What is Apparel Entrepreneurship?

The Apparel Entrepreneurship prepares students for work in the Apparel industry—a multi-billion dollar industry. By focusing on apparel design with an entrepreneurship core, students are prepared to be successful upon graduating.

Why Apparel Entrepreneurship?

This degree pairs apparel design and construction courses with entrepreneurship courses. This prepares students to work in the fashion industry or to develop their own apparel-based small entrepreneurial business either from the home, online, or in the start-up business arena. Apparel Design and Construction students will also complete an industry internship.

Apparel Entrepreneurship Program Outcomes

Students who successfully complete the Apparel Entrepreneurship major should be able to do the following:

  1. Create beautiful apparel using the principles and elements of design and following gospel standards.
  2. Incorporate couture and industry-level construction techniques.
  3. Build partnerships with and seek guidance from experts in the fashion industry.
  4. Demonstrate expertise in the use of cutting-edge pattern-making technologies.

Apparel Entrepreneurship Courses

Entrepreneurship

  • FCS101 - Introduction to Family and Consumer Sciences (2)
  • FCS160 - Home and Family Resource Management (3) OR FCS340 - Money Management (3)
  • ACCTG180 - Survey of Accounting (3) OR ACCTG201 - Financial Accounting (3)
  • BUS210 - Small Business Creation (3) OR MKT250 - Web Business Creation (3)
  • BUS310 - Launching New Ventures (3)
  • MKT351 - Social Media Marketing (3)
  • BUS300 - IBC Business Basics (3)
  • BUS302 - IBC Business Leadership (3)
  • MKT301 - IBC Marketing (3)
  • FCS498R - Internship for FCSE Major (1 - 4)
  • IDS499 - Interdisciplinary Capstone (2)

Apparel Design

  • ART130 - Introduction to Graphic Design (3) OR COMM130 - Visual Media (3)
  • FCS207 - Apparel Construction I (2)
  • FCS208 - Introduction to Fashion Design (2)
  • FCS221 - Home Decor Design (2)
  • FCS235 - Children's Apparel Design (2)
  • FCS245 - Pattern Making (3)
  • FCS290 - CAD Pattern Making (2)
  • FCS307 - Apparel Construction II (4)
  • FCS325 - Fashion History (2)
  • FCS345 - Fitting and Alteration (3)
  • FCS360 - Textile Science (3)

View BYU-Idaho Course Catalog for more Apparel Design classes.