General Apparel and Textiles
Coursework Option
Some Master’s students may want to take a variety of graduate level courses to supplement their undergraduate degree program and help them achieve their career goals. The Coursework option requires 33 credit hours and a written comprehensive examination. Students should take the following courses:
- AT 835 - Strategic Economic Analysis of Apparel and Textile Industries (3)
- AT 845 - Consumers in the Apparel and Textile Market (3)
- AT 850 - Research Methods in Apparel and Textiles (3) or EDCI 816 Research Methods in Education (3)
- AT 880 - Physical Analysis of Textiles (3)
- STAT - Graduate Level Statistics Course such as STAT 702 or STAT 703 (3)
Additional courses should be taken to bring their total to 33 hours.
Major Professor and Supervisory Committee:
- The department will assign each student a temporary advisor to assist the student in registering for coursework until the student selects a major professor and files the program of study.
- Students are encouraged to select a major professor as soon as possible. The student must select a major professor from the Apparel and Textile faculty with Graduate Faculty Status.
- By the beginning of the second semester of enrollment, the student (in consultation with the major professor) will select two additional faculty members with Graduate Faculty Status to serve as members of the supervisory committee. At least two of the three members of the supervisory committee (including the major professor) must be faculty in Apparel and Textiles.