BA Fashion Design

Year 2

(Award available for year: Diploma of Higher Education)

Learning outcomes

On completion of the year students should have provided evidence of being able to:

demonstrate a broad understanding of concepts, information, practical competencies and techniques which are standard features of fashion design and design theory i.e.

-apply generic and fashion design specific intellectual qualities to standard situations outside the context in which they were originally studied;
-appreciate and employ the main methods of enquiry in fashion design and design theory and critically evaluate the appropriateness of different methods of enquiry;
-effectively communicate the results of their work through 2D visual presentation and creative writing;
-put to use a range of Adobe design software for the enhancement of 2D visual presentation;
-present a structured and coherent intellectual argument;
-demonstrate a professional ability to evaluate the appropriateness of different approaches to problem solving associated with the production of 2D and 3D fashion product;
-appreciate their strengths and weaknesses as learners;
-demonstrate an awareness of professional and disciplinary boundaries;
-operate industrial manufacturing machinery /equipment efficiently and safely;
-put to use efficient time management skills.

Transferable (key) skills

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:
- qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment related to the subject area(s) studied;
- skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility;
- decision making.

Assessment

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:
- demonstrating the ability to apply a broad range of aspects/competencies of the discipline/profession to complex, albeit standard, situations and simple, albeit novel or atypical, instances;
- work that is often descriptive in nature but drawing on a wide variety of material;
- demonstrating basic professional competencies relevant to the discipline;
- the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion.