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Fashion Cultures and Business

Entry requirements


A level

B,B,C

Include passes at A2 in at least two subjects

112 UCAS points

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

25

including a minimum of 15 points at Higher Level.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

DMM

112 UCAS points

UCAS Tariff

112

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About this course


Course option

3years

Full-time | 2024

Subject

Fashion

BA (Hons) Fashion Cultures and Business is a communication and humanities orientated course that will deliver a curriculum based on the growing emergence of social responsibility within the industry of fashion. Fashion communication is evolving. The industry is now under pressure to produce 'proactive advocates of diversity and inclusivity' (State of Fashion 2020). The course will cater for the need to train communication literate professionals who command an understanding of empathy towards a variety of global audiences.

This course aims to provide you with a pedagogical structure that facilitates the learning of research methodologies, both qualitative and quantitative. You will be required to engage with communities, locally, nationally and internationally in order to produce outcomes that focus on the analysis of socio-economic and geographic phenomena relevant to the industry of fashion.

The course will offer you the opportunity to work closely with other students within the University of East London's Fashion department and other departments within the School of Arts and Creative Industries.

The course will also focus on the utilisation of the University of East London's rich background in diverse student cohort by conducting research practice that engages with both active students and potentially, alumni, whilst following the University's protocols on ethics in research.

Digital media outcomes will be a focus for the course, concentrating on the development and refinement of visual diaries, reports and presentations.

The course will work with local communities directly within the borough of Newham via organisations such as Spotlight and the Eastside Youth centre.

You can also take this course with a foundation year (FY), which means you it will take you four years to complete the course full-time, and eight years to complete the course part-time.

If you don't meet the entry requirements for a BA, you can study this course as an 'extended,' four-year programme . You'll begin by taking a foundation year which prepares you for a successful transition to the BA degree. This means it will take you four years to complete the course full-time, and eight years to complete the course part-time.

Modules

Year 1: Technical Skills & Innovation (Core), Fashion Contexts and Research (Core), Cultural Communities (Core), Thinking Through Fashion (Core), Fashion Enterprise 1 (Core), Mental Wealth: Professional Life - Business of Fashion 1 (Core)

Year 2: Technical Applications (Core), Fashion Business: Globalisation, Psychopolitics and Contemporary Issues (Core), Theory of Fashion (Core), Mental Wealth: Professional Life - Business of Fashion 2 (Core), Storytelling and Visual Communication (Core), Fashion Enterprise 2 (Core), Optional placement (Optional)

Year 3: Final Major Project: Theoretical Identity (Core), Applied Identities in Fashion Culture and Business (Core), Fashion Culture and Practice (Core), Mental Wealth: Professional Life - Business of Fashion 3 (Core), Fashion Enterprise 3 (Core)

For more information about individual modules, please visit our course pages via the link below.

Assessment methods

We'll assess you with a mixture of coursework, essays and presentations. Coursework includes essays, research files, visual and moving image portfolio, group and seminar presentations and a final-year project.

In your third year, your assessment will be based on research coursework, written reports and a final portfolio outcome. You will have the opportunity to gain feedback from your lecturers, peers and our industry partners.

Tuition fees

Select where you currently live to see what you'll pay:

Channel Islands
£9,250
per year
England
£9,250
per year
EU
£14,820
per year
International
£14,820
per year
Northern Ireland
£9,250
per year
Scotland
£9,250
per year
Wales
£9,250
per year

The Uni


Course location:

Docklands Campus

Department:

School of Arts and Creative Industries (ACI)

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What students say


We've crunched the numbers to see if overall student satisfaction here is high, medium or low compared to students studying this subject(s) at other universities.

77%
Fashion

How do students rate their degree experience?

The stats below relate to the general subject area/s at this university, not this specific course. We show this where there isn’t enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Design studies

Teaching and learning

81%
Staff make the subject interesting
82%
Staff are good at explaining things
84%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
79%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

74%
Library resources
82%
IT resources
82%
Course specific equipment and facilities
68%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

86%
UK students
14%
International students
11%
Male students
89%
Female students
77%
2:1 or above
14%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

C
B
B

After graduation


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med
Average annual salary
91%
med
Employed or in further education
47%
low
Employed in a role where degree was essential or beneficial

Top job areas of graduates

25%
Design occupations
15%
Sales assistants and retail cashiers
11%
Other elementary services occupations

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