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Textile design includes printing textile design, weaving design, yarn dyed or plain dyed design, knit, and embroidery for the apparel and home fashion markets. Nowadays, CAD systems are helpful in both apparel and textile design. We consider three elements to be important in the students' education: knowledge of consumers, fabrication, and aesthetics such as design, color and decoration to create successful commercial garments. The major in textile and apparel design offers qualified students the opportunity to prepare for careers in the fabrics, fashion, home furnishing and related industries as a designer, colorist, stylist and studio directors, as well as free lance entrepreneurs, converters, or quality 226 2015-2016 Kyung Hee University Bulletin control representatives. Newly established in 2013, the major in Textile & Fashion Design provides practical education in textile design and fashion design areas. Textile Design students learn the basics of designing fabric including stripes, plaids, geometric, flowers, and other patterns, while exploring color and technique. To enhance textile design skills, several courses oriented toward surface printing design, hand painting, dye & dyeing, etc. will be offered. Also there are fashion-related courses such as the principle of fashion design, fashion studio dealing with clothing construction, fashion illustration, and draping. Since students will be able to further their design skills through a greater understanding of textile materials and use of the latest technology, they will obtain knowledge of physical and chemical properties of textiles through textile finishing, textile materials, apparel production processing, and quality control courses. Understanding textile materials will help students select proper textile materials for appropriate end use in their own designed clothing. In sensibility human engineering & clothing ergonomics courses, students enhance the ability of making suitable, sensible and comfortable clothing. In addition, this major deals with textile marketing and fashion merchandising. Students are strongly encouraged to research the market to use the database for creating a design tailored to the consumer's desire. Considering the global market environment, they learn how to conduct international business. Applications of the computer to the design of woven, printed textile and knitted fabric will be also taught, using the CAD program. CAD skills are used widely in the industry nowadays. Through our carefully designed program, students gain a strong foundation in textile & textile design, apparel manufacturing, and apparel management.