| TTM 501 | Textile Enterprise Integration | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Prerequisite: Graduate standing, Background in textile manufacturing. |
| Discussion of philosophy, strategy and technology of enterprise integration for textile manufacturing. Survey of enabling technologies such as computer-aided design; computer-aided manufacturing; material handling systems; information systems for control, supervision and planning; and internet resources. |
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| TTM 502 | Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems for Textile Manufacturing | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only, Offered Alternate Odd Years |
| Prerequisite: Graduate standing, background in textile manufacturing |
| Design and development of supervisor control and data acquisition systems (SCADA) for textile manufacturing. Projects to develop demonstration and actual systems. Automation of a work cell for textile equipment to development of plant supervisory systems. Latest high-level application development environments. |
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| TTM 510 | Apparel Technology Management | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only |
| Prerequisite: Graduate standing or PBS status |
| Role of the apparel complex in manufacturing and supplying products on demand to meet the quality and performance of the global customer. The critical juxtaposition of the textile supply together with retail demand studied to understand constraintson manufacturing capacities and elasticities. |
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| TTM 515 | Apparel Production | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Concepts and practices for the production of apparel items, beginning with development of basic fit blocks and extending through the reation of stylized garments using pattern engineering techniques, supported by computerized pattern development. |
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| TTM 517 | Advanced Computer-Aided-Design for Fashion | UNITS: 3 |
| Exploration of industry design software for apparel and other sewn products. U4ia visual design software, 3D to 2D pattern generation software, Gerber Accumark or Lectra pattern design programs, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, and other programs used by the industry to create, market and/or visualize products will be taught. Peripheral equipment essential to the design and visualization process will be included. |
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| TTM (TT) 530 | Textile Quality and Process Control | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only |
| Prerequisite: TT 420, Corequisite: ST 511 or ST 515 |
| Quality control and improvement methods for textile processes and products including quality systems, statistical control chart procedures, process capabilities, acceptance sampling plans, textiles process and product designs, on-line and off-line control systems and specific quality factors governing textile products and processes and their variabilities. |
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| TTM 531 | Total Quality Management In Textiles | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Prerequisite: TT 331 or TAM 380 or TE 404 |
| Management and quality engineering concepts, strategies, practices and operating tools required to initiate and sustain a Total Quality Management program which can succeed in modern textile environments. |
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| TTM (TE) (TT) 533 | Lean Six Sigma Quality | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring |
| Prequisite: ST 361 and ST 371, or equivalent |
| Systematic approach (Lean Six Sigma philosophy) for improving products and processes. Defining the improvement opportunity, measurement system analysis, data collection, statistical analysis, design of experiment (DOE) methods, and statistical process control (SPC) methods. Application of Lean Six sigma methods to improve product or process. |
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| TTM (TT) 535 | Research Methods and Management | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Prerequisite: ST 361, Graduate standing |
| Basic principles and methods of academic and industrial research, research ethics, search of knowledge bases, research hypothesis, scientific paradigm, theory development, optimal research design and execution of scientific experiments, regression methods, survey design, use of variance components for samping scheme, model building and validation, principles of industrial R&D, project design and management, intellectual property rights, and maximization of research output. |
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| TTM 561 | Strategic Technology Management in the Textile Complex | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only |
| Prerequisite: Graduate standing or PBS status |
| Management approaches and strategies for forecasting, planning, creating, and implementing technology changes in textile industry complex undergoing rapid market place and global competitive changes. |
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| TTM 573 | Management of Textile Product Development | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Prerequisite: Graduate standing |
| The course focuses on an integrated approach to new product design, development and marketing of textile products. This integrated approach includes a) innovation strategy and opportunity identification, b) the design process for textile products, c) market launch, and d) managing innovation. The course include diverse textile end-uses, including apparel, home textiles, transportation textiles, and medical textiles. Trends in textile product development are reviewed. The dynamics of business analysis and strategy, design prototypes, and product analysis and recommendation are analyzed. |
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| TTM 581 | Global Textile and Apparel Business Dynamics | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Prerequisite: Graduate standing or PBS status |
| An overview of the economic, competitive, tchnological and market dynamics of the international textile and apparel industries. Trends in demand, output and trade are reviewed. The dynamic forces shaping and transforming the industry internationally are analyzed. Patterns of change at the global, regional, national and company level are explained and the outlook for the industries is considered. |
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| TTM 582 | Global Textile Brand Management and Marketing | UNITS: 3 |
| The course provides an understanding of the global textile brand management and marketing environments, global markets, and marketing programs and organizations. Specific topics include a) the economic, social, political/legal, and cultural environments; b) global textile market opportunities and challenges; c) global textile and apparel marketing strategies, and d) creation and management of global textile and apparel marketing programs. Credit will not be allowed for both TAM 482 and TAM 582. Graduate standing. |
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| TTM 583 | Strategic Planning for Textile Firms | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only, Offered Alternate Odd Years |
| Prerequisite: Graduate standing |
| Elements of competitive strategy and planning methods within the textile complex with emphasis on the concepts of strategy in a mature industry, defining busiess in a global industry, resource allocation through strategic planning methods and implementing strategy in a single business and multi-business firms. |
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| TTM (BUS) 585 | Market Research In Textiles | UNITS: 3 |
| Prerequisite: TAM (EC) 482 |
| A study and analysis of quantitative methods employed in market research in the textile industry. Function of market research and its proper orientation to management and decision making. |
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| TTM 588 | Global Perspectives in Textiles Supply Chain Management | UNITS: 3 |
| Study and analysis of global textile supply chains. Field trips to textile related companies and organizations are required. Students will conduct a research project on global supply chain issues. Course taught off campus for non US global perspectives. Students may not take this course more than once for the same global perspective. |
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| TTM 591 | Special Studies in Textile Technology Management | UNITS: 1-4 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Graduate standing or PBS status |
