Home Products Development
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
JAY AND PATTY BAKER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY
Designed for and by the growing home products industry, the program explores the materials, manufacturing, marketing, and merchandising of home markets: home textiles, home furnishings, and housewares. In a flipped classroom environment, working individually and in teams, you’ll learn about the structure of the home industry, products, categories, sourcing and supply chain, target marketing, branding, licensing, and more. You’ll connect with the industry through internships, mentoring, shadowing programs, industry-sponsored workshops, trade shows, and showroom visits.
COURSES INCLUDE
Manufacturing and Marketing of Home Products Hard Lines, Textile Applications: Home Products, Strategic Product Management, Home Products Brand Management, America at Home: Product Styles from 1900 to Contemporary, Home Products Analytical Strategies
STUDY ABROAD OPPORTUNITIES
Summer programs in England and France
TYPICAL INTERNSHIPS
Lifetime Brands, Robinson Home, J. Queen, S. Lichtenberg, Town & Country Living, Thro by Mario Lorenz, Himatsingka America, WGSN, Iconix Brand Group, West Elm, Design Within Reach, Chilewich, Macy’s, Anthropologie, The Inside, Georg Jensen
CAREER OUTCOMES
Graduates work in product development, product management, trend forecasting, merchandising, showroom management, sales, and design. Other areas of opportunity include styling, media management, e-commerce, and trade shows.
Students with an AAS degree in Fashion Business Management, Production Management: Fashion and Related Industries, or Textile Development and Marketing may apply to this BS program. Students with other AAS degrees require additional coursework. Learn more about 2+2