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Manchester Metropolitan University

Bachelor Degree , Fashion Design

Course Description

The BA (Hons) Fashion Design and Technology Womenswear course will encourage you to challenge convention through research driven design projects, manual and digital pattern making, technical specification, innovative material and manufacturing technologies and traditional and contemporary fashion communication tools. These creative studies will be underpinned with units in fashion business and fashion cultures. The combination of cultural and business awareness alongside creative and technical capabilities will enable you to locate your own skills and ambition firmly within the fashion industry.

The course offers three pathways in Womenswear, Menswear and Sportswear. The flexible pathway structure will allow you to work in a studio environment amongst other students and experiment across specialisms initially. You will gain a broad overview of the fashion industry before defining your individual design identity and narrowing your practice towards a Womenswear specialism.

Our exceptional links with the fashion industry will provide you with the opportunity to be involved in live industry projects, guest lectures, competitions, showcasing your work externally, work placements and optional study trips. As part of the course, students have previously been to Paris, Amsterdam, India, China and Berlin

We also offer a full-time, four-year sandwich route option that provides the opportunity to spend your third year on an industry placement to enhance your employability. You will also have the chance to take part in international educational exchanges. 

The final year of the course will equip you with a portfolio of work that will support you in progressing onto your chosen career path or further study. You will have design skills, industry literacy and specialist technical knowledge that will set you apart from other fashion design graduates.  

Course Content

This course has a fantastic reputation for producing skilled fashion professionals, with the confidence to adjust to the ever-changing environment of the fashion industry. The project-based approach of the course will nurture your creative spirit whilst enhancing the adaptive and transitional skills you will need to succeed in this fast-paced industry.

You will be encouraged to take your own creative direction and respond freely to unit briefs, which will be supported by theoretical and practical teaching in lectures, tutorials, online activities, workshops and studio work. You will explore contemporary approaches to womenswear design, production and communication, employing the technologies used in industry and developing innovative techniques and processes.

Practical teaching will take place in dedicated workspaces including design studios, Computer Aided Design suites, pattern rooms, industry standard machine workshops, a textile technology laboratory and the Innovation Zone where resources such as the 3D body scanner, single ply cutter, laser cutter and non-sew technologies are housed. 

Year 1

Your first year will begin with an introduction to the fundamental principles of fashion design and the associated technologies encouraging an experimental, broad ranging approach to the design and manufacture of clothes within contemporary fashion contexts. It will focus on building your confidence in the appropriate skills needed to develop an independent, self-directed approach to learning and personal practice. Fashion business and cultural context elements will support the creative aspects of your first year of study; this will enhance your understanding of the fashion industry and key cultural and social fashion concepts.   

Year 2

In your second year, you will hone a specialism, develop your creative identity and direct your practice towards your future goals and aspirations. You will also have the chance to master specific skills, processes or product categories that are relevant to your own strengths and ambitions. You will interact with industry through live project briefs and collaborate with your peers, mimicking industry practices and developing your experience of teamwork. There will be a focus on employability, which will allow you to enhance your CV and prepare you for a placement or for future employment. 

Year 3

If you decide to opt for the four-year sandwich route, you will spend Year 3 on a full-time placement before returning to complete your degree in your final year. Placement opportunities are available in both the UK and abroad.

Your final year will focus on advancing your individual practice and developing an industry-ready exit portfolio that reflects your career goals. You will concentrate on the application of innovative design approaches in response to self-written briefs and live industry projects. You will be encouraged to develop a self-directed, individual approach to your study exploring new and developing technologies. In addition, you will support your design practice with an exciting business or research project. The year culminates in the development of a final major project, tailored towards your chosen Womenswear pathway, your future career goals, and promotion to external audiences. 

 

Entry Requirements

We will interview you as part of your application.

We will ask for a portfolio of your work as part of your application.

UCAS tariff points/grades required

112

112 UCAS Tariff Points at A2 (Grades BBC) or acceptable alternatives e.g. BTEC Subsidiary Diploma, Diploma, Extended Diploma at Level 3 (Grades DMM)

Specific GCSE requirements

GCSE English Language and Mathematics at grade C or grade 4. Equivalent qualifications (eg. Functional Skills) may be considered

Non Tariffed Qualifications

112 UCAS Tariff Points from Access to HE Diploma in a relevant subject with at least 45 credits at Level 3

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