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

Fashion Merchandising Concentration (30 hours)

• TXMD 3150 - Apparel Selection and Evaluation 3 credit hours OR
• TXMD 3300 - Apparel Construction II 3 credit hours

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• TXMD 3170 - Fashion Branding 3 credit hours
• TXMD 3450 - Retail Math 3 credit hours
• TXMD 4100 - Fashion Promotion and Digital Communication Strategies 3 credit hours
• TXMD 4150 - Fashion Buying 3 credit hours

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• ACTG 3000 - Survey of Accounting for General Business 3 credit hours OR
• FIN 3010 - Principles of Corporate Finance 3 credit hours

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• MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours
• MKT 3830 - Retailing and E-Commerce 3 credit hours

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• TXMD Guided Electives - choose two courses from the following (6 hours):

• BLAW 3400 - Legal Environment of Business 3 credit hours
• ENTR 2900 - Entrepreneurship 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
• MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours
• MGMT 3620 - Supply Chain Operations 3 credit hours
• MKT 3900 - Social Media Marketing 3 credit hours
• TXMD 4303 - International Experience: Fashion and Culture Study Abroad 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 (may be counted in the True Blue Core)
• 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 4220 - Computer-Aided Apparel Design I 3 credit hours
• Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
• Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
• TXMD supporting elective 3 credit hours

Sophomore Spring

• TXMD 2200 - History of Fashion 3 credit hours
• TXMD 4100 - Fashion Promotion and Digital Communication Strategies 3 credit hours
• Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours

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• ACTG 3000 - Survey of Accounting for General Business 3 credit hours OR
• FIN 3010 - Principles of Corporate Finance 3 credit hours

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• TXMD 3150 - Apparel Selection and Evaluation 3 credit hours OR
• TXMD 3300 - Apparel Construction II 3 credit hours

Junior Fall

• MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours
• TXMD 1010 - Career Orientation 1 credit hour
• TXMD 3120 - Advanced Topics in Textile Production and Trade 3 credit hours
• TXMD 3450 - Retail Math 3 credit hours
• TXMD 4170 - Cultural and Social Aspects of Dress 3 credit hours
• Human Society and Social Relationships/Elective 3 credit hours

Junior Spring

• TXMD 3170 - Fashion Branding 3 credit hours
• TXMD 4103 - Internship: Textiles, Merchandising, and Design 3 credit hours
• TXMD 4150 - Fashion Buying 3 credit hours
• TXMD 4240 - Fashion Show Production 2 credit hours
• History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours

Senior Fall

• MKT 3830 - Retailing and E-Commerce 3 credit hours
• TXMD 4000 - Senior Professional Development Seminar 1 credit hour
• TXMD 4140 - Global Apparel Manufacturing and Sustainability 3 credit hours
• TXMD supporting elective 3 credit hours
• Creativity and Cultural Expression 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 6 semester hours must be earned and selected from any of the following courses: BLAW 3400 , ENTR 2900 , HSC 4043 , HSC 4460 , MGMT 3610 , MGMT 3620 , MKT 3900 , or  TXMD 4303 .