The Apparel Design & Manufacturing program is nationally ranked in the top 25 percent of schools and prepares students to enter the fast-paced world of fashion. This program offers a comprehensive curriculum that prepares students for entry-level positions in the apparel industry or for continued study in graduate schools.

The curriculum emphasizes:• Creativity• Technical skills• Knowledge of textiles• Apparel product management• Custom design for individual consumers• Design for mass production

Students participate in extracurricular activities that provide additional learning opportunities:

• Hi-Tech Fashion Group• Fashion tours of major fashion centers• Two annual design competitions• Senior Fashion Exhibit• Runway shows

The Bachelor of Science in Apparel Design & Manufacturing degree program is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. Career opportunities for graduates include:

• Designing couture or mass-produced apparel• Pattern-making• Pattern-grading and marking• Technical design• Fashion illustration• Product development• Trend analysis• Computer-aided design• Fashion styling• Trend forecasting

Program highlights:• In 2014, the program was ranked number five in the

Southwest by Fashion-Schools.org.• Apparel Design & Manufacturing students receive

internships in New York, London, Los Angeles and Dallas.• Travel opportunities to citites such as San Francisco, Paris

and New York.• Minor in areas such as business, media, retail or theater.• Community service and outreach opportunities such as

parterning with community businesses for fashion shows.

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Our Apparel Design and Manufacturing degree provides you with:

• Extensive workplace experience. The fashion design bachelor’s degree program includes a 180-200-hour internship. We often place interns with major apparel design companies in Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, and London, and the internship frequently leads directly to a job offer.

• A marketable fashion design degree. Texas Tech graduates have high rates of job placement and graduate school admission. Our program holds a strong reputation within the clothing design industry, and our faculty are well connected. You will have opportunities to meet successful

designers, see their studios, and interact with them first-hand.

• Business training. You will take courses in marketing, retailing, accounting, management and fashion design industry essentials. Texas Tech’s fashion design majors stand out in the job market for their strong business sense and entrepreneurial savvy.

• Advanced fashion design technology. At Texas Tech you will design clothing with the aid of [TC]2 body scanners, state-of-the-art software, and other innovative technologies such as a3D

OptiTex virtual design tool. In addition, you will work with Gerber pattern-making software systems, and you will learn to generate drawing specs and technical packages for production in Adobe Illustrator.

• Exhibition opportunities. Texas Tech hosts two professional fashion design shows on campus. In addition, our students have submitted winning entries in national and regional competitions such as Fashion Group International, Dallas Career Day, and the Denim Runway Project.

• Research and travel opportunities. You will take field trips to New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris, and other fashion industry capitals for competitions, trade shows and field study.

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