Module overview
The Company is a cross-programme, collaborative and student-led initiative that celebrates creativity, inclusivity, diversity and community in live, real-world scenarios and which demonstrate relationships informed by expertise within and beyond the university.
This module requires you to promote and document your individual practice whilst collaborating with your peers and industry professionals as you work together to curate a collective body of work in the context of a public-access exhibition and showcase.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- formulate for the Final Project a project outline that demonstrates originality in techniques and research methods
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- how to evaluate and select appropriate methods in formulating an ethically rigorous project design that advances current ideas and debates related to fashion design
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- engage with inclusive, ethical and sustainability practices in designing a project that advances your professional development
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- evidence your ability to develop creative methodologies relevant to the market in collaborative projects
Syllabus
This collaborative module will challenge you to use your intellect and imagination in addressing professional working relationships as you work towards a collective showcase.
You will develop and reflect upon your research and knowledge as you adapt your ideas into a fully realised environment, thereby demonstrating employability skills that can be transferred into situations beyond study, for example, entrepreneurship to leadership, styling to photography.
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Teaching Methods include:
- Tutor briefings
- Presentations
- Group and one-to-one tutorials
- Critical Reviews/Formative Feedback
- Introduction to professional and academic research skills
- Design and technical workshops
- Input from visiting lecturers/industry guest speakers
Learning Activities include:
- Independent learning, including reflection on verbal and/or written feedback
- Independent research and investigation
- Fabric and materials research
- Workshop-based learning
- Digital and studio practice
- Peer-group learning
- Class discussions
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Independent Study | 126 |
| Teaching | 24 |
| Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
Fashion Design. 1. The Student Hub for advice and support 24/7 General Resource Description: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/studentservices/index.page 2. I-Solutions for digital support General Resource Description: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/isolutions/students/index.page 3. JISC Digital Capabilities General Resource Description: https://sotonac.sharepoint.com/teams/BuildingDigitalCapabilities/SitePages/Student-Help-Guide.aspx 4. Blackboard Ultra General Resource Description: https://sotonac.sharepoint.com/teams/BlackboardUltra/SitePages/About-Blackboard-Ultra.aspx Module announcements, assessment material, weekly resources, relevant reading lists and to specific projects will be listed on the project brief/s and available on blackboard. Additional resources will be signposted on Blackboard 5. Virtual Learning Environment and VPN General Resource Description: https://sotonac.sharepoint.com/teams/IT/SitePages/Services/SouthamptonVirtualEnvironment.aspx https://knowledgenow.soton.ac.uk/Articles/KB0011610 6. Library General Resource Description: https://library.soton.ac.uk/homepage 7. The Academic Skills Library page for study skills support: General Resource Description: http://library.soton.ac.uk/sash 8. LinkedIn Learning General Resource Description: https://sotonac.sharepoint.com/teams/LinkedInLearningatSouthampton 9. Digital Learning resource for students to access digital support General Resource Description: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/digital-learning/index.page 10. Academic Integrity issues: General Resource Description: http://library.soton.ac.uk/sash/what-is-academic-integrity 11. Harvard citing and referencing systems, including cite-them-right online resource: General Resource Description: http://library.soton.ac.uk/sash/referencing
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: Critical Reviews are intended to support your project development and provide written feedback before your final submission of this module. All feedback is intended to support you and to allow you to critically reflect on your own work and that of your peers. No marks are awarded for formative feedback.
- Final Assessment:
- Group Work: Yes
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Illustrated Interim Exhibition Project Report | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Illustrated Interim Exhibition Project Report | 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 |
|---|---|
| Illustrated Interim Exhibition Project Report | 100% |