Fashion: Society, Culture, and Context

Learning Outcomes

Disciplinary Specific Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Demonstrate the ability to effectively apply research methods to a selected fashion subject area
• Critically discuss fashion and its connection to culture and society, both historically and within the present day

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Communicate and present ideas effectively to audiences across a range of formats

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Creatively problem solve ideas through observation and investigation

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Specialist roles, skills, processes and audiences relevant to your discipline

Indicative Content for this module will normally include:

Fashion analysis and theory

Political, economic, historical and social contextualisation of the fashion, lifestyle and luxury industries looking at ideation, production, dissemination and consumption

Sustainability and ethics

The development of effective and clear research questions

Application of appropriate research methodologies and use of effective sources for various forms of research

Harvard referencing and academic integrity

Teaching methods include:

Lectures

Seminars

Tutorials

Guest Lectures

Learning activities include:

Lectures

Seminars

Group discussion

Group learning activities

Presentations

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Coursework

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: You will experience formative feedback during the module in different learning situations, for example: tutorials and written feedback, contributing to the written summative feedback given at the end of the module.
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.