About the Program
M.S. in the Apparel, Textiles and Merchandising (ATM) program offers professional preparation with a scholarly foundation for people seeking industry positions in merchandising (such as buying, management, and product development) and teaching and research positions in academe. The program focuses on textile and apparel products, their processes of innovation, production, distribution, promotion, diffusion, and consumption. The ATM masters program provides a strong foundation for students who plan to continue with doctoral study. Students select tracks of study in either historic textiles and apparel OR consumption and merchandising.
Recommended areas of concentration include art, art history, interdisciplinary arts, business, communication, education/statistics, psychology, and sociology. Graduate students will be encouraged to do multidisciplinary research when appropriate.
Students are required to have completed a basic textiles course (comparable to HCRM 315) and an apparel analysis course (comparable to HCRM 383), or these will be required as pre-requisites to program completion and must be completed during the first year of graduate study at Ohio University.
Program Requirements
With a thesis students are required to complete:
1 Minimum 45 credit hours required
2 Minimum 30 hours in major/research
Select a minimum of 3: HCRM 505A: History of Costume (4 hrs)
HCRM 505B: History of Textiles (2 hrs)
HCRM 507: Textile and Fashion Industry (4 hrs)
HCRM 519: Studies in Textile Testing (3)
HCRM 609: Psych., Social &Economic Aspects of Clothing (4 hrs)
HCGE 591F: Research Methods (3 hours)
HCGE 626: Graduate Seminar (2 hours)
HCGE 692: Research (4 hours)
HCGE 695: Thesis (5 hours)
PSY 520 or EDRE 501: Elementary Statistics OR Research in Education (4-5 hours)
3 Minimum 12 hours in approved concentration area
Program Contact
V. Ann Paulins, Director, paulins@ohio.edu
Annette Graham, Associate Director – Graduate Studies, graham@ohio.edu
Or call 740.593.2880
Program Faculty
Schuyler Cone
Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Scholarly interests: historical costume, art history, textile and clothing restoration
Lynn E. Kwak
Ph.D., Florida State University
Scholarly interests: cross cultural consumer behaviors, retail product development
V. Ann Paulins
Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Scholarly interests: ethical consumption, customer service, consumer fashion activity, communication through dress and appearance
J. Michelle Price
M.F.A., Syracuse University
Scholarly interests: visual merchandising, elements of design
Yingjiao Xu
Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Scholarly interests: rational versus emotional consumption, cultural influences on consumer behavior, shopping motivations