Graduate Program Focus and Degrees Offered
The department (DM) offers a master of science degree in Design and Merchandising in two concentrations:
- Apparel and Merchandising (AM)
- Interior Design (ID)
Research-Based
Graduate studies in Design and Merchandising will:
- develop analytical skills so that students become critical researchers
- emphasize diverse methods of conducting and presenting scholarly research
- emphasize building and testing of theory
Design-Solutions
Graduate students in Design and Merchandising will explore how spaces and appearances influence people and the larger world of which they are a part. Of particular interest are the relationships among:
- contextual factors (i.e., economic, environmental, global, historical, political, social and cultural, and technological)
- design, development/production, distribution, promotion, and/or consumption of interior spaces or textiles and apparel
- humans and natural resources