Module overview
To ‘run in tandem’ with your Final Major Project this module encourages a ‘deep dive’ analysis into the unique characteristics of your final project, alongside a critical and contextually informed communication package that captivates and engages your intended audience. Guided by leading professionals in fashion theory and fashion communications you are encouraged to orchestrate a carefully structured narrative in your choice of medium such as portfolio, film, look book and social media to name but a few. Your output will be supported by a written analysis.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Demonstrate ability to resolve conceptual and technological and process challenges through the development a portfolio and presentation for professional purposes.
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Apply appropriate rules and conventions in academic writing.
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- How your practice relates to the professional and global context of your discipline
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Apply reflection and critically evaluate to formulate your ideas and thinking from extensive research and investigation
Syllabus
Indicative content for this module normally includes:
Developed in conjunction with and in support of your Final Major Project this module asks you to reflect upon the signature elements of the project and how these reference bigger ideas such as Fashion’s connection to history, society, politics, technological change, injustice, the future, race, gender, sexuality… You will consider the context in which you are practicing and articulate what your project is ‘saying’, to ‘whom’ and ‘why’ in a written analysis and professionally presented portfolio. Your portfolio may reflect interdisciplinarity, i.e. the interplay of fashion film, art based fashion, fashion graphics and so forth, depending on the nature of the audience you are focusing upon.
Although the work undertaken in this module may resemble work produced in previous years, the quality, level of finish, contextual awareness and purpose will be markedly higher and showcased to a professional audience.
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Teaching and learning methods include:
• Project brief writing
• Lectures and visual presentations
•Seminars and tutorial discussions
•Digital presentation support
•Creative portfolio support
•Contextual support
•One-to one tutorials
•Small group discussion and learning
•Formative self-evaluation
•Guided independent research
•Peer group learning
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Independent Study | 252 |
| Teaching | 48 |
| 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% |