Related Courses

While the collection is primarily used for courses in the Textiles, Merchandising, and Interiors department, we welcome students and teachers from courses within any department.

  • History of Dress and Fashion: Nineteenth Century to the Present

    • Course ID: TXMI 4290/6290. 3 hours.
    • Course Description: Interrelationship of costume and social, cultural, political, and economic environments from the nineteenth century to present day.
    • Athena Title: Hist Dress Fash 19C to Pres
    • Duplicate Credit: Not open to students with credit in TXMI 4290E
    • Undergraduate Pre or Corequisite: TXMI 3210 or TXMI 3210E
    • Graduate Pre or Corequisite: TXMI 3210 or TXMI 3210E or permission of department
    • Course Offered: Offered fall and spring semester every year; taught online in the summer
    • Grading System: A-F (Traditional)

  • Pop Culture and Fashion

    • Course ID: TXMI 3230. 3 hours.
    • Course Description: The interrelationship of Pop Culture and Fashion Merchandising considering media, technology and social media, significant designs and designers, social movements and subculture, and the fashion cycle.
    • Athena Title: Pop Culture and Fashio
    • Undergraduate Pre or Corequisite: N/A
    • Graduate Pre or Corequisite: N/A
    • Course Offered: Offered fall and spring semester every year
    • Grading System: A-F (Traditional)

  • CURO Research Award

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    The CURO Research Award (formerly known as the CURO Research Assistantship) supports experiential learning opportunities that only a major research university can provide. Each year, as part of an initiative to enhance the UGA learning environment, the CURO Research Award provides 500 scholarships of $1,000 each to outstanding undergraduate students across campus to actively participate in faculty-mentored research. Students selected for this award have the opportunity to assist faculty in the Historic Clothing and Textiles Collection.

  • Fashion in the Museum

    • Course ID: FYOS 1001 1 hour
    • Course Description: Fashion in the museum is a vibrant exploration of the design exhibits that capture our attention, represent our lives, and inspire our creative passions, as well as the archives that document our cultures, innovations, and artistic pursuits. This class is an introduction to ideas concerning administration, curatorial, collections management, technology, and education & outreach of historic clothing and textiles in collections. The class will learn about the 3500 object UGA Historic Clothing and Textiles Collection (HCTC) that is housed in the Special Collections Library, with hands-on engagement with garments, as well as a tour of the UGA vault! We will also explore other UGA archives that have clothing and textiles, and visit the Georgia Museum of Art where HCTC objects are on display. Students will learn about clothing and textiles collections throughout the United States and abroad and explore research opportunities and methods, degrees, certificates, and professions in museums, archives, and galleries.
    • Athena Title: First-Year Odyssey Seminar: Fashion in Museums
    • Undergraduate Pre of Corequisite: N/A
    • Course Offered: Offered fall semester every year.
    • Grading System: A-F (Traditional)

  • Museum Introduction in Clothing and Textiles

    • Course ID: TXMI 5850/7850. 3 hours.
    • Course Description: Learn about and explore issues concerning preservation, accession/de-accession, databases, and display of historic clothing and textiles in museums and galleries. Introduction to collection management, exhibitions, educational use, funding, and publicity. The class will do research in the Historic Clothing and Textiles collection that is housed in the Special Collections Library.
    • Athena Title: Museum Intro Clothing and Text
    • Undergraduate Pre or Corequisite: N/A
    • Graduate Pre or Corequisite: N/A
    • Course Offered: Not offered on a regular basis.
    • Grading System: A-F (Traditional)
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