Fashion Design BA(Hons)

In Design and Realisation you will develop a portfolio of work which explores design concepts, visual media, shape, proportion, colour and fabric selection, supported by two-dimensional and three-dimensional construction processes, to create unique fashion clothing.

This module is designed to build your core knowledge in textile materials and processes used in a wide range of both bespoke and industrial applications. You will have the opportunity to explore how materials for the fashion, costume and textile industries continually evolve through technological developments and innovation.

This module will develop your basic understanding of marketing and the connections to, and association with fashion design. This module will instil foundation knowledge and the skills necessary to understand and examine the marketing aspects of the fashion industry. It will provide an exploration of the commercial relationship between fashion companies and consumers, placing them in context of the environmental issues relevant to the marketing strategies employed by companies. This will equip you with the core marketing skills necessary to appreciate the significance and assess the effectiveness of marketing tools applied within the fashion sector.

This module will develop your basic understanding of digital technology and its connections to and association with fashion design. This module will introduce the terms and processes involved in the production of garments in the sample room and factory environment. It will introduce pattern design software and provide a context for the language, application and equipment used in the digital manufacture and production of garments.

This module introduces the theory underpinning how textiles and its associated industries are responding to sustainability targets and concerns. Students will develop knowledge, understanding and critical thinking whilst exploring key principles of sustainability such as environmental and social impact, sustainable practices related to manufacturing, recycling/reuse of materials, and circular business models.

The module is designed for students who have the minimum level of English language skills for them to have been accepted onto a university course and who may lack the initiative to ask for help when needed. In this module students are provided with the opportunity to develop higher levels of confidence in their production of spoken and written academic English. In addition, students will consolidate and refine their understanding of syntax and grammatical structures. As the module runs alongside their university studies, there is an emphasis on and an incentive to use skills that complement work done in the main area of study and which will be of use in and beyond an academic context. The use of regular AM/AI-proof tasks will ensure students develop an understanding of their own learning and the role they themselves play in developing their knowledge and skills. The module contributes to the attainment of skills and knowledge relevant to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) normally level B2- to B2.

The module provides students who have a level of English language skills sufficiently advanced for them to have been accepted onto a University course with the opportunity to improve further their skills in that language, with particular reference to improvements in the accuracy, clarity and fluency of their oral and written work. In addition to this, students will refine and develop their knowledge of academic study skills. As the module runs alongside their university studies, there is an emphasis on and an incentive to use skills that complement work done in the main area of study and which will be of use in and beyond an academic context. The use of regular AM/AI-proof tasks will ensure students develop an understanding of their own learning and the role they themselves play in developing their knowledge and skills. The module contributes to the attainment of skills and knowledge relevant to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) normally level B2 to B2+.

The module is designed for students who already have a good level of competence in spoken and written English and will support them to further enhance their language and academic skills. Students will refine and develop higher level thinking skills such as critical analysis, problem-solving, synthesis, inference and metacognition. Advanced oral role-plays, group discussions and debates will serve to improve spontaneity and sophistication of expression, whilst written activities will build greater fluency in the use of linguistic structures. They will work with extended academic texts and understand such academic skills as synthesising sources, literature reviews, methodologies, paraphrasing and a range of accurate citation skills. As the module runs alongside their university studies, there is an emphasis on and an incentive to use skills that complement work done in the main area of study and which will be of use in and beyond an academic context. The use of regular AM/AI-proof tasks will ensure students develop an understanding of their own learning and the role they themselves play in developing their knowledge and skills. The module contributes to the attainment of skills appropriate to the B2+ to C1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for Languages.

Throughout this module you will expand on previously acquired pattern cutting skills and gain an introduction to creative cutting techniques. Through studio-based workshops, you will attain an understanding of how three-dimensional stand-work can inform fashion design through the process of experimental garment construction work on the stand. The module content is made up of two distinct elements - design and manufacture; however, these elements are assessed holistically as one, cohesive body of work.

This module builds on knowledge and skills obtained at Foundation level and will develop your ability to understand and engage critically with a range of visual, oral and written contexts informing textiles and fashion, progressing towards increasingly independent learning. You will research, appraise and analyse cultural debates and critical conventions, and use these selectively to define and evaluate your own work within wider contexts. This module aims to specifically generate a multifaceted understanding and appreciation of the historical, theoretical, socio-political, economic, ethical and environmental dimensions of the textile & fashion disciplines. The module encourages debate surrounding sustainability, ethics and resources, alongside appropriate primary methods of research and investigation. Lectures, seminars, and collaborative workshops will explore a relevant range of visual and cultural theories that stimulate discussion, develop your capacity for independent enquiry, creative concept development and to enable you to identify and assess implications for your own practice. You will demonstrate your knowledge and understanding though academic and reflective responses chosen from a variety of critical writing styles that will prepare you for honours level study.

This intermediate module will further develop your theoretical and practical knowledge and understanding of research, planning, informed development, and application of skills to projects that focus on fashion marketing and contextualised within the global fashion environment. Building on your foundation knowledge and maintaining a clear focus on practical aspects of your Fashion Design with Marketing specialism, you will work within the context of global fashion consumers, manufacturers and retailers, and other collaborative organisations and individuals in the industry.

This module will develop your understanding of the practice and application of specialist fashion production techniques and processes. It will develop your skills in the gathering, analysis and application of production data. Fashion garment production will be realised through the use of specialist pattern design software (PDS) and related digital technology. The module will provide you with the skills to research, collate and develop a variety of garment data for written reports and PDS programmes. Maintaining a clear focus on the practical aspects of fashion production processes, you will develop your knowledge and understanding of research informed analysis and planning, furthering your practical and technical skills to present and communicate data to an intermediate level, in expected industry-standard formats.

