The Fashion Institute of Technology's Department of International Trade and Marketing (ITM), offers an accredited two-year Bachelor of Science in International Trade and Marketing for the Fashion Industries degree with optional minors in Liberal Arts. ITM requires a minimum qualification of an Associate in Applied Science degree or its equivalent for applicants.
ITM aims to prepare students for management positions in international trade and global fashion companies. Having completed its twenty-fifth year, the program has 300 students and almost 2,000 graduates. It is available in campus and fully online.
ITM offers core courses in International Trade, International Business Transactions, Import/Export Regulation, Global Marketing, and Global Sourcing as well as electives in Cross Border eCommerce and Social Media, International Marketing Research, International Logistics, International Corporate Responsibility, Global Marketing of Luxury Brands, Export Promotion Marketing, International Management, International Trade Law, International Finance, International Business Strategies and Fashion Law, Compliance Management, and the International Trade Practicum.
In completing a minimum of 63 credits to earn the degree, students develop a global perspective as well as skills in critical thinking, decision making, teamwork, communication, and project management.
In addition, through the support of ITM's dedicated advisory board, students are exposed to guest lectures, as exemplified by the Talking Trade @ FIT guest lecture series, which is currently on its thirty-sixth season, field trips, study abroad program, internship and mentoring programs, student governance, community volunteer programs, and fundraising activities. The program also offers the Emerging Markets guest lecture series targeted to industry.
It has an impressive array of international faculty who together come from and have lived or worked or taught or lectured in six continents.
With its growing array of business partnerships with premier global fashion and import/export operations, ITM is well positioned to strengthen its role in educating the future leaders and shapers of the fashion related industries.
ITM graduates have started their careers as coordinators or managers or directors in global marketing, sales, management, sourcing, logistics, freight forwarding, licensing, sustainability, compliance, customs, education in international trade companies or agencies and global fashion companies.
ITM aims to prepare students for management positions in international trade and global fashion companies. Having completed its twenty-fifth year, the program has 300 students and almost 2,000 graduates. It is available in campus and fully online.
ITM offers core courses in International Trade, International Business Transactions, Import/Export Regulation, Global Marketing, and Global Sourcing as well as electives in Cross Border eCommerce and Social Media, International Marketing Research, International Logistics, International Corporate Responsibility, Global Marketing of Luxury Brands, Export Promotion Marketing, International Management, International Trade Law, International Finance, International Business Strategies and Fashion Law, Compliance Management, and the International Trade Practicum.
In completing a minimum of 63 credits to earn the degree, students develop a global perspective as well as skills in critical thinking, decision making, teamwork, communication, and project management.
In addition, through the support of ITM's dedicated advisory board, students are exposed to guest lectures, as exemplified by the Talking Trade @ FIT guest lecture series, which is currently on its thirty-sixth season, field trips, study abroad program, internship and mentoring programs, student governance, community volunteer programs, and fundraising activities. The program also offers the Emerging Markets guest lecture series targeted to industry.
It has an impressive array of international faculty who together come from and have lived or worked or taught or lectured in six continents.
With its growing array of business partnerships with premier global fashion and import/export operations, ITM is well positioned to strengthen its role in educating the future leaders and shapers of the fashion related industries.
ITM graduates have started their careers as coordinators or managers or directors in global marketing, sales, management, sourcing, logistics, freight forwarding, licensing, sustainability, compliance, customs, education in international trade companies or agencies and global fashion companies.
