Join our award-winning faculty and multi-talented graduate students in a graduate education experience that will ignite your spark and help prepare you for academic and industry positions. Our faculty who have expertise in the areas of consumer behavior, creative, technical, and functional design, merchandising, management, and entrepreneurship, and history, social psychology, and cultural studies are dedicated to your success. We offer both on-campus and hybrid (distance) Master's and Ph.D. programs.<br>Faculty members in the program expect all students to demonstrate mastery of required coursework by maintaining a grade point average of 3.0 or better. All students will demonstrate the ability to work in teams, design a research or creative project, and communicate in writing and orally. In addition, all students are expected to be aware of societal, professional, and ethical issues related to the discipline.<br>Faculty members strongly encourage doctoral students to present at discipline-related meetings such as the Annual Graduate Education and Graduate Student Research Conference in Hospitality and Tourism, or the International Textiles and Apparel Association Annual Meeting at least once before graduation. Doctoral students also are encouraged to publish at least one paper prior to graduation.