Program Learning Outcomes

Textiles and Clothing*

• Demonstrate understanding of the fundamental concepts in, the physical and social sciences while employing textiles and clothing as a meaningful context; 
• Foster connections between the physical and social sciences using textiles and clothing as a meaningful context. 
• Integrate knowledge among micro (e.g., fiber properties), meso (e.g., consumer behavior and interaction), and macro (e.g., cultural, environmental, and global economic) levels of analysis; 
• Think critically and creatively about issues of social and environmental responsibility, especially in the contexts of production, distribution, and consumption; 
• Analyze quantitative and qualitative information, and to apply this analysis to complex societal and scientific issues; and 
• Communicate effectively about the integration of the physical and social sciences in written and individual/group presentations.    

*admissions suspended 2018-19

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