Coursework includes industrial safety, quality control, and textile courses in yarn production, weaving processes, dyeing, finishing, and fiber science.

Graduates should qualify as technicians, managers, or designers in the textile industry.

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates will:

Apply the principles and concepts of basic sciences, polymer and fiber science, textile technology and management science to the analysis and solution of real-world problems.
Define career expectations and opportunities in the textile field.
Explain the critical stages in the various sectors of the textile and apparel supply chain.

Students participating in the college transfer program to the North Carolina State University Textile Technology program should see an academic advisor.

FIRST YEAR

Fall

ACA 122 College Transfer Success (1 Credit Hour)
ECO 251 Prin of Microeconomics (3 Credit Hours)
ENG 111 Writing and Inquiry (3 Credit Hours)
MAT 152 Statistical Methods I (4 Credit Hours)
TEX 110 Fundamentals of Textiles (3 Credit Hours)
Professional Elective (4 Credit Hours)

Total Credit Hours: 18

Spring

ENG 112 Writing/Research in the Disc (3 Credit Hours)
CHM 151 General Chemistry I (4 Credit Hours)
OR
CHM 131 Introduction to Chemistry (3 Credit Hours)
AND
CHM 131A Introduction to Chemistry Lab (1 Credit Hour)
TEX 113 Yarn Production Systems (3 Credit Hours)
TEX 119 The Textile Industry (3 Credit Hours)
TEX 210 Fiber Science (5 Credit Hours)

Total Credit Hours: 18

SECOND YEAR

Fall

ECO 252 Prin of Macroeconomics (3 Credit Hours)
MAT 171 Precalculus Algebra (4 Credit Hours)
TEX 212 Yarn Forming Systems (5 Credit Hours)
TEX 215 Dyeing & Finishing (3 Credit Hours)

Total Credit Hours: 15

Spring

BUS 110 Introduction to Business (3 Credit Hours)
PHY 151 College Physics I (4 Credit Hours)
TEX 213 Fabric Forming/Weaving (3 Credit Hours)
TEX 214 Knitting Processes (3 Credit Hours)
Humanities/Fine Arts Elective (3 Credit Hours)

Total Credit Hours: 16

Professional Electives

Select 4 credit hours from the following:

ACC 120 Prin of Financial Accounting (4 Credit Hours)
BUS 115 Business Law I (3 Credit Hours)
BUS 137 Principles of Management (3 Credit Hours)
CIS 110 Introduction to Computers (3 Credit Hours)
MAT 172 Precalculus Trigonometry (4 Credit Hours)
MKT 120 Principles of Marketing (3 Credit Hours)
WBL 111 Work-Based Learning I (1 Credit Hour)
WBL 121 Work-Based Learning II (1 Credit Hour)
WBL 122 Work-Based Learning II (2 Credit Hours)

Humanities/Fine Arts Electives

Select three (3) credit hours from the following:

ART 111 Art Appreciation (3 Credit Hours)
ENG 231 American Literature I (3 Credit Hours)
ENG 232 American Literature II (3 Credit Hours)
ENG 241 British Literature I (3 Credit Hours)
HUM 120 Cultural Studies (3 Credit Hours)
MUS 110 Music Appreciation (3 Credit Hours)
MUS 112 Introduction to Jazz (3 Credit Hours)
PHI 215 Philosophical Issues (3 Credit Hours)
PHI 240 Introduction to Ethics (3 Credit Hours)
REL 110 World Religions (3 Credit Hours)

Total Program Hours: 67

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