Consumer Science and Merchandising (B.S.)
Note: All the upper-division courses required for this major are available through distance education. You have the option to complete them all online.
The Bachelor of Science in Consumer Science and Merchandising at the University of Houston is a unique undergraduate program that teaches students consumer-oriented business practices in the fields of merchandising, retailing, sales, customer services, and public relations.
The program focuses on analyzing the consumer as a social and economic unit of society and on the process of merchandising products to consumers.
Students learn to integrate knowledge of consumers and merchandising processes and apply that knowledge to a broad spectrum of challenges facing retailers, individual consumers, families and service agencies. Consumer orientation is key to meeting the customer demand that drives business success.
Distance education class formats
Distance education offers upper-division courses toward this degree in the following formats:
- Online
- Cable
- Tape purchase
All the upper-division courses required for this major are available through distance education. You have the option to complete them all online.
Degree planning
To get started with a degree in Consumer Science and Merchandising you will need to meet with an advisor in the College of Technology and declare it as your major. You will need to write a degree plan, or a list of courses you plan to take to fulfill the major requirements.
Lists of requirements and a sample degree plan are available online through the College of Technology.
View the U.H. undergraduate catalog.
View Consumer Science and Merchandising degree information.
Visit the Department of Human Development and Consumer Sciences website.