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University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Textiles, Clothing and Design

College of Education and Human Sciences

MA-Textile History/Quilt Studies Option II

Select 18 hours minimum from the following, including TXCD 986 and TXCD 873 and/or TXCD 875 or TXCD 876:
TXCD 807 History of Costume (3 cr.) (Fall only)
TXCD 8081 History of Textiles (3 cr.) (Spring only)
*TXCD 809 Care & Conservation of Textile Collections (3 cr.) (Alt. years)
TXCD 810 Socio-Psycho Asp of Clothing (3 cr.) (Fall only)
*TXCD 817 Text. & Dress: Cult. Persp (3 cr.) (Alt. years)
*TXCD 8181 History of Quilts (3 cr.) (Summer only)
*TXCD 823 Adv Des in Multi Media (3-6 cr.) (Alt. years)
*TXCD 825 Advanced Fiber Art (3-6 cr.) (Alt. years)
TXCD 828 Textile Dyeing (3 cr.) (Alt. years)
*TXCD 8731 Design Perspectives & Issues (2 cr.) (Alt years, Fall)
TXCD 875 Research Methods
TXCD 876 Artifact Analysis (3 cr.) (Alt. years, Fall)
*TXCD 811 Textiles, Clothing & Design Prob (1-6 cr.)
TXCD 896 Independent Study (1-6 cr.)
TXCD 890 Workshop/Seminar (1-3 cr., max. 9 cr.)
Workshops led by UNL faculty and guest artists will examine a range of topics including dating of antique textiles, influences on quiltmaking practices and the quilt as a medium of artistic expression. TXCD 892 Professional Study Tour (1-6 cr.) (May only)
*TXCD 905 Advanced Problems (1-6 cr.)
*TXCD 978 Seminar in Textile History (1-3 cr.)
*TXCD 9861 Seminar in Textiles, Clothing & Design (1-2 cr.)
*TXCD 997 Internship

All Textile History/Quilt Studies programs must include 6 hours minimum of TXCD 996 research Other Than Thesis. Students typically conduct curatorial research for an exhibition of historic textiles or dress in a campus gallery or museum, or develop a body of creative work for exhibition in the Hillestad Textiles Gallery.

Select 9 hours minimum from History, Education or Teaching, Learning & Teacher Education (TEAC). Nine credits from one department are required. Suggested courses are listed below :
TEAC 800 Inquiry Into Teaching and Learning
TEAC 801 Curriculum Inquiry
TEAC 832 Higher Education in America
TEAC 840 Culture and Schooling
TEAC 848 Intro. to Curriculum Studies
TEAC 861 Education in a Pluralistic Society
TEAC 944A Curriculum as Aesthetic Text
TEAC 946 Instructional Improvement and Decision Making
*HIST 842 Antebellum America 1800-1850
*HIST 846 America in the Gilded Age
*HIST 847 Family History of the U.S.
*HIST 848 The Womens West
*HIST 849 Ideas in America to the Civil War
*HIST 850 Ideas in America Since the Civil War
EDAD 795 Strategic Planning
EDAD 907 Educational Politics and Policy
EDUC 900J Historic Methods in Educational Research
EDUC 900K Qualitative Approaches to Educational Research

Select 3 hours in consultation with major advisor (may be in major or minor area).

A minimum of 36 credit hours is required in the non-thesis, Option II Masters program.

*Denotes courses open exclusively to graduate students.
1Denotes required course for all TCD non-thesis, Option II programs.

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For more information contact:
Textiles, Clothing & Design
234 Home Economics Building
Lincoln NE 68583-0802
e-mail: cehsgrad@unl.edu
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http://cehs.unl.edu phone: (402) 472-5197