Course General Description

Shoes, clothing, bags, bedding, scarves….what clothing, accessories, soft goods do you dream of making? UW-Stout’s Bachelor of Science in Apparel Design and Development will provide you with the necessary skills and knowledge to bring clothing and accessories to life in the global apparel industry. Whether you want to work with garments in your local community or produce on an international scale, we will provide you with lifelong skills to adapt to the ever-changing apparel industry. Our faculty, some of the nation’s best apparel professionals, will help you define your individual career path. You will choose a minor to customize an educational plan that is appropriate for your personal goals. Hands-on, critical thinking experiences centered around current and future apparel and societal issues round out your education in our state-of-the-art facilities. Come build your dreams in our garment innovation center, garment and fabric quality and testing lab, and computer-aided design and manufacturing lab, and knitting and production laboratories.

School General Description

At UW-Stout, we foster a culture where students gain invaluable skills and knowledge. With 3 times as many labs as lecture halls, our students are immersed in industry-relevant, hands-on learning. This is partially in thanks to our tremendous industry partnerships with nationally recognized companies like Target, Thomson Reuters, Sony, and 3M. But it's not just students who benefit here — for every dollar invested in UW-Stout, taxpayers receive $3.50 in economic contributions. An impact study commissioned in 2016 found that as a whole, our university contributes $271.8 million per year to the regional economy.