Department Overview
Welcome to the Department of Textiles, Merchandising and
Interiors! We are located in Dawson Hall on the south campus,
on the corner of Cedar and Sanford, building 1010, (click
here to see maps of the UGA campus) of the University of Georgia,
and are a part of the College of Family and Consumer Sciences.
Our campus is located in Athens, Georgia, a historic town
75 miles east of Atlanta.
The faculty members in the Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors
department have teaching and research experience in many
areas. We offer a diverse program which covers all aspects
of fashion merchandising and residential interiors.
The mission of the College of Family and Consumer Sciences is to advance the well-being of individuals and families over their life span and strengthen communities through the generation and dissemination of knowledge, education of professionals, and provision of research-based programs.
The mission of our department is to:
- Create undergraduate curricula that are educationally
sound, and that build on the liberal arts basis of the
University of Georgia core curriculum.
- Build on the core curriculum, educate undergraduate students
in their professional area, and provide them with the base
of knowledge that will allow them well-qualified entry
into the work force.
- Educate graduate students to seek and assimilate research
knowledge in their professional area, and to conduct original,
meaningful research.
- Conduct research that has an impact in both basic and
applied areas of knowledge; ensure that the results of
this research are made known in an effective way to academia,
and to business and industry.
- Interact with business and industry to assist them in
solving problems; provide for the transfer of technology
and research results to outside users.
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