FTM at North Carolina State University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate FTM coursework.

• FTM 217The Textile Industryopens 25 courses (8 directly)
• FTM 282Marketing and Brand Management Fundamentals in Textiles and Apparelopens 9 courses (7 directly)
• FTM 219Fashion Product Analysisopens 5 courses (1 directly)
• FTM 315Fashion Product Designopens 4 courses (0.5 directly)
• FTM 220Principles of Retailing and Supply Chain Management in Textilesopens 3 courses (3 directly)
• FTM 380Management and Control of Textile and Apparel Systemsopens 3 courses (3 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate FTM work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 43 FTM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 8 more FTM courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on FTM, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in FTM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 7 courses deep, ending at FTM 415

  1. TT 105Introduction to Textile Technology
  2. FTM 217The Textile Industry
  3. FTM 219Fashion Product Analysis
  4. FTM 315Fashion Product Design
  5. FTM 317Computer-Aided-Design for Apparel
  6. FTM 318Fashion Development Processes
  7. FTM 415Fashion Product Development

• 5 courses deep, ending at FTM 387

  1. TT 105Introduction to Textile Technology
  2. FTM 217The Textile Industry
  3. FTM 282Marketing and Brand Management Fundamentals in Textiles and Apparel

• 4 courses deep, ending at FTM 320

  1. TT 105Introduction to Textile Technology
  2. FTM 217The Textile Industry
  3. FTM 220Principles of Retailing and Supply Chain Management in Textiles

• 4 courses deep, ending at FTM 431

  1. MA 131Calculus for Life and Management Sciences A
  2. TT 221Yarn Production and Properties I
  3. TT 252Formation and Structure of Textile Fabrics

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for FTM yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under FTM yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

FTM does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the NC State campus feed.