Students choosing to major in fashion merchandising and design with a design concentration must complete 40 hours of core curriculum courses and an additional 21 hours of design courses.

Fashion Merchandising and Design Major with a Design Concentration – 61 hours

Students must take the core curriculum plus additional requirements for the concentration.

Core Curriculum – 40 hours

FCS – 290: Foundations in Family and Consumer Sciences (1 cr.)
FMD – 114: Apparel Merchandising (3 cr.)
FMD – 115: Principles of Clothing Construction (3 cr.)
FMD – 212: Visual Merchandising (3 cr.)
FMD – 213: Clothing and Society (3 cr.)
FMD – 314: Retail Merchandising (4 cr.)
FMD – 315: History of Costume (3 cr.)
FMD – 318: Apparel Design Development (3 cr.)
FMD – 418: Textiles (3 cr.)
FMD – 419: Professional Practices (1 cr.)
ART – 180: Computer Literacy for Design (3 cr.)
BUS – 360: Principles of Marketing (3 cr.)
BUS – 467: Advertising and Sales Promotion (3 cr.)
CS – 120: Spreadsheets (1 cr.)
ECO – 101: Principles of Microeconomics (3 cr.)

Design Concentration Courses – 21 hours

FMD – 227: Flat Pattern (3 cr.)
FMD – 325: Draping (3 cr.)
FMD – 327: Fashion Sketching and Portfolio Development (3 cr.)
FMD – 426: Tailoring (3 cr.)
FMD – 428: CAD Apparel Design (3 cr.)
ART – 101: Drawing I (3 cr.)
ART – 110: 2D Design Concepts, Color and Composition (3 cr.)