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Retailing & Consumer Science and Global Retailing

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Find Your Path

Two Programs. Two Ways to Build Your Future. 

Whether you’re starting your college journey or ready to advance your career, the University of Houston offers programs designed to help you understand consumers, navigate a changing marketplace and prepare for opportunities in the retail industry.

Bachelor of Science in Retailing and Consumer Science

Bachelor of Science in Retailing & Consumer Science

Start Your Journey
  • Build your foundation in retail and consumer science.
  • Undergraduate students
  • Online + face-to-face options
  • Consumer behavior, technology entrepreneurship, e-tailing, sales & more

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Master of Science in Global Retailing

Master of Science in Global Retailing

Take Your Career Global
  • Advance your expertise in global retail leadership.
  • Graduate students & professionals
  • Online + face-to-face options
  • Analytics, global markets, consumer behavior, strategy & more

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Meet the Program Directors

Olivia Johnson
Olivia Johnson, Ph.D.
 Associate Professor
Email ojohnson [at] Central.uh.edu
Daeun Shin
Daeun Chloe Shin, Ph.D.
 Assistant Professor
Email dshin5 [at] central.uh.edu

Testimonials

Retailing & Consumer Science
Cherokee Zarate
“Without RCS and the NRFSA program, I most likely wouldn’t have gotten my internship with 7-Eleven and met countless other people in my industry.”
— Cherokee Zarate
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Global Retailing
Nada Awad
“Right after my first semester within the program, I obtained an internship working at Academy within product development which has always been a goal I set for myself! So I felt very accomplished and motivated right from the start.”
— Nada Awad
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