The module is designed for students who have the minimum level of English language skills for them to have been accepted onto a university course and who may lack the initiative to ask for help when needed. In this module students are provided with the opportunity to develop higher levels of confidence in their production of spoken and written academic English. In addition, students will consolidate and refine their understanding of syntax and grammatical structures. As the module runs alongside their university studies, there is an emphasis on and an incentive to use skills that complement work done in the main area of study and which will be of use in and beyond an academic context. The use of regular AM/AI-proof tasks will ensure students develop an understanding of their own learning and the role they themselves play in developing their knowledge and skills. The module contributes to the attainment of skills and knowledge relevant to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) normally level B2- to B2.

The module provides students who have a level of English language skills sufficiently advanced for them to have been accepted onto a University course with the opportunity to improve further their skills in that language, with particular reference to improvements in the accuracy, clarity and fluency of their oral and written work. In addition to this, students will refine and develop their knowledge of academic study skills. As the module runs alongside their university studies, there is an emphasis on and an incentive to use skills that complement work done in the main area of study and which will be of use in and beyond an academic context. The use of regular AM/AI-proof tasks will ensure students develop an understanding of their own learning and the role they themselves play in developing their knowledge and skills. The module contributes to the attainment of skills and knowledge relevant to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) normally level B2 to B2+.

The module is designed for students who already have a good level of competence in spoken and written English and will support them to further enhance their language and academic skills. Students will refine and develop higher level thinking skills such as critical analysis, problem-solving, synthesis, inference and metacognition. Advanced oral role-plays, group discussions and debates will serve to improve spontaneity and sophistication of expression, whilst written activities will build greater fluency in the use of linguistic structures. They will work with extended academic texts and understand such academic skills as synthesising sources, literature reviews, methodologies, paraphrasing and a range of accurate citation skills. As the module runs alongside their university studies, there is an emphasis on and an incentive to use skills that complement work done in the main area of study and which will be of use in and beyond an academic context. The use of regular AM/AI-proof tasks will ensure students develop an understanding of their own learning and the role they themselves play in developing their knowledge and skills. The module contributes to the attainment of skills appropriate to the B2+ to C1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for Languages.

You will channel your creative and intellectual skills to realise innovative, original and highly professional proposition(s) appropriate to your specialism. You may decide to work in a collaboratively and/or interdisciplinarily, with other students, or with industry. Your finalised artefacts will act as a group of coherent summative statements.

This module presents an in-depth theoretical and practice-based market analysis and branding strategy into your Fashion Design with Marketing specialism. The process of reflection, research and critical analysis is vital to the module, as this will help you to identify connections between concept, method, and realisation. The module is intended to be a critical and diagnostic tool with which to examine your work and has been specifically designed to unfold throughout the final year, reflecting theoretical, technical and professional issues appropriate to your practice. Throughout this module, you will demonstrate an Honours level of knowledge and understanding of your specialism through self-identified research methodologies and critical analysis to innovate your concepts into professionally realised solutions.

This module presents an in-depth theoretical and practice-based approach to your Fashion Design with Digital Technology specialism. The process of reflection, research and critical analysis is vital to the module, as this will help you to identify connections between concept, method, and realisation. The module is intended to be a critical and diagnostic tool with which to examine your work and has been specifically designed to unfold throughout the final year, reflecting theoretical, technical and professional issues appropriate to your practice. Throughout this module, you will demonstrate an Honours level of knowledge and understanding of your specialism through self-identified research methodologies and critical analysis to innovate your concepts into professionally realised solutions.

You will be provided with the opportunity to develop higher levels of confidence in your production of spoken and written academic English. In addition, you will consolidate and refine your understanding of syntax and grammatical structures. As the module runs alongside your university studies, there is an emphasis on and an incentive to use skills that complement work done in the main area of study and which will be of use in and beyond an academic context. The use of regular AM/AI-proof tasks will ensure you develop an understanding of your own learning and the role you can play in developing your knowledge and skills. The module contributes to the attainment of skills and knowledge relevant to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) normally level B2- to B2.

The module provides students who have a level of English language skills sufficiently advanced for them to have been accepted onto a University course with the opportunity to improve further their skills in that language, with particular reference to improvements in the accuracy, clarity and fluency of their oral and written work. In addition to this, students will refine and develop their knowledge of academic study skills. As the module runs alongside their university studies, there is an emphasis on and an incentive to use skills that complement work done in the main area of study and which will be of use in and beyond an academic context. The use of regular AM/AI-proof tasks will ensure students develop an understanding of their own learning and the role they themselves play in developing their knowledge and skills. The module contributes to the attainment of skills and knowledge relevant to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) normally level B2 to B2+.

The module is designed for students who already have a good level of competence in spoken and written English and will support them to further enhance their language and academic skills. Students will refine and develop higher level thinking skills such as critical analysis, problem-solving, synthesis, inference and metacognition. Advanced oral role-plays, group discussions and debates will serve to improve spontaneity and sophistication of expression, whilst written activities will build greater fluency in the use of linguistic structures. They will work with extended academic texts and understand such academic skills as synthesising sources, literature reviews, methodologies, paraphrasing and a range of accurate citation skills. As the module runs alongside their university studies, there is an emphasis on and an incentive to use skills that complement work done in the main area of study and which will be of use in and beyond an academic context. The use of regular AM/AI-proof tasks will ensure students develop an understanding of their own learning and the role they themselves play in developing their knowledge and skills. The module contributes to the attainment of skills appropriate to the B2+ to C1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for Languages.