📖Program Curriculum
Year 1
Core Modules
Credits
Visual Narratives 1: Stock and Page
20.00
This module encourages the exploration and development of outcomes that demonstrates visual narratives can be meaningfully realised. In responding to specifically themed guided projects you’ll develop distinctive visual language to communicate your concept effectively.
Fashion Styling
20.00
This module will introduce you to the role of a Fashion Stylist in Fashion Promotion and Communication including the study of the visual language and trends within contemporary fashion. Through a series of workshops masterclasses and seminars you’ll work across different platforms.
Contextual Studies (Fashion)
20.00
In this module you’ll be introduced to a range of theories contexts and cultural themes associated with fashion clothing textiles and costume design. You’ll develop academic and theoretical approaches towards the history of fashion clothing textiles and costume design and the contemporary fashion textiles and costume design for film.
Marketing Strategies
20.00
This module explores fashion marketing and branding theories business models and practices undertaken in the global fashion industry. Introducing the essentials of fashion marketing theory and consumer behaviour you’ll gain an understanding of how to launch and sustain a fashion brand through effective marketing.
Digital Art Direction and Film
20.00
This module will introduce you to art direction for fashion film through a series of workshops masterclasses and seminars. This will enable you to develop relevant skills knowledge and awareness of media channels to gain confidence in presenting moving visual outputs. The module will allow you the opportunity to explore different modes of expres...
Opportunity Modules
You must choose 2 x 10 credit Level 4 Opportunity modules from the Opportunity module catalogue.
Year 2
Core Modules
Credits
Contextual Studies 2: Research Strategies
20.00
The Research Strategies module is designed to introduce you to preparing and planning for your practice-based report in Level 6. Through a series of thematic lectures and seminars the module provides a framework for you to understand and explore cultural knowledge concepts in fashion textiles costume design and the broader field of art and desi...
Photography for Design: Editorial
20.00
Through targeted research and critical analyse you’ll identify approaches and responses appropriate to specific audience demographics and platform making informed choices about how your work is realised. This module will develop a range of new skills that would be appropriate within a design-based commercial context.
Collaboration
20.00
In this module you’ll be given the opportunity to respond to the real challenges faced in the fashion industry. You’ll build on and enhance skills in fashion market identification skills fashion marketing strategies developing entrepreneurial skills and a collaborative practice. The module will take the form of a company collaboration.
Industry Brief
20.00
The industry brief will provide a framework which introduces you to the wider macro and micro factors which influence product development and ways of working within their sector. This will provide you with an opportunity to extend their knowledge and awareness of the complexity of factors such as ethics and sustainability regulations politics and ...
Digital Fashion
20.00
This module provides the opportunity for you to delve deeper into your creative practices by researching and creatively experimenting with future possibilities in the fashion industry. You’ll explore the digitalisation of fashion and how these techniques can act as strategies for innovative promotion and communication.
Opportunity Modules
You must choose 2 x 10 credit Level 5 Opportunity modules.
Year 3
Core Modules
Credits
Research and Development
20.00
The aim of this module is for you to complete a proposal for your final major project evidencing how it will be developed in response to substantial research on the sector and reflection on your previous practical outcomes.
Creative and Professional Development
20.00
In this you’ll develop in-depth knowledge of your chosen field of practice which will support the critical appraisal process and inform the social and professional context for your work. You’ll also begin to develop self-promotional material and your understanding of key aspects relevant to business.
Professional Practice
20.00
This module will enhance your understanding and appreciation of the roles relationships and responsibilities that can play a major part in progressing and sustaining your professional practice. You’ll be encouraged to undertake commissions and other work-related learning opportunities such as engaging with industry briefs.
Contextual Report on Practice
20.00
Through workshops seminars and one-to-one supervision tutorials this module provides learners with the support required for writing their contextual report on practice. This self-directed theoretical/critical and evaluative piece of written work consists of a detailed account of the critical references surrounding your final major project.
Final Major Project
40.00
