2022/23 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Sustainable Fashion

Total credits: 360

Entry requirements:

ABB or equivalent qualifications in accordance with the School’s admissions policy
English language according to University of Leeds admissions policy (IELTS 6.0 overall, with no less than 5.5 in any component.)

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

School of Design

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

School of Design

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

Art & Design

Programme specification:

Industry leaders and customers are responding to fast fashion, and sustainable fashion is rising and creating a whole new job market. With this increased demand, both high fashion and street brands are in need of designers and market strategists trained in sustainability.

The BA Sustainable Fashion will therefore provide graduates with a broad understanding of the complex sustainability issues the fashion and the textile industry currently faces and explores the future opportunities for a more sustainable approach for the sector. This is based on taking a systemic view of sustainability and fashion, where fashion is considered a cultural phenomena, as well as globalised industry providing employment for millions of workers. The importance of society, business, technology and consumer factors are used to create understanding of the interactions within the industry, and to propose solutions for a greener future.

Sustainability is explored from a theoretical and from a practical perspective, with real life industry case studies and cutting edge research from the University of Leeds used to illustrate the complexity of sustainability for fashion. With a diverse teaching team, consisting of researchers and experienced teaching fellows many of whom have many years of industrial experience, the programme aims to provide a multi-disciplinary view of sustainability and fashion that explores and unravels the multifaceted nature of the subject area.

To support this approach students will be encouraged to consider sustainability in terms of:
• the importance of creativity and innovation
• the dependency of fashion on globalisation
• the changing nature of consumption and consumer behaviour

The programme dissects sustainability by exploring real world challenges and by considering opportunities the improvement by using the triple bottom line (environment, society and economics) as a framework. Application of the framework requires an understanding of the full lifecycle of fashion products. This lifecycle approach is distributed through the 3 years of the programme and includes exploring sustainability by focussing on materials, production, distribution (retailing), consumer use and end of life, and is underpinned by the following themes:
• Design and product development processes
• Technology for textiles and products
• Principles of business and management

Graduates from this programme will be aware of the positive and negative sustainability impacts of the industry and will be have an understanding of the role they can play in shaping the sustainability of brands, retailers and wider industry during their career.

They will also develop knowledge of the dynamics of the fashion industry as it is today and be cognitive of the future directions for the industry. As there will be an emphasis on the role innovation can play in addressing some of the key challenges the industry faces in the future, they will have skills that set them apart from other graduates in this field.
Graduates will be equipped with the skills, knowledge and practical experience that will allow them to develop their career opportunities across a diverse range of fashion roles in sustainability, buying, product development, technology, and retail and supply chain management. There will also be career opportunities to work in areas such as corporate social responsibility, policy making and the supply chain. Alternatively graduates may wish to exploit the skills and knowledge developed through the programme to pursue research opportunities.

Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Candidates must study the compulsory modules listed below

Optional modules:

Candidates may study 0-20 credits from the following optional modules.

The School of Design is in the process of developing a new suite of optional modules that will be structured under 6 main themes.
Therefore, the optional modules listed are indicative only and what currently exists in the School of Design.

Alternatively, students may study Discovery modules

Discovery modules:

Students must study 120 credits in each year of their course. These should be split as evenly as possible across the two semesters.

Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Candidates must study the compulsory modules listed below

Optional modules:

Candidates may study 0-20 credits from the following optional modules.

The School of Design is in the process of developing a new suite of optional modules that will be structured under 6 main themes.
Therefore, the optional modules listed are indicative only and what currently exists in the School of Design.

Alternatively, students may study Discovery modules

Discovery modules:

Students must study 120 credits in each year of their course. These should be split as evenly as possible across the two semesters.

Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Candidates must study the compulsory modules listed below

Optional modules:

Candidates may study 0-20 credits from the following optional modules.

The School of Design is in the process of developing a new suite of optional modules that will be structured under 6 main themes.
Therefore, the optional modules listed are indicative only and what currently exists in the School of Design.

Alternatively, students may study Discovery modules

Discovery modules:

Students must study 120 credits in each year of their course. These should be split as evenly as possible across the two semesters.

Last updated: 08/02/2023 16:27:33

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