The minor in fashion and consumer science is designed for students interested in the fashion industry as it prepares students to understand and analyze the industry from concept to consumer, including: the design and development phase of fashion products; the merchandising and distribution stage; to the end-use consumer. The minor will enrich a student’s major and expand career opportunities within the highly competitive and nuanced fashion industry.
The minor requires 15 semester hours of coursework, at least 6 of which are upper-division, with a grade of at least a C- in each course. No credit-by-exam may be used to fulfill minor course requirements.
| Requirements |
Hours
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| Foundational Coursework |
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| TXA 301C | Introduction to the Fashion Industry |
3 |
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Twelve hours from the following courses, six of which must be upper division coursework:
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| TXA 305 | Textiles |
3 |
| TXA 313 | Aesthetics: Theory and Practice |
3 |
| TXA 316R | Sewn-product Analysis and Manufacturing |
3 |
| TXA 317R | Merchandising Math I |
3 |
| TXA 318T | Medical Textiles |
3 |
| TXA 325L | History of Dress and Cultural Change I |
3 |
| TXA 325M | History of Dress and Cultural Change II |
3 |
| TXA 327C | Social Psychology of Dress and Appearance |
3 |
| TXA 328 | Research Methods in Textiles and Apparel |
3 |
| TXA 331E | Textiles and Apparel in the Global Marketplace |
3 |
| TXA 340T | Sustainable Textile Manufacturing |
3 |
| TXA 351R | Merchandising Technology |
3 |
| TXA 352E | Historic Apparel Collections & Exhibit Management |
3 |
| TXA 360 | Textile Testing |
3 |
| TXA 360L | Advanced Textiles |
3 |
| TXA 361 | Consumer Behavior in the Marketplace |
3 |
| TXA 362T | Smart Textiles and Apparel Systems |
3 |
| TXA 363T | Nanotechnologies in Textiles |
3 |