| Special Studies in Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management to fulfill needs not covered by current offerings. Student and faculty required to submit topics to be covered to director of graduate programs within first week of semester. |
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| TTM 601 | Seminar | UNITS: 1 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Discussion of scientific articles of interest to the textile industry; review and discussion of student papers and research problems. |
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| TTM 630 | Independent Study in Textile Technology Management | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Problems of specific interest in textile and apparel technology. Preparation of report, in a format suitable for publication required. One-page outline signed by advisor must be submitted within first week of semester. |
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| TTM 632 | Special Studies in Textile Product Development | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Graduate standing or PBS status |
| Preq: Graduate standing or PBS student. This course is an Independent Study in Textile Product Development to fulfill needs not covered by current course offerings. Student and faculty are required to submit the topic to be covered to the graduate administrator within the first week of the semester. Either a paper or a presentation of a body of work will be the outcome of this effort. |
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| TTM 676 | Special Projects in Textile and Apparel Management | UNITS: 1-3 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Graduate standing or PBS status |
| Advanced studies on current problems of the industry, independent investigations, seminars, and technical presentations, both oral and written. |
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| TTM 685 | Master's Supervised Teaching | UNITS: 1-3 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Master's student |
| Teaching experience under the mentorship of faculty who assist the student in planning for the teaching assignment, observe and provide feedback to the student during the teaching assignment, and evaluate the student upon completion of the assignment. |
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| TTM 688 | Non-Thesis Masters Continuous Registration - Half Time Registration | UNITS: 1 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Master's student |
| For students in non-thesis master's programs who have completed all credit hour requirements for their degree but need to maintain half-time continuous registration to complete incomplete grades, projects, final master's exam, etc. |
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| TTM 689 | Non-Thesis Master Continuous Registration - Full Time Registration | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Master's student |
| For students in non-thesis master's programs who have completed all credit hour requirements for their degree but need to maintain full-time continuous registration to complete incomplete grades, projects, final master's exam, etc. Students may register for this course a maximum of one semester. |
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| TTM 690 | Master's Examination | UNITS: 1-6 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Master's student |
| For students in non thesis master's programs who have completed all other requirements of the degree except preparing for and taking the final master's exam. |
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| TTM 693 | Master's Supervised Research | UNITS: 1-9 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Master's student |
| Instruction in research and research under the mentorship of a member of the Graduate Faculty. |
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| TTM 695 | Master's Thesis Research | UNITS: 1-9 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Master's student |
| Thesis research. |
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| TTM 696 | Summer Thesis Research | UNITS: 1 - Offered in Summer |
| Prerequisite: Master's student |
| For graduate students whose programs of work specify no formal course work during a summer session and who will be devoting full time to thesis research. |
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| TTM 699 | Master's Thesis Preparation | UNITS: 1-3 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Master's student |
| For students who have completed all credit hour requirements and full-time enrollment for the master's degree and are writing and defending their thesis. |
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| TTM (FPS) 730 | Measurement and Evaluation of Textile Properties | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only, Offered Alternate Even Years |
| Prerequisite: ST 511 or ST 515 |
| Principles of objective and subjective measurements, analysis, evaluation, and standardization of textile properties including uniformity of fibrous materials, strength of yearns and fabrics, statistical size effect, Martindale's theory, hand/comfort/fit, fiber selection and measusrements, optimal design of sampling and testing methods based on variance components, design of interlaboratory tests, and development of test standards. |
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| TTM 761 | Supply Chain Management and Information Technology | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only |
| Graduate Students Only |
| Working knowledge of management concepts and information technologies to design and manage supply chain operations in textile complex. Deals with markets and operations distributed geographically and institutionally. |
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| TTM 786 | Advanced Textile Labor Management Seminar | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring |
| Prerequisite: TAM 487 |
| Advanced labor management problems in the textile industry, with particular emphasis directed toward application of the Occupational Safety and Health Act. |
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| TTM 791 | Advanced Special Studies in Textile Technology Management | UNITS: 1-4 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Doctoral Student |
| Advanced Special Studies in Textile Technology Management to fulfill needs not covered by current offerings. Students and faculty are required to submit topics to be covered to the graduate administrator before the start of semester. |
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| TTM 801 | Seminar | UNITS: 1 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
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| TTM 830 | Independent Study | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
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| TTM 876 | Special Project TTM | UNITS: 1-3 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
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| TTM 885 | Doctoral Supervised Teaching | UNITS: 1-3 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Doctoral student |
| Teaching experience under the mentorship of faculty who assist the student in planning for the teaching assignment, observe and provide feedback to the student during the teaching assignment, and evaluate the student upon completion of the assignment. |
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| TTM 890 | Doctoral Preliminary Examination | UNITS: 1-9 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Doctoral student |
| For students who are preparing for and taking written and/or oral preliminary exams. |
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| TTM 893 | Doctoral Supervised Research | UNITS: 1-9 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Doctoral student |
| Instruction in research and research under the mentorship of a member of the Graduate Faculty. |
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| TTM 895 | Doctoral Dissertation Research | UNITS: 1-9 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Doctoral student |
| Dissertation research. |
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| TTM 896 | Summer Dissertation Research | UNITS: 1 - Offered in Summer |
| Prerequisite: Doctoral student |
| For graduate students whose programs of work specify no formal course work during a summer session and who will be devoting full time to thesis research. |
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| TTM 899 | Doctoral Dissertation Preparation | UNITS: 1-3 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Doctoral student |
| For students who have completed all credit hour, full-time enrollment, preliminary examination, and residency requirements for the doctoral degree and are writing and defending their dissertations. |
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