Module Code:

GR1001 (L4)

Credit Value:

20 UK CREDITS / 10 ECTS

Module Aims:

• To introduce students to key theories of aesthetics in relation to visual arts.
• To enable students engage with contemporary work in philosophical aesthetics and develop their own ideas and responses to it.
• To enhance students’ understanding of the aesthetic and commercial value of different visual compositions.
• To develop students’ abilities to improve their own aesthetics and visual compositions —e.g. by making good use of feedback.

Module Code:

FS1005 (L4)

Credit Value:

20 UK CREDITS / 10 ECTS

Module Aims:

• To provide students with a broad understanding of a range of processes and approaches as a means of developing content in fashion design
• To equip students with practical skills and experience in using a range of methods for identifying and recording source material and visualizing/communicating ideas
• To encourage students to start actively engaging in critical debates with their peers
• To equip students with basic skills appropriate to practices in fashion

Module Code:

EF1498 (L4)

Credit Value:

20 UK CREDITS / 10 ECTS

Module Aims:

• Introduce students to basic academic writing skills and conventions
• Enable students to structure an academic essay
• Enable students to construct simple, cogent arguments in academic writing
• Increase learner autonomy as researchers
• Enhance academic presentation skills

Module Code:

FA1XXX (L4)

Credit Value:

20 UK CREDITS / 10 ECTS

Module Aims:

• To introduce students to basic drawing principles applicable to illustration.
• To help students develop a range of drawing skills relevant to illustration.
• To provide students with opportunities for problem-solving, creativity and experimentation in illustrative drawing.
• To prepare students for diverse illustration contexts and specialisms.e) To help students develop visual communication skills for illustration projects.

Module Code:

GR1002 (L4)

Credit Value:

20 UK CREDITS / 10 ECTS

Module Aims:

• To introduce students to the history and evolution of visual media technologies.
• To provide students with a broad understanding of the principles and technologies used in visual media production.
• To introduce students to the basic principles of photography
• To equip students with practical skills and experience in using various software and hardware tools commonly used in photography and visual media production.
• To encourage students to start thinking critically about the ethical and social implications of visual media technologies.

Module Code:

FS1102 (L4)

Credit Value:

20 UK CREDITS / 10 ECTS

Module Aims:

• To challenge illustrative preconceptions and develop drawing confidence.
• To begin to utilise and develop a basic understanding of the principles of fashion illustration as a means of communication.
• To build a creative portfolio of work.

Module Code:

FQ1001 (L4)

Credit Value:

20 UK CREDITS / 10 ECTS

Module Aims:

• To place the study of Fashion within the contexts of Art, Design and Wider Culture.
• To introduce students to the various approaches, sources and methods used by design historians.
• To develop research, analytical and academic skills to underpin the study of fashion.

Module Code:

FS1001 (L4)

Credit Value:

40 UK CREDITS / 20 ECTS

Module Aims:

• Encourage students to develop a contemporary perspective and understanding within Fashion
• Introduce the role of research in Fashion as an aid to creative thinking.- Introduce technological skills linked to Fashion Design.

Module Code:

FS1002 (L4)

Credit Value:

40 UK CREDITS / 20 ECTS

Module Aims:

• Develop skills in understanding and applying trend, colour and design planning and implementation.
• Introduce the idea of innovation and a creative entrepreneurial spirit.
• Develop design within an intended target market.

Module Code:

FS2105 (L5)

Credit Value:

20 UK CREDITS / 10 ECTS

Module Aims:

• To build confidence and knowledge enabling students to professionally approach the development, pattern cutting and manufacture within the specialism of the outerwear sector.
• To develop appropriate skills and design confidence within a major sector of the industry.

Module Code:

FP2103 (L5)

Credit Value:

20 UK CREDITS / 10 ECTS

Module Aims:

• To expose the student to range of guest speakers from industry as well as graduates who will offer insight and knowledge on the career progression within the Fashion and Lifestyle arena.
• To respond to industry requirements with a range of written and visual solutions.
• To prepare students for industry experience considering a range of transferable, specific skills and employability skills.
• To highlight industry requirements and to target these within self-promotion.

Module Code:

FS2004 (L5)

Credit Value:

60 UK CREDITS / 30 ECTS

Module Aims:

• To allow the students to make informed choices when considering progression onto fashion disciplines via specifically written briefs.
• To produce a portfolio of work which will allow the students to evidence certain skill sets which will be essential for employability within the fashion industry.
• Build confidence in knowledge and skills along with a professional approach to the management of time and resources.

Module Code:

FQ2001 (L5)

Credit Value:

20 UK CREDITS / 10 ECTS

Module Aims:

• To examine the construction and communication of identity through dress and style within the context of 20th – 21st Century historical, social and cultural change.
• To explore style and communication within the context of visual culture.
• To introduce students to a number of theoretical and critical approaches in the study of fashion and communication.
• To develop research, analytical, and academic writing skills to underpin the study of fashion and style.

Module Code:

FS3002 (L6)

Credit Value:

20 UK CREDITS / 10 ECTS

Module Aims:

• Start the preparatory grounding for producing a well-researched final collection of innovative fashion garments.
• Underpin the designing process in preparation for manufacturing of a final collection aimed at a specific, personally identified area of the fashion industry linked to the chosen pathway.

Module Code:

FQ3001 (L6)

Credit Value:

20 UK CREDITS / 10 ECTS

Module Aims:

• Place the study of fashion and textiles within the contexts of Art, Design and Wider Culture.
• Enable students to understand the value of research and critical inquiry in the development of creative practice and the fashion industry.
• Consolidate research, analytical and academic writing skills to underpin the study of fashion and textiles.
• Identify a future design issue based on the knowledge and understanding of historical and contemporary contexts of fashion and textiles.

Module Code:

FS3009 (L6)

Credit Value:

20 UK CREDITS / 10 ECTS

Module Aims:

• Enhance or provide an alternative route to traditional pattern cutting skills by developing an experimental and more individual approach in preparation for their final collection.
• Develop personalised 3D outcomes through experimental methods increasing the output for innovation and cutting-edge design.

Module Code:

FS3008 (L6)

Credit Value:

60 UK CREDITS / 30 ECTS

Module Aims:

• Develop creative outcomes in line with the specific requirements dictated by detailed briefs outlining the conceptual or commercial fashion disciplines, building on selected disciplines identified in Year 3.
• Produce conceptual fashion collection or a commercial portfolio and showroom based on commercial fashion disciplines and identify business opportunities.
• Research into all areas relevant to the development of a collection and or portfolio specific to the intended discipline.E339