This is an advanced undergraduate course in the Retailing and Consumer Sciences Program. Students in the course have academic and applied learning experiences along with retailing career aspirations. Students are trained as retail generalists with diverse interests in merchandising, marketing, product development, digital, sports marketing, entrepreneurship, and sustainable consumption careers. Our students have consumer marketing, retail practice, and fashion apparel merchandising training that has allowed them to develop innovative and practical solutions to retailing challenges. The students in this course are focused specifically on social media and its use in building awareness and engagement between consumers and brands/products/services.

This course includes a mix of undergraduate and graduate students from a range from science and engineering disciplines, including biomedical and systems engineering. Students will have a strong understanding of information systems and data standards in healthcare. Students will bring a systems perspective to projects and can contribute to any aspect of the data life cycle.

The students can dedicate consistent volunteer work, 3 hr/week for 15 weeks. This experience is required for students and counts towards their degree credit so they are motivated to do well. The instructor and experiential learning coordinator for the course are hands on and care about the quality of the work our students are doing.

Students will create evidence-based resources about religious diversity tailored to your specific environment. This addresses the demand for greater cultural competency skills and concerns about diversity, equity, and inclusions in many workplaces, organizations, and communities. Students on this course explore the diversity of religions and religious experiences across the globe. Religions to be examined include, but are not limited to, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, as well as indigenous traditions. Our purpose is to gain basic familiarity with beliefs, practices, and historical events associated with each tradition. Where religion is a part of someone's belief structure we can provide help, be that designing company hiring practices that are inclusionary or generally ensuring that religion is included as part of your company diversity and inclusion policy.