Executive Beauty For managerial advancement in the beauty industry, professional presentation skills are a must.
BEAUTY INDUSTRY MANAGEMENT ADVANCED STUDY
The Advanced Study Program in Beauty Industry Management is a comprehensive curriculum that prepares students to identify, implement, and solve management issues within the beauty industry. This program offers students both theoretical and practical foundations in the discipline that emphasize the development of business management skills in the beauty industry including human resources, managerial decision making, forecasting and analysis, sales, negotiation and conflict resolution, merchandising, product innovation, and public relations and finance.
What Our Students Learn In our program, students learn analytical and management skills to develop and cultivate global beauty brands. Students learn how to forecast and manage targeted marketing campaigns, and negotiate to meet business goals.
Why FIDM Beauty Industry Management students are exposed to the industry first-hand, from a mandatory industry internship to a week in New York meeting with management at companies such as Coty, L'Oréal, Philosophy, LVMH/Dior, and more.
REQUIRED CLASSES FOR ADVANCED STUDY
| COSM 3050 | Influencing Beauty Consumer Behavior | 3 |
| COSM 3180 | Fundamentals of Beauty Business Law | 3 |
| COSM 3250 | Beauty: Purchasing & Planning | 3 |
| COSM 3350 | Human Resources & Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| COSM 3360 | Beauty: Luxury Brand Development | 3 |
| COSM 3420 | Beauty: Business Management & Finance | 3 |
| COSM 3450 | Merchandising in the Beauty Environment | 3 |
| COSM 3600 | Product Innovation | 3 |
| COSM 3660 | Beauty: Regulatory Affairs & Import/Export Strategies | 3 |
| COSM 3820 | Beauty Industry Market Research | 3 |
| COSM 3850 | Beauty: Sales, Negotiation & Conflict Management | 3 |
| COSM 3950 | Internship | 3 |
| SMED 2850 | Marketing Analytics | 3 |
| SMED 3700 | International Strategies for New Media | 3 |
| SMED 3750 | PR Writing for Social Media | 3 |
| Total Units of Credit | 45 |
This program starts in the spring and fall on the Los Angeles campus.
- Prerequisites: FIDM degree in Beauty Marketing & Product Development, Merchandise Product Development*, or Merchandising & Marketing*
- *These A.A. majors also require the following three (3) courses:
- – (COSM 2350) Beauty: Fundamentals of Fragrance
- – (COSM 2450) Beauty: Fundamentals of Cosmetics
- – (COSM 2650) Principles of Beauty Technology
One-on-one advisement is available to students from other FIDM Majors to consider eligibility for special admissions to this program. Contact the appropriate department chairperson.