BA (Hons) Fashion Design

Our popular and well-regarded course, taught by industry professionals, is having an increasingly big impact on the exhilarating and competitive world of fashion. This is a fast-paced, hands-on course amid the creative hub of East London, preparing you to take your place in the world of commercial fashion.

Foundation Year

• Professional Life (Mental Wealth) (Core)
• Art & Design Workshops, Processes & Skills (Core)
• Art & Design Studio Practice & Portfolio (Core)
• Art & Design Specialist Workshops, Processes & Skills (Core)
• Art & Design Specialist Studio Practice & Portfolio (Core)
• Art & Design Contextual Studies (Core)

Year 1

• Technical Skills & Innovation (Core)
• Fashion Practice (Core)
• Fashion Contexts and Research (Core)
• Fashion Process (Core)
• Fashion Enterprise (Core)
• Mental Wealth; Professional Life Business of Fashion 1 (Core)

Year 2

* Subject to validation

• Technical Applications (Core)
• Creative Fashion Practice (Core)
• Theory of Fashion (Core)
• Process and Identity (Core)
• Fashion Enterprise 2 (Core)
• Mental Wealth (Core)
• Professional Life: Business of Fashion 2 (Core)

This course offers the opportunity of year-long placement between years two and three. If you choose to take this option, you’ll spend your third year on a placement with a relevant company or organization, adding valuable practical experience to your growing academic knowledge. The extra placement year means it will take four years to complete your studies, instead of three.

Year 3

* Subject to Validation

• Applied innovation (Core)
• Advanced Creative Practice (Core)
• Final Major Project – Theoretical Identity (Core)
• Final Major Project – Realisation (Core)
• Fashion Enterprise 3 (Core)
• Mental Wealth Professional life: Business of Fashion 3 (Core)

Employability

You’ll get noticed on our course – especially with the opportunity to display your skills at the annual Graduate Fashion Week show, attended by some of the business’s leading creative talents. We’re proud that our students go on to make their names as designers, design coordinators, pattern cutters, fashion technologists, product developers, and retail managers.