Kansas State University

Ph.D. Requirements

The interdisciplinary doctoral program in Human Ecology offers a specialization in Apparel and Textiles. The Ph.D. requires a minimum of 90 semester credit hours beyond the bachelors degree – including 60 hours of course work and 30 hours of dissertation research. Up to 30 hours from the student’s Master’s degree may be applied toward the course work requirement.

Course Requirements:

The following courses are required of all doctoral students (unless they were taken as part of a Master's program)

  • AT 850 - Research Methods in Apparel and Textiles (3) or EDCI 816 Research Methods in Education (3)
  • AT 835 - Strategic Economic Analysis of Apparel and Textile Industries (3)
  • AT 845 - Consumers in the Apparel and Textile Market (3)
  • AT 880 - Physical Analysis of Textiles (3)
  • EDCI 943 - Principles of College Teaching (3)
  • AT 990 - Dissertation Proposal Seminar (1)
  • AT 999 - Dissertation Research (minimum of 30 hours)

The student should take at least two more AT courses at the 700 level or above - not including independent courses. A current list is given below:

  • AT 725 - Theory and Practice of Apparel and Textile Marketing and Distribution (3)
  • AT 800 - Textile Surface Design (3)
  • AT 805 - Theory and Process in Creative Apparel and Textile Design (3)
  • AT 830 - Fashion Teory (3)
  • AT 840 - Apparel and Textile Product Development (3)
  • AT 995 - Grantsmanship and Publication (3) or another course on this topic

The student will take one of the following four sequences in Statistics.

  1. STAT 702 - Statistical Methods for Social Sciences (3) or STAT 703 Statistical Methods for Natural Scientists (3)
    STAT 704 - Analysis of Variance (2)
    STAT 705 - Regression and Correlation Analyses (2)
  2. PSYCH 802 - Quantitative Methods in Psychology (3)
    PSYCH 805 - Experimental Design in Psychology (3)
  3. SOCIO 825 - Quantitative Methods (3)
    SOCIO 925 - Specialized Approaches to Sociological Research (3)
  4. EDCI 817 - Statistical Methods in Education (3)
    EDCI 917 - Experimental Design in Education Research (3)

Students will take the additional coursework needed to meet total hour requirement.

Major Professor and Supervisory Committee:

  • The department will assign each student a temporary advisor to assist the student in registering for course work 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 Graduate Faculty that have been certified to direct doctoral students.
  • By the beginning of the second semester of enrollment, the student (in consultation with the major professor) will select three additional faculty members with Graduate Faculty Status to serve as members of the supervisory committee. At least two of the four members of the supervisory committee (including the major professor) must be faculty in Apparel and Textiles. At least one member should be from another department.