BS in Textile Product Science

College

Kanbar College of Design, Engineering & Commerce

Degree

Bachelor of Science

Campus

East Falls

Format

On Campus

Credits

123 - 126

Duration

4 Years

Contact Information

Program

Name: Marcia L. Weiss
Position: Director, Textile Design Program & Professor
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Program

Name: Brian George, PhD
Position: Engineering Program Director & Associate Professor
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Contact Admissions

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Curriculum

Total: 123-126 credits

 

FIRST YEAR (31-34 credits)

Hallmarks Core

  • Pathways Seminar
  • Writing Seminar I: Written Communication
  • American Visions
  • Science: General Chemistry or
    Chemistry I Lecture and Lab 
  • Mathematics
  • General Physics or Physics 1 Lecture and Lab

DEC Core

  • Finding and Shaping Opportunities

Major Courses

  • Fiber and Yarn Studies (Fall)
  • Knit Technology or Weave Technology I (Spring)
  • Introduction to Digital Imaging or Engineering Drawing (Spring)
  • Introduction to Computing

SECOND YEAR (33 credits)

Hallmarks Core

  • Ethics
  • Global Diversity
  • Writing Seminar II: Multimedia Communication

DEC Core

  • Science (Select one DECSYS)

Major Courses

  • Weave Technology I or Knit Technology I (Fall or Spring)
  • Weave Technology II or Knit Technology II (Fall or Spring)
  • [2]  Specialization Courses 
  • Textile Materials

THIRD YEAR (34 credits)

Hallmarks Core

  • American Diversity
  • Global Citizenship
  • Contemporary Global Issues

DEC Methods

  • Integrative Seminar: Ethnographic Research Methods

Major Courses

  • Weave Technology II or Knit Technology II (Fall or Spring)
  • Nonwovens
  • Color, Dyeing & Finishing Lecture and Lab 
  • Designated Elective
  • Seminar: Textile/ Apparel Industry Issues 
  • [2] Specialization Courses 

FOURTH YEAR (30 credits)

Hallmarks Core

  • Philosophies of the Good Life

Major Courses

  • Capstone in Textile Product Science
  • [3] Specialization Courses 
  • [4] Free Electives