Module overview
Aimed to support the journey towards becoming a confident and skilled fashion designer equipped with industry knowledge this module is supported by live design projects, interaction with practicing experts and market intelligence from our industry partners to mirror real world experiences. Through critical reflection, design development and experimentation, you will develop a keen awareness and discipline in fashion design practice, hone your ideas, techniques and confidence to prepare for your professional journey. Set projects immerse you in industry practices, providing valuable insights for future career planning or a Year in Employment.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Record and document learning achievements to reflect, motivate and self-monitor
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Make independent critical judgements in the selection and use of ideas, materials and techniques suitable to set industry set projects
- Use machines and equipment competently in the studio and workshops
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Demonstrate connections between purpose, practice, outcome, context and presentation
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- The professional standards, skills, principles and processes specific to your discipline
Syllabus
This module will provide you with in-depth knowledge and understanding of the current fashion industry and its practices and principles. This will be supported by lectures, presentations and sessions led by staff and visiting industry practitioners. You will engage with industry led projects and competitions to enable greater understanding of your chosen fashion design pathway.
We will expect you to independently select and engage with methods and techniques suited to the set industry projects, which will allow you to challenge your thinking and test your ideas in-depth. The aim of this module is to produce resolved pieces of work that are based on independent experimentation and informed by context, in readiness for Part 3.
You will assemble a portfolio of work that demonstrates your experimental yet focused process, which creatively address the aims and ambitions of the set industry projects. Students will produce a professional portfolio, fashion garments and supporting documentation for an intended market.
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Lectures and visual presentations
•Seminars and tutorial discussions
•Research workshops
•Design development workshops
•Garment pattern cutting workshops
•Garment construction workshops
•Digital technologies and processes
•One-to one tutorials
•Small group discussion and learning
•Formative self-evaluation
•Guided independent research
•Peer group learning
•Presentation
•Study skills hub
•Critical reviews
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Independent Study | 242 |
| Teaching | 58 |
| Total study time | 300 |
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Critical review
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: Feedback on project brief. You will experience formative feedback during the module in different learning situations, for example: tutorials, crits 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.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Portfolio | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Portfolio | 100% |
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.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Portfolio | 100% |