Textile and Apparel Management

About Textile & Apparel Management Programs

Graduate programs in textile and apparel management offer the following areas of study: apparel product development; apparel marketing and merchandising; omnichannel retailing; global sourcing and supply chain management; and consumer marketplace concerns.

Degrees Offered

PhD in human environmental sciences with an emphasis area in textile and apparel management.

Admission Criteria

Fall deadline: January 15 for early financial support considerations

• Minimum GPA: 3.0 in last 60 hours
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or University in textile and apparel management or related field. Those with unrelated majors will need to do make-up work.

Minimum Language Requirements

Click here to view the minimum English language proficiency test scores

Required Application Materials

For the Graduate School

• Completed Graduate School online application
• Unofficial Transcripts- As part of the application submission process, all applicants are required to upload unofficial copies of all post-secondary transcripts to the online application. Official transcripts are only required if accepted by the academic program.
• Official Results of English Proficiency Exams (International applicants only)

For the Textile and Apparel Management Program

• Statement of professional objectives
• Departmental application (built into the Graduate School application)
• Three letters of recommendation
• Unofficial transcripts from every college or University you have attended
• GRE Scores
• Latest vitae or resume
• Digital portfolio is strongly encouraged for Apparel Product Development applicants (Upload it to the Portfolio section)
• Writing sample (optional)
• Two-minute video to show about who you are, why you want to pursue graduate degrees, and what your career goals are (Upload it to the Portfolio section)
• TOEFL scores if international student

About Textile & Apparel Management Programs

Graduate programs in textile and apparel management offer the following areas of study: apparel product development; apparel marketing and merchandising; omnichannel retailing; global sourcing and supply chain management; and consumer marketplace concerns.

Degrees Offered

MS in textile and apparel management
MA in textile and apparel management

Admission Criteria

Fall deadline: January 15 for early financial support considerations

• Minimum GPA: 3.0 in last 60 hours
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or University in textile and apparel management or related field. Those with unrelated majors will need to do make-up work.

Minimum Language Requirements

Click here to view the minimum English language proficiency test scores

Required Application Materials

For the Graduate School

• Completed Graduate School online application
• Unofficial Transcripts- As part of the application submission process, all applicants are required to upload unofficial copies of all post-secondary transcripts to the online application. Official transcripts are only required if accepted by the academic program.
• Official Results of English Proficiency Exams (International applicants only)

For the Textile and Apparel Management Program

• Statement of professional objectives
• Departmental application (built into the Graduate School application)
• Three letters of recommendation
• Unofficial transcripts from every college or University you have attended
• GRE Scores
• Latest vitae or resume
• Digital portfolio is strongly encouraged for Apparel Product Development applicants (Upload it to the Portfolio section)
• Writing sample (optional)
• Two-minute video to show about who you are, why you want to pursue graduate degrees, and what your career goals are (Upload it to the Portfolio section)
• TOEFL scores if international student

Officially approved as:

Stand Alone: Yes

Total Credit Hours: 12

Certificate description: Upon completion of the certificate program, students will be able to:

• Propose new digital merchandising strategies that would enhance digital commerce after analyze best practices in crafting merchandise assortments, web copy, photography, SEO, and other key techniques; comparing all major costs of running digital commerce, such as shipping, returns, marketing, inventory management, and/or fulfillment.
• Create brand growth strategies in digital commerce space after evaluating digital branding processes in products, place, pricing, and promotions.
• Develop new digital marketing strategies after analyzing digital marketing tools currently available for business and marketing communications, such as google analytics and visualization tools; and evaluating the interaction between the marketers and the consumers on digital marketing channels, including email, text and various social media platforms.
• Evaluate appropriateness of digital data visualization techniques and software tools for a visualization task at hand after learning the principles and various techniques of information visualization.
• Create overall digital commerce strategies by applying branding, merchandising, marketing and data visualization knowledge and techniques.

Certificate web site:
http://catalog.missouri.edu/undergraduategraduate/collegeofhumanenvironmentalsciences/additionalminorsandcertificates/grad-cert-digital-merchandising/

Admission Criteria

Application Deadlines

• Fall semester: 6 weeks prior to the start of the term
• Spring semester: 6 weeks prior to the start of the term

Required Application Materials

For the Graduate School

• Completed Graduate School online application
• Unofficial Transcripts- As part of the application submission process, all applicants are required to upload unofficial copies of all post-secondary transcripts to the online application. Official transcripts are only required if accepted by the academic program.
• Official Results of English Proficiency Exams (International applicants only)

For the Digital Merchandising Program

• Statement of purpose
• Resume or CV