FACS Textiles and Apparel Merchandising

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Devona Dixon

Cindy Jones

The Textiles and Apparel Merchandising concentration at WKU is comprised of 76 hours in the major. The following chart shows course requirements for this major:

PROGRAM FOCUS: The central purpose of this program is to prepare graduates who can successfully fulfill focal roles as managers, merchandisers, and problem solvers in the textile and apparel industry.

REQUIRED COURSES

Comprehensive Major--No Minor Required

Textiles & Apparel Merchandising Concentration

DMT 110 Design Concepts

DMT 120 Design Studio I

DMT 131 Basic Apparel Construction

DMT 132 Perspectives of Dress

DMT 221 Creative Problem Solving in Design and Merchandising

DMT 222 CAD in Human Environment

OR AMS 202 CAD

DMT 223 Textiles

DMT 231 Textiles and Apparel Quality Analysis

FACS 310 Management of Family Resources

FACS 311 Family Relations

DMT 321 Professional Ethics and Issues Seminar

DMT 322 Merchandising I for DMT

DMT 332 History of Twentieth Century Fashion

DMT 333 Fashion Fundamentals

DMT 334 Apparel Design Management

DMT 410 Internship

DMT 421 Portfolio Design

DMT 422 Textile Design and Performance

DMT 431 Clothing and Human Behavior

DMT 432 Visual Merchandising & Promotion

DMT 433 Fashion Synthesis

DMT 435 Computer Applications in Textiles and Apparel Management

DMT (TAM Elective)

MGT 210 Organization and Management

MKT 220 Basic Marketing Concepts

Textiles & Apparel Merchandising Electives

DMT 226 Fashion Illustration

DMT 313 Practicum

FACS 411 Special Topics in CFS

DMT 423 Human Environment Study Tour

DMT 424 Historic Textiles

DMT 426 Fashion Design Market Trends

DMT 434 History of Costume

DMT 438 Textiles & Apparel Merchandising II

EXAMPLES OF POSITIONS: buyer trainee; mid-level mall manager; multi-line manager for factory outlet(s); direct marketer; mid-level manager in textile and apparel merchandising; quality assurance director; product development manager; sales representative; museum curator; visual merchandiser; fashion consultant/coordinator; entrepreneur; and product merchandiser.

For more information, please contact the department by phone (270-745-4352) or e-mail (lauri.warden@wku.edu).