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The
Apparel, Textiles, & Merchandising program is designed to provide
students with an understanding of the apparel and textile industries,
consumer behavior, product knowledge, and business principles. Students
concentrate in one of two areas: Merchandising or Apparel Production
and Design. Merchandising combines an overview of the apparel and
textiles industry, consumer behavior, and product knowledge with
an understanding of business principles. Apparel Production and
Design emphasizes the design and production process from inception
to finished product and its ultimate sale to the consumer.
The
program includes a wide range of courses that prepare the student
to understand all phases of apparel and textiles/products businesses,
industries and services:
- merchandise
planning and promotion, sales projections and retail mathematics
- visual merchandising
and computerized store layout and display
- entrepreneurship
(home-based or micro business)
- textile science,
including testing of fibers and fabrics, fabric structure and
finishes, quality control and serviceability testing
- computer-aided
design (CAD) for textiles and apparel design, illustration, pattern
making, pattern grading, marker making and costing
- apparel design
and product analysis
- historic
costume, with hands-on experience in the Historic Costume and
Textiles Collection
- fashion theory,
forecasting and trend analysis
- guest lecturers
from the apparel and textiles business and industry
- regional,
domestic and international field trips/study tours to New York,
Dallas, Atlanta, Europe and other apparel, textiles and merchandising
centers
- Internships
with major department and specialty stores, and other sites individually
selected according to students' interests
- minors in
General Business Administration, Art, and other related minors
available
- ITAA student
chapter that sponsors workshops, field trips, guest speakers and
apparel/textiles related activities
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