Apparel Design and Product Development
Dr. Andrew Meyer, Division Leader
The apparel design and product development major fosters the development of knowledge and skills in creative and technical design, trend analysis, apparel production, and textile performance. Students use leading-edge technology to design and create apparel products, develop product specifications, analyze textile materials, and illustrate fashion. In the design studio, students learn product development and production techniques used in the apparel industry, including digital fabric printing.
Degree Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum required hours | 124 | |
| Residence requirement | 60 | |
| Grade point average (GPA) - minimum of 2.00 ("C") overall | ||
| General Education Requirements | 45 | |
| Chapel - two semesters | ||
| ENG 2310 | American Literary Cultures | 3 |
| HIS 1300 | The United States in Global Perspective | 3 |
| PSC 1387 | The U.S. Constitution, Its Interpretation, and the American Political Experience | 3 |
| REL 1310 | The Christian Scriptures | 3 |
| REL 1350 | The Christian Heritage | 3 |
| Communication and Media Literacy | 3 | |
| Communication and Media Literacy Distribution List | ||
| Contemporary Social Issues | 3 | |
| Issues in Economics for Non-Business Majors | ||
| Formal Reasoning | 3 | |
| Formal Reasoning Distribution List | ||
| Fine Arts and Performing Arts | 2 | |
| Apparel Aesthetics | ||
| Foreign Languages and Cultures | 3 | |
| Research, Writing, & Literature | 6 | |
| Research Writing: Writing and Academic Inquiry Seminars | ||
| Technical Writing | ||
| Scientific Method I | 4 | |
| Select one of the following: | ||
| Chemistry and Society | ||
| Basic Principles of Modern Chemistry I and General Chemistry Laboratory I | ||
| Introductory Chemistry and Introductory Chemistry Laboratory | ||
| Scientific Method II | 3 | |
| Consumer Nutrition | ||
| Lifetime Fitness | 3 | |
Major Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Apparel Courses | ||
| ADM 1311 | Apparel Design Construction | 3 |
| ADM 1300 | Fashion Theory and Consumption Behavior | 3 |
| or ADM 1391 | Introduction to the Apparel Industry | |
| ADM 1321 | Apparel Design & Development | 3 |
| ADM 2310 | Textile Science | 3 |
| ADM 2311 | Fashion Illustration | 3 |
| ADM 2373 | Intermediate Apparel Studio | 3 |
| ADM 3301 | Contemporary Tailoring and Design | 3 |
| ADM 3363 | Product Development & Pattern Design Technology | 3 |
| ADM 3364 | History of Dress | 3 |
| or ADM 3365 | Global Dress and Culture | |
| ADM 3373 | Advanced Apparel Studio | 3 |
| ADM 4190 | Pre-Internship Seminar for Apparel Merchandising and Apparel Design Majors | 1 |
| ADM 4312 | Textile Testing and Analysis | 3 |
| ADM 4363 | Apparel Design Technology | 3 |
| ADM 4371 | Advanced Collection Development | 3 |
| ADM 4394 | Apparel Design Internship | 3 |
| ADM 4396 | Fashion Trend Analysis and Forecasting | 3 |
| or ADM 3396 | International Fashion Forecasting | |
| Required Courses in Other Fields | ||
| PRD 2101 | Professional Development | 1 |
| ACC 2301 | Survey of Accounting | 3 |
| ENT 3315 | Starting and Managing a Business | 3 |
| MKT 3301 | Marketing Concepts | 3 |
| Select two courses from the following: 1 | 6 | |
| Drawing I | ||
| 2D Design | ||
| Figure Drawing I 1 | ||
| Introduction to Darkroom Photography (for non-art majors) | ||
| Introduction to Digital Photography (for non-majors) | ||
| Jewelry and Metalsmithing (for non-art majors) | ||
| Fiber Surface Design | ||
| Non-Woven Fiber Structures | ||
| Weaving | ||
| HSD Core 2 | ||
| HSD 1104 & CFS 1315 | New Student Seminar in Human Sciences and Design and Development of Individual and Family Relationships | 4 |
| or CFS 4356 | The Family: A Global Perspective | |
| An approved, 240-hour, on-site internship is required following the completion of all prerequisite apparel design courses. 3 | ||
| A grade of "C" or better in Human Sciences and Design Courses (ADM, CFS, HSD, ID, or NUTR). | ||
| Total Hours | 66 | |
- 1
Please note that ART 2310 Figure Drawing I has a prerequisite that would require an additional ART course. Prerequisites for other courses may be petitioned by apparel design majors to be waived through the Art Department.
- 2
NUTR 3314 Consumer Nutrition is included in basic studies requirements above.
- 3
The required, for-credit course, ADM 4394 Apparel Design Internship (listed above), provides credit for the internship experience.