Critical Thinking and Writing for Fashion 1

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• develop ideas by applying thinking and concepts informed by an art, design and culture context relevant to your practice and discipline
• generate ideas through enquiry, analysis and critical reflection

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• study independently and produce work to set deadlines
• gather and organise information to inform the development of your written work
• communicate ideas effectively in writing
• effectively use specialist resources including digital
• understand and utilise appropriate academic referencing

Knowledge and Understanding

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

• fashion design practices, concepts and debates informed by professional, cultural and technological innovations evolving in this field
• contemporary and historical contexts and their influence on the practice and theory of fashion design

Formative

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

Essay proposal

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: Formative feedback is given during the module on the essay proposal, which can be verbal or written, 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.