销售

Most students complete at least one internship before they graduate, many completing 两个或更多. 教师 have established contacts with key fashion and retail brands in local, regional and national cities including Atlanta, New York and Dallas. 教师 routinely assist students in identifying and narrowing their interests and initiating 与理想雇主联系. Throughout their studies and beyond graduation, merchandising students have access to resume assistance, mock interviews, and practice facilities. Recent graduates have gone on to start careers at Saks Fifth Avenue’s buying offices, Disney’s product development and design studios, Tory Burch’s corporate headquarters, and Anthropology’s visual merchandising division.

Through experiential learning and hands-on classrooms, the Southern Miss 销售 program teaches the skills necessary to thrive in the fast-paced, ever-changing business 世界. Students acquire creative skills and knowledge, supplemented by analytical expertise enabling them to excel at both creative and logical thinking. 课程是 designed to give students real-世界 experience and build a solid professional foundation. Most courses include hands-on learning in partnership with industry professionals to solve problems and design creative solutions to real-世界 challenges.

销售 students have a number of opportunities to earn course credit through study tours and study 国外的项目 domestically and abroad. 学生看课程 concepts in action by meeting with top level industry professionals and touring corporate offices, design studios, product development companies, buying offices and more. 项目 vary from one-to-two-week study tours in key merchandising hubs, such as New York City, Atlanta, or Hawaii and longer programs from three weeks to a month in London, 米兰、佛罗伦萨、东京、香港和首尔. 这些项目给学生提供了接触的机会 to a wide range of career options and internship opportunities.

销售 and non-merchandising students who want to find ways to sharpen their skills while networking with business and community agencies can participate in the 时装销售组织(FMO). In addition to organizing professional development activities, the student-led FMO invites guest speakers and orchestrates field trips and other activities, including occasional fashion shows.