FM 2334Fashion Product Analysisopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate FM work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 31 FM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 7 more FM courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in FM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at FM 4333

  1. FM 1330Introduction to Fashion Merchandising
  2. FM 2330Aesthetics and Branding
  3. FM 3333Merchandise Presentation and Planning
  4. FM 4333Advanced Merchandise Planning and Presentation

• 4 courses deep, ending at FM 4339

  1. MATH 1315College Algebra
  2. ECO 2314Principles of Microeconomics
  3. ECO 2315Principles of Macroeconomics

• 3 courses deep, ending at FM 4301

  1. FM 1330Introduction to Fashion Merchandising
  2. FM 3334Fashion Merchandising Administration
  3. FM 4301Internship in Fashion Merchandising

• 3 courses deep, ending at FM 4331

  1. FM 1330Introduction to Fashion Merchandising
  2. FM 3330Fashion Buying Principles
  3. FM 4331Fashion Buying Strategies

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for FM yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under FM yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

FM does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Texas State campus feed.