Fashion

If you have a real passion for fashion, this degree will give you the creative, technical, academic and professional skills needed to take the fashion world by storm.

Fashion is an ever-changing industry that needs professionals who can respond to its challenges. On our course, students develop their knowledge and skills in a broad range of subject areas, including the fundamentals of fashion business, creative design, communication and technical practices.  Placements, live projects and collaborations play a large part in the course, aiding our students to build their CV enough to gain employment after graduation.

You can personalise your studies with the option of choosing one of three pathways: Fashion and Textiles; Design and Technology; or Marketing and Communication. This will help you focus on a career, such as becoming a fashion designer, garment technician, fashion buyer, textile designer, content creator or brand marketing specialist

This Fashion degree brings together creative, technical, academic and professional skills needed to sustain a career in the fashion industry. 
To enhance your CV, You also have the option of choosing a one-year placement in industry (Sandwich).

• 100% Coursework (No exams)

• Small subject specific group sizes, ensuring you get enough contact hours with staff

• Well equipped workshops with industry standard kit

• Flexibility to negotiate modules to reflect your specialisms

• Collaborative working across the Creative Industries department within the University

• Expand your technical and creative skills to include digital fabric printing, laser cutting, wood, metal, ceramics, plaster and plastics

• Access to the unique Betty Smithers Design Collection

On successful completion of study, depending on your choice of specialist pathway, we will issue you with one of the following awards:

• BA (Hons) Fashion

• BA (Hons) Fashion (Design and Technology)

• BA (Hons) Fashion (Fashion and Textiles)

• BA (Hons) Fashion (Marketing and Communication)

Course Modules

Year One Core: Fundamentals of Fashion & Textiles, Fashion in Context, Creative Cultures: Making, Research & Reflection; Sustainability, Society and Impact

Year Two Core: Industry: Business and Practice, Fashion Futures, Collaborative Creative Industries Project
Year Two Optional: Art Trail; Colour + Surface: Print, Texture & Material Exploration; Creative Heritage; Digital Journeys: UX & UI Design; Experimental Formats; Experimental Music and Sound Art; Marketing, Branding and Cultural Production; Still Life Through the Lens; Surround Sound and Multichannel Audio; Visual Effects & Motion Graphics; Hybrid Production Methods

Year Three Core: Contextual and Critical Investigation; Professional Practice
Year Three Optional: Final Major Project of Fashion; Final Major Project of Fashion: Design and Technology; Final Major Project of Fashion: Fashion and Textiles; Final Major Project of Fashion: Marketing and Communication

You are assessed in this course by a range of different types of coursework and practical activities. The assessment task for each module will vary dependent upon its content but may include:

• A portfolio of completed artwork, professionally presented in the format required by the assignment, project or brief.

• Workbooks, sketchbooks etc., documenting the process of generating, developing and resolving thoughts/ideas, and demonstrating the influence of research on practical work.

• Research books, folders, dossiers, etc. documenting the gathering, sorting and presentation of research material.

• Technical Exercises demonstrating your skills and competencies using particular equipment and/or techniques.

• Written essays or reports, in which you are exploring the contextual or professional background to a specific project.

• An individual or group seminar presentation and/or the accompanying material which you have used to create the presentation.

• Pre-recorded video journals or presentations.

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• Textile Institute