Fashion Design Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

BA (Hons) Fashion Design provides a comprehensive design education for actively engaged fashion thinkers and makers who are looking to influence change within the fashion industry.

From future forecasting, concept and design development and creative pattern cutting through to the creative direction of compelling marketing campaigns, you’ll explore fashion as one of the largest employers in the UK’s creative industries. The course is designed for forward-thinking individuals who seek to challenge assumptions, take creative risks and communicate their individual style through their work.

### At a glance

* Degree: BA (Hons) Fashion Design

* UCAS codes: 3-year degree W290 / 4-year extended degree W234

* Typical UCAS points: 104–120

* Studio focus: fashion thinking, making, design development, creative pattern cutting and individual design identity

### Fashion thinking, making and design identity

A spirit of independence, community and social responsibility runs through our fashion programme. We empower and prepare young creatives to become versatile future fashion thinkers, makers and designers.

You’ll learn ways of thinking that inform your personal design philosophies and lead you towards an individualised specialism, helping you understand and amplify your own unique perspective.

### What you’ll learn and how you’ll study

The course covers all aspects of the design process, including trend analysis, research and design development, drawing and illustration, colour and fabric development, historical and cultural studies, and the translation of ideas from 2D to 3D.

You’ll also develop your understanding of presentation, marketing and business development, connecting design practice with the wider creative and commercial contexts of fashion.

By combining traditional craft techniques with digital technologies, you will transform your concepts from two-dimensional fabrics into three-dimensional forms.

### Studios, workshops and digital technologies

Our Fashion Studio is spacious and well-lit, offering panoramic views. It is fully equipped with industry-standard technologies, but your experience at the university is not limited to the Fashion Studio.

We encourage cross-disciplinary and collaborative working, so that you can expand your skills by exploring our professional textile print studios, workshops for jewellery and ceramics and our Fab Lab, which houses the latest laser cutting, 3D printing and design technology.

### Entrepreneurship, industry links and live opportunities

Driving entrepreneurship with well-established local, national and international industry links, the course creates a broad range of opportunities for students with embedded business training and live opportunities.

Fast-paced and student-centred, the course provides learning experiences that nurture your creative potential, support your individual design identity and prepare you to work with confidence in a rapidly changing fashion industry.

### Why choose this course?

Our philosophy is to develop students as visionary, empathetic and provocative fashion thinkers and skilled makers who can confidently challenge the conventions of a rapidly changing fashion industry.

You’ll benefit from an innovative, human and planet-centred design curriculum that is supported by an actively engaged and diverse team of tutors and professionals.

The fashion system requires a revolution for fashion creatives. As an Arts University Plymouth graduate you will be ready to reframe the challenges of the sector and empowered to lead systems change in the industry.

### Careers and future opportunities

Career opportunities include: Fashion Designers, Knitwear Designers, Stylists, Buyers, Tailors, Fashion Illustrators, Pattern Cutters, Trend Forecasters, Visual Merchandisers, Studio Managers, Garment Technologists, Production Coordinators, Merchandisers and Lecturers.