Curriculum

The curriculum ensures that you’ll learn to create a complete product line, and manage the entire home products development and design process. You’ll understand the connection between trends and the business of home products. You’ll acquire the computer skills and technical expertise required in the industry.

Coursework includes:

Product, materials and manufacturing
Lifestyle dynamics
Sourcing
Distribution
Target marketing
Branding
Licensing
Packaging
Home fragrance

Semester 5
HP 313 Home Products Hard Lines I
HP 315 Textile Apps.: Home Products
MG 306 Info. Systems: Case Analysis
EN 321 Business Writing
HA 345 History of Industrial Design

Semester 6
HP 314 Home Products Hard Lines II
HP 321 Licensing and Branding
PK 301 Home Products Pkg. Design
SS 342 Microeconomics

Semester 7
HP 421 Strategic Product Management
HP 491 Home Products Design and Dev.
SS 443 International Economics

Semester 8
P 492 Home Products Senior Project
IC 498 Senior Internship D: Career Planning
LPL 431 Philosophy: Ethics