服装设计和产品开发专业的学生学习设计艺术。他们还研究特定服装构造的学科。学生学习各种技能，包括设计，趋势跟踪，服装生产操作和纺织品性能。作为学位的一部分，学生需要完成实习。过去的学生曾在纽约，巴黎，伦敦，洛杉矶，达拉斯和其他地区实习。学生还将通过每年夏季进行的学习之旅（在欧洲和北美的目的地之间轮流使用）来获得学分。校友会找到时装设计师，批发商和纺织品设计师等职位。每年春季，学生将在课堂上学到的概念运用到部门时装秀的策划中。学生监督公共关系，门票销售，评论，程序和模型训练。学生设计师为表演提供服装。服装设计
Apparel Design & Product Development majors study the art of design. They also study the discipline of specific apparel construction. Students learn a variety of skills, including design, trend tracking, apparel production operations and textile performance. As part of the degree, students complete an internship. Past students have interned in New York, Paris, London, Los Angeles, Dallas and other locations. Student also earn credit through study tours that take place each summer, alternating between a European and North American destination. Alumni find jobs as fashion designers, wholesale buyers and textile designers. Each spring, students apply concepts learned in the classroom to plan the departmental fashion show. Students oversee the public relations, ticket sales, commentary, programs, and training of models. Student designers provide the garments for the show. The Apparel Design curriculum focus is to help students develop into professionals that will be successful in both the domestic and international market place. Fashion design is the development of apparel and textile products that meet the needs of specific consumer markets. Students develop an understanding of these needs through the study of consumer behavior, demographics and psychographics.