Auburn Bulletin 2025-2026

Apparel Merchandising, Design and Production Management — Apparel Merchandising Option (APME)

Apparel Merchandising Option

Freshman
FallHoursSpringHours
CADS 1600 Textile Industrial Complex3NTRI 2000 Nutrition And Health, HDFS 2100 The Science of Human Connections, or HOSP 2000 Principles of Service Management3
ENGL 1100 English Composition I3Core Humanities13
MATH 1120 Pre-Calculus Algebra or 1130 Pre-Calculus Trigonometry3ENGL 1120 English Composition II3
Core Social Science3COMP 1000 Personal Computer Applications2
 COMM 1000 Public Speaking3
 12 14
Sophomore
FallHoursSpringHours
CADS 2600 Textiles3CADS 2800 Apparel Production Management4
CADS 2000 Global Consumer Culture3CADS 2760 Visual Merchandising4
ACCT 2810 Fundamentals Of Accounting3Core History II3
Core History I3Core Science Sequence (1 of 2)24
Core Science (1 of 2)24 
 16 15
Junior
FallHoursSpringHoursSummerHours
CADS 3850 Merchandise Planning and Control3CADS 5600 Global Sourcing in Textiles and Apparel3CADS 4930 Apparel Merchandising, Design and Production Management Internship9
CADS 3150 Professional Development for Apparel Merchandising Career1CADS 5850 Apparel Merchandising and Retail Management4 
HDFS 2040 Analytics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences3Merchandising Support Choice53 
NTRI 2000 Nutrition And Health, HDFS 2100 The Science of Human Connections, or HOSP 2000 Principles of Service Management3Core Fine Arts3 
ECON 2020 Principles of Microeconomics3Core Literature3 
 13 16 9
Senior
FallHoursSpringHours
CADS 5760 Fashion Analysis And Forecasting3CADS 5450 History Of Costume (OR professional electives)43
CADS 5460 Fashion Industry Since 1910 (or prof. electives)43MNGT 3810 Management Foundations3
Merchandising Support Choice 53Professional Electives46
MKTG 3310 Principles of Marketing3UNIV 4AA0 Achieve the Creed60
Professional Electives44 
 16 12
Total Hours: 123

 College and Department Notes:

 

Required major courses and College core courses are in bold. Grades in these courses are used to calculate the GPA in the major and to meet graduation standards.

To enroll in CADS classes, students must be APME or APDP majors, or dept. approval. Exceptions to APME or APDP requirement: CADS 1600, CADS 1740, CADS 2000, CADS 2700CADS 3700CADS 4910, CADS 5450, CADS 5460.

Note: Must earn a "C" in all required courses in the APME major. Students must earn a "C" or higher in all prerequisite courses in the major.

1

Must choose from HONR 1017, PHIL 1010/PHIL 1017, PHIL 1020/PHIL 1027, PHIL 1030, PHIL 1040, PHIL 1050, PHIL 1060, PHIL 1070, PHIL 1080, PHIL 1090, PHIL 1100PHIL 1110.

2

Choose from: BIOL 1000/BIOL 1001BIOL 1010/BIOL 1011CHEM 1010/CHEM 1011 & CHEM 1020/CHEM 1021GEOL 1100 & GEOL 1110CSES 1010 & CSES 1020GEOG 1020 & GEOG 1030.

4

Must choose 6 hours CADS courses as professional elective OR complete a minor. Student must complete CADS 5450 or CADS 5460. Other classes may be approved by faculty advisors. Up to 3 hours of CADS 3900 may be used towards professional electives.

5

Merchandising support courses—choose 2 courses from: CADS 3800, CADS 3810CADS 4850CADS 5510, CADS 5700, CADS 5860.

6

Seniors must register for UNIV 4AA0 the term they plan to graduate (non-credit class for clearing graduation).