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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Design for Costume and Performance
Arts University Bournemouth
Entry requirements
Here's what you will need to get a place on the Design for Costume and Performance course at Arts University Bournemouth.
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A level
B,B,B
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Tuition fees
| Location | Fees |
|---|---|
| England | £9,250 per year (provisional) |
| Scotland | £9,250 per year (provisional) |
| Wales | £9,250 per year (provisional) |
| Northern Ireland | £9,250 per year (provisional) |
| Channel Islands | £9,250 per year (provisional) |
| Republic of Ireland | £9,250 per year (provisional) |
| EU | £19,950 per year |
| International | £19,950 per year |
Course summary
What this course is about
UCAS code: W453
Here's what Arts University Bournemouth says about its Design for Costume and Performance course.
The course explores the breadth of performance design and provides opportunities that you will give you the skills to succeed in an exciting and competitive employment market. The course consists of three levels, each one lasting one academic year with each level building in complexity and demands. In the introductory stages of the course you will undertake a series of basic skill gathering that informs your learning throughout the course. These consist of character drawing, model-making and design skills together with an introduction to research and writing skills through text evaluation and analysis. As the course progresses, artistic and intellectual enquiry deepens to adapt to individual needs and career aspirations within costume design for screen and scenography.
The course will encourage you to test the boundaries of your ability in order to develop creative and proactive responses to problem solving and team working. Through the delivery of teaching by a diversely experienced team and working with a wide range of external collaborators, the curriculum focus ensures the currency and relevance of the skills and academic knowledge of graduates. This learning is developed by a series of study units, both speculative and in a ‘live context’.
Studios and resources
• dedicated design studios with space for design development • access to a costume store and fabric archive • a course-specific computer suite with the latest software (Adobe, AutoCAD Sketch-Up) • bookable digital drawing tablets • iPad Pros and iPencil with relevant drawing application • an on-site workshop for laser-cutting, prop making, fibre-glassing, vac-forming, CNC cutting and 3D printing • a large off-site workshop for set, prop and puppet building and painting • a dye and textiles studio, where you can use dyeing and screen-printing equipment • studio theatre on campus and proscenium arch theatre in the centre of Bournemouth • sewing machines and associated costume making equipment • photo/ model box lighting booth • access to digital hub for textiles printing • access to film studios through live projects
Course details
Qualification
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Department
Bournemouth Film School
Location
Main Site - Arts University Bournemouth | Poole
Duration
3 Years
Study mode
Full-time
Subjects
• Stage design
Start date
September 29, 2025
Application deadline
January 29, 2025
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National Student Survey (NSS) scores
The NSS is an annual survey where final-year students are asked to rate different aspects of their course and university experience.
Here you can see ratings from Arts University Bournemouth students who took the Design for Costume and Performance course - or another course in the same subject area.
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Teaching on my course
93%
med
Teaching on my course
93%
med
How often does your course challenge you to achieve your best work?
93%
med
How good are teaching staff at explaining things?
97%
med
How often do teaching staff make the subject engaging?
93%
med
How often is the course intellectually stimulating?
90%
med
Learning opportunities
86%
med
Learning opportunities
86%
med
To what extent have you had the chance to bring together information and ideas from different topics?
84%
med
How well does your course introduce subjects and skills in a way that builds on what you have already learned?
92%
med
How well has your course developed your knowledge and skills that you think you will need for your future?
93%
high
To what extent have you had the chance to explore ideas and concepts in depth?
86%
med
To what extent does your course have the right balance of directed and independent study?
78%
med
Assessment and feedback
82%
med
Assessment and feedback
82%
med
How well have assessments allowed you to demonstrate what you have learned?
93%
high
How fair has the marking and assessment been on your course?
79%
med
How often does feedback help you to improve your work?
72%
med
How often have you received assessment feedback on time?
82%
med
How clear were the marking criteria used to assess your work?
84%
high
Academic support
89%
med
Academic support
89%
med
How easy was it to contact teaching staff when you needed to?
89%
med
How well have teaching staff supported your learning?
89%
med
Organisation and management
60%
med
Organisation and management
60%
med
How well were any changes to teaching on your course communicated?
68%
med
How well organised is your course?
52%
med
Learning resources
88%
high
Learning resources
88%
high
How well have the IT resources and facilities supported your learning?
85%
med
How well have the library resources (e.g., books, online services and learning spaces) supported your learning?
93%
med
How easy is it to access subject specific resources (e.g., equipment, facilities, software) when you need them?
86%
med
Student voice
74%
med
Student voice
74%
med
How clear is it that students' feedback on the course is acted on?
69%
med
To what extent do you get the right opportunities to give feedback on your course?
80%
med
To what extent are students' opinions about the course valued by staff?
73%
med
How well does the students' union (association or guild) represent students' academic interests?
84%
high
Other NSS questions
Other NSS questions
During your studies, how free did you feel to express your ideas, opinions, and beliefs?
87%
med
How well communicated was information about your university/college's mental wellbeing support services?
79%
med
Student information
See who's studying at Arts University Bournemouth. These students are taking Design for Costume and Performance or another course from the same subject area.
| Most popular A-levels studied | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Grade | |||||
| Textiles | A | |||||
| Fine Art | A | |||||
| English Literature | A | |||||
| Psychology | C | |||||
| History | B | |||||
Graduate prospects
What graduates do next
We have no information about graduates who took Design for Costume and Performance at Arts University Bournemouth.
Earnings after graduation
Earnings from Arts University Bournemouth graduates who took Design for Costume and Performance - or another course in the same subject area.
Earnings
£16.8k
First year after graduation
£20.4k
Third year after graduation
£23.1k
Fifth year after graduation
Shown here are the median earnings of graduates at one, three and five years after they completed a course related to Design for Costume and Performance.
Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree
Discussions
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We're Arts University Bournemouth (AUB). A place to shape and build your work; to learn, share, provoke and collaborate. We’ve remained a creative specialist institution since our foundation in 1883.
We offer courses from Foundation to Postgraduate Research Degrees, and everything in between. We have over 20 creative undergraduate degrees in art, design, media and performance.
We champion the individual and celebrate those that want to take risks and innovate. But don't just take our word for it. The Sunday Times Good University guide thinks so too – we've been ranked the UK’s top specialist art and design university.
Our built environment is outstanding, demonstrating our belief that. Education is better delivered in a purpose-built, design-led environment.
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