BS in Retailing

The University of South Carolina's Bachelor of Science in Retailing offers two distinct areas of concentration: Retail Management and Fashion Merchandising and Digital Innovations. Both prepare students with specialized knowledge and experience supported by a strong business foundation with classes such as accounting, economics, business law, communications, and computer applications.

Retail management presents a broad scope of product sales and customer service, including everything from e-commerce to sales strategy in a limitless variety of categories. Fashion merchandising and digital innovations, on the other hand, is dedicated to helping students gain a focused understanding of the business of fashion — from Fashion Product Analysis to Visual Merchandising to Fashion and the Law.

Founded in 1962, the College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management is one of 14 degree-granting colleges and schools at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina.

The college's mission is to prepare the next generation of leaders in our fields by integrating experiential learning, teaching excellence, impactful research, and industry collaboration. We do this across a dynamic, highly synergistic blend of academic areas dedicated to the industries that ultimately create and improve customer, guest, fan, and patron experiences worldwide.