Textiles, Merchandising, and Design, Apparel Design Concentration, B.S.

True Blue Core (41 hours)

True Blue Core (TBC)  requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

The following course required by the major meets True Blue Core requirements:

• NFS 1240  (HSSR)

Textiles, Merchandising, and Design Core (35 hours)

• TXMD 1110 - Apparel Foundations Applications 3 credit hours
• TXMD 1170 - Introduction to the Fashion Industry 3 credit hours
• TXMD 2110 - Fashion Forecasting 3 credit hours

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• TXMD 2180 - Textiles 3 credit hours AND
• TXMD 2181 - Textiles Laboratory 0 credit hours

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• TXMD 2200 - History of Fashion 3 credit hours
• TXMD 3120 - Advanced Topics in Textile Production and Trade 3 credit hours
• TXMD 4140 - Global Apparel Manufacturing and Sustainability 3 credit hours
• TXMD 4170 - Cultural and Social Aspects of Dress 3 credit hours
• TXMD 4220 - Computer-Aided Apparel Design I 3 credit hours
• TXMD 4240 - Fashion Show Production 2 credit hours
• TXMD 4400 - Fashion Product Development 3 credit hours
• VCOM 2950 - Visual Communication Applications 3 credit hours

Apparel Design Concentration (30 hours)

• TXMD 3200 - Apparel Construction I 3 credit hours
• TXMD 3300 - Apparel Construction II 3 credit hours
• TXMD 3370 - Fashion Illustration 3 credit hours
• TXMD 4200 - Patternmaking I 3 credit hours
• TXMD 4300 - Patternmaking II 3 credit hours
• TXMD 4320 - Computer Aided Apparel Design II 3 credit hours
• TXMD 4340 - Fashion Technologies 3 credit hours

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• TXMD Guided Electives - choose three courses (9 hours) from the following:

• ART 1620 - Drawing I 3 credit hours
• ART 3650 - Figure Drawing 3 credit hours
• HSC 4043 - Seminar in Human Sciences: Textiles, Merchandising, and Design 3 credit hours
• HSC 4460 - Global Topics in Human Sciences 3 credit hours
• JOUR 2710 - Media Writing 3 credit hours
• THEA 3200 - Introduction to Costume for Arts and Entertainment 3 credit hours
• THEA 4280 - Topics in Costume for Arts and Entertainment 3 credit hours
• TXMD 4303 - International Experience: Fashion and Culture Study Abroad 3 credit hours
• VCOM 3920 - Information Web Design 3 credit hours

Professional Education (14 hours)

• CDFS 3320 - Family Relations 3 credit hours
• HSC 4410 - Consumer Economics 3 credit hours
• NFS 1240 - Introduction to Nutrition and Wellness 3 credit hours
• TXMD 1010 - Career Orientation 1 credit hour
• TXMD 4000 - Senior Professional Development Seminar 1 credit hour
• TXMD 4103 - Internship: Textiles, Merchandising, and Design 3 credit hours

Electives (0-3 hours)

Freshman Fall

• TXMD 1110 - Apparel Foundations Applications 3 credit hours OR
• TXMD 1170 - Introduction to the Fashion Industry 3 credit hours

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• TXMD 2180 - Textiles 3 credit hours AND
• TXMD 2181 - Textiles Laboratory 0 credit hours

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• VCOM 2950 - Visual Communication Applications 3 credit hours

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• Written Communication 3 credit hours
• Quantitative Literacy 3 credit hours
• Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours

Freshman Spring

• TXMD 1110 - Apparel Foundations Applications 3 credit hours OR
• TXMD 1170 - Introduction to the Fashion Industry 3 credit hours

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• TXMD 2180 - Textiles 3 credit hours AND
• TXMD 2181 - Textiles Laboratory 0 credit hours

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• VCOM 2950 - Visual Communication Applications 3 credit hours

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• Information Literacy 3 credit hours
• Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
• Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours

Sophomore Fall

• TXMD 2110 - Fashion Forecasting 3 credit hours
• TXMD 3200 - Apparel Construction I 3 credit hours
• Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
• Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
• TXMD supporting elective 3 credit hours

Sophomore Spring

• Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours
• TXMD 2200 - History of Fashion 3 credit hours
• TXMD 3300 - Apparel Construction II 3 credit hours
• TXMD 3370 - Fashion Illustration 3 credit hours
• TXMD 4220 - Computer-Aided Apparel Design I 3 credit hours

Junior Fall

• TXMD 1010 - Career Orientation 1 credit hour
• TXMD 3120 - Advanced Topics in Textile Production and Trade 3 credit hours
• TXMD 4170 - Cultural and Social Aspects of Dress 3 credit hours
• TXMD 4200 - Patternmaking I 3 credit hours
• TXMD 4320 - Computer Aided Apparel Design II 3 credit hours
• TXMD supporting elective 3 credit hours

Junior Spring

• TXMD 4103 - Internship: Textiles, Merchandising, and Design 3 credit hours
• TXMD 4240 - Fashion Show Production 2 credit hours
• TXMD 4300 - Patternmaking II 3 credit hours
• History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
• TXMD supporting elective 3 credit hours

Senior Fall

• TXMD 4000 - Senior Professional Development Seminar 1 credit hour
• THM 4140 - Food and Beverage Tourism 3 credit hours
• TXMD 4340 - Fashion Technologies 3 credit hours
• Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
• Human Society and Social Relationships/Elective 3 credit hours

Senior Spring

• CDFS 3320 - Family Relations 3 credit hours
• HSC 4410 - Consumer Economics 3 credit hours
• NFS 1240 - Introduction to Nutrition and Wellness 3 credit hours (HSSR)
• TXMD 4400 - Fashion Product Development 3 credit hours
• History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours

NOTE:

*A total of 9 semester hours must be selected from any of the following courses: ART 1620 , ART 3650 , HSC 4043 , HSC 4460 , JOUR 2710 , THEA 3200 , THEA 4280 , TXMD 4303 , or VCOM 3920 .