Programme summary for BA Hons Fashion
About the programme
The BA (Hons) Fashion programme aims to provide a learning environment where critical thinking, creative innovation and originality is harnessed, whilst encouraging you to venture into new areas of fashion, which will challenge your future. You are encouraged to develop your creative, design communication and technical ability to a higher level, which is engineered through research, lectures, workshops and practical demonstrations, through project and problem-based learning. This approach is student-centered with emphasis on professional awareness of process and materials in the contemporary fashion industry.
The curriculum content reflects current professional practice in womenswear, menswear and childrenswear. Modules are designed to encourage innovation and creativity, balanced with commercial sensibilities which meet the demands of fashion design in the professional landscape.
Programme structure
Fashion Design Programme Structure Diagram
Semester | Code | Title | Credits |
One / Two | FT3700 | Fashion: Product Innovation | 20 |
FT3701 | Fashion and Textiles Innovation | 20 | |
FT3702 | Fashion: Portfolio | 20 | |
FT3703 | Fashion: Collection | 40 | |
FT3704 | Fashion: Dissertation | 20 |
Bridging Studies
In addition the one month bridging studies at the beginning of the programme provides a variety of short workshops to equip students and assist them to adapt to the new learning environment. They will be carried out prior to the commencement of the course for one month prior to the start of the academic year.
The aims of the bridging studies are to enable you to:
- Prepare for the transition from the Diploma Programme to the culture and pace of the BA (Hons) Programmes.
- Respond to set projects in your own personal way
- Develop your skills to respond creatively to a particular set of requirements
- Expand your range of research methodologies
- Encourage independent study
- Critically evaluate your own work
You will be set 4 projects to include:
- Technical Drawings
- Research methodologies
- Fashion Illustration
- Textile Techniques
You will receive the assignments post interview for completion prior to the start of the academic year. You will be required to come to school for a briefing of the projects and will meet once a week (over a 4 week period) with the relevant tutors to discuss your progress.
The work will not be formally assessed but will act as a vehicle for tutorial discussion at the beginning of the course.
This is a one year top up degree programme – you will study five modules which will culminate in a final catwalk show held at Nanyang Academy of fine Arts. The programme provides you will the opportunity to study fashion design in a creative Department of Fashion Studies, delivered by a creative and professional staff team. The duration is one year, or two semesters, allowing you to consolidate your skills and knowledge in Fashion theory and practice.
The programme (Level 3) allows you to realise your creative potential through challenging modules, external connections and extended learning opportunities, in order to prepare for a successful career in the fashion and creative industries or post graduate study. You will realise your potential as a fashion designer in the production of a fashion collection, together with the realisation of textile techniques and research skills.
Career opportunities
Our programme provides diversity of opportunities in its approach and strategies. Staff expertise is drawn from a broad variety of disciplines and experiences in design, technical and theoretical aspects. You will have the opportunity to develop your skills and interests, focus on your strengths and recognize your ambitions and goals. With inspiration drawn from a broad variety of disciplines and experiences, it will help to promote a sharing and potential cross-over of creative and interdisciplinary practices, aligned to the needs of contemporary designers and practitioners.
- The broad range of destination possibilities includes:
- Fashion Designer/ Design Development
- Design Coordinater
- Pattern Maker
- Fashion Technologist/ Sourcing
- Product Development
- Business start up/ Entrepreneur
- Visual Merchandising
- Fashion Photography and Styling
- Fashion Journalism
- Retail Management/ Boutique Management
- Range Planner
- Public Relations/ promotion / media
- Events management
Note: The programme equips you with a range of transferable skills. Therefore our graduates are able to apply their talents to a range of careers in the creative industries which may not be listed above.
Support
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts provides a comprehensive range of support services for students. These include: student care unit/ student finance advice/ career advice/ IT learning resources. The programme provides strong personal tutor guidance and professional advice related to the practice and area in general.
Admission
Students may be admitted through Accreditation of Experiential Learning (AEL) or Accreditation of Certificated Learning (ACL) processes.
In the case of applicants whose first language is not English, then IELTS 6 (or equivalent) is required. International qualifications will be checked for appropriate matriculation to UK Higher Education undergraduate programmes.
Candidates must satisfy the general admission requirements of the school and the specific requirements of the programme in one of the following ways:
A minimum 5 GCE ‘O’ level passes with credit in English. For overseas students’ English language proficiency - TOEFL score of 550 or IELTS Band 6.0.
Plus each of the following:
- NAFA Diploma in Fashion Design or Diploma in Fashion Merchandising and Marketing or equivalent for local and international students
- Diploma majors in Fashion Studies or Fashion Merchandising and Marketing, or equivalent for local and international students
Potential candidates will go through an interview represented by Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) staff and its partner university. A portfolio of appropriately creative and original work must be presented during the interview as an evident of one’s capability.
Candidates must comply with the above criteria and are normally expected to make application direct to NAFA through the Marketing and Admission Department.
Key facts
You can start many programmes in either September or February and applications are simple to make. Click below to:
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