BA Fashion Design Innovation

Year 3

(Award available for year: Bachelor of Arts)

Learning outcomes

On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:
1. Understand and demonstrate coherent and detailed subject knowledge and professional competencies some of which will be informed by recent research/scholarship in fashion and textile design.
2. Engage critically with key theories, concepts and debates relevant to fashion and textile design.
3. Present comprehensive and sophisticated arguments about the role of fashion and textile design, as well as its impact on society and environment and influence on human behaviour.
4. Make appropriate use of scholarly reviews and primary sources in the field of fashion and textile design and related areas.
5. Understand and apply ethical practice in context of fashion and textile design.
6. Evaluate the appropriateness of different approaches to problem solving associated with fashion and textile design.
7. Demonstrate professional attributes and skills necessary for success in fashion and textile design: problem solving, autonomous working, conform to professional boundaries and norms where appropriate.

Transferable (key) skills

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:
1. Qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment related to the fashion and textile design: the ability to write concisely and effectively; to work collaboratively as part of a team; to respond imaginatively and flexibly to a brief; to access and utilise appropriate information; to problem solve; to communicate effectively in a variety of forms and to various audiences.
2. Skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility: organisational skills; self-motivation; working to a deadline; punctuality and attendance; awareness of ethics.

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:
1. Demonstrating the ability to apply a broad range of aspects of fashion and textile design.
2. Work that draws on a wide variety of material.
3. The ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion.
4. Demonstrating a broad knowledge base and ability to conduct independent and in-depth enquiry within fashion and textile design.