BS Apparel Design - Pre-Major

Turn your creative passion into a career. As an apparel design student, you’ll develop skills essential to moving an idea from concept to creation, including ideation, hand and digital sketching, fabric print design, paper and digital pattern making, draping, garment construction, fit evaluation, the development of factory specifications, along with creating samples and prototypes.

Throughout this process, you’ll consider the aesthetic and functional needs of specific target consumers and apply design strategies for inclusivity and sustainability, all while using the latest 2D and 3D design technologies. Because of the apparel design program’s partnership with Browzwear, an industry leader in design software, you’ll have access to advanced 3D design tools that leading apparel brands use.

You’ll also develop foundational business skills that will prepare you for exciting career opportunities as an entrepreneur, within a small business or at a major apparel brand.

Many of our students also choose to double major in merchandising management to gain complimentary skills centered around apparel assortment planning for apparel brands and retailers.

Apparel design is a major program of study offered in Corvallis.

Once you enroll in the apparel program, you can select an area of focus from the following options:

Florence, Italy: Accademia Italiana

London, England: London College of Fashion

Seoul, South Korea: Hanyang University

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American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists

National Retail Federation

Entrepreneurship Club

Sports Product Development Club

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Cecelia T. Shuttleworth

Columbia HEHC Scholarship

Gladys Whipple Goode Scholarship

N Marie Ledbetter Memorial Scholarship

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Assistant Designer

Product Developer

Surface Design – Print

Materials Developer – Fabric & Trims