Bachelor of Fashion (Design)

This program will provide you with the diverse skills, techniques and knowledge that will enable you to take on roles in fashion design in the global fashion industry and community.

As a graduate you will have comprehensive and coherent practical, theoretical and technical knowledge in fashion design that you can employ in a broad range of existing and future industry contexts and emerging communities of practice.

You will study fashion design in a context that is both global and contemporary, and you will acquire cross-disciplinary skills and techniques to enable you to work sustainably and ethically, with cultural and social awareness, in order to drive design innovation and industry change.

The program will provide you with the necessary foundation that will enable you to further specialise, advance and apply your knowledge in fashion design as an emerging designer, either in industry or via further study.The primary mode of learning is through studio practice, and courses within the program use diverse studio activities and experiences as a way for you to achieve the various learning outcomes of the program and to attain a comprehensive range of practical, theoretical and technical skills and knowledge in fashion design.

Learning activities and experiences are designed with authentic industry and discipline contexts in mind, and all are aimed at developing a thorough range of fashion design skills and knowledge.

From the first year of the program you will be exposed to the key methods and approaches to fashion design across diverse contexts.

In the following years of the program, through various studio projects, you will analyse and evaluate diverse aspects of the design industry, further sharpen your design skills and techniques, and develop your critical thinking in response to the challenges posed by existing, emerging and speculative markets, consumers and personas.

Partnered projects with industry (WIL), other disciplines or community sectors will enable you to communicate your fashion design knowledge, skills and thinking to others, to collaborate creatively with industry and cross-disciplinary partners, and to refine your professional practice work-ready skills.

You will have the opportunity to engage with international guest lecturers in seminars, workshops or other learning experiences or through an industry review of their projects.

In addition, there is opportunity to undertake study tours or exchange programs outside Australia.A capstone experience will be provided in GRAP2835 Fashion Design Project Launch.

In this course you will have the opportunity to demonstrate your acquired knowledge and skills in fashion design by participating in, collaborating with or reflecting on current industry or disciplinary practices.

You will produce an individual contemporary fashion collection or project presented to industry or a related discipline context, and demonstrate your acquisition of the cognitive, technical and communication skills of a fashion designer.Graduates enter into a variety of professional roles in the fashion design industries and related disciplinary contexts.

These are fashion design roles across commercial practice, niche fashion areas, emerging design markets, contemporary luxury industries, and cross disciplinary subsectors of the fashion design industry.

These roles are in national and international small to large scale fashion enterprises, emerging international fashion brands, luxury and high fashion brands, as well as in related disciplines contexts of fashion design, production, communications, creative direction and styling, branding, buying, media, publications and textile and product development.

Year One

Complete the following Six (6) Core Courses:

Select Two (2) Courses from the Program Options (listed at the end of the program structure)

AND

Year Two

Complete the following Three (3) Core Courses:

Select Three (3) Courses from the Program Options list AND/OR the Fashion and Textiles Minors listed at the end of the program structure.

Select and Complete One (1) Course from any:

AND

Year Three

Complete the following Four (4) Core Courses:

Select One (1) Course from the Program Options list AND/OR the Fashion and Textiles Minors (listed at the end of the program structure)

Select and Complete One (1) Course from any:

AND

Program Options

Program Option List:

AND

Fashion and Textiles Minor List

Textile Design Minor:

Fashion and Textiles Sustainable Innovation Minor:

Fashion Enterprise Minor:

Successful completion of an Australian Year 12 senior secondary certificate of education (or overseas equivalent). For equivalents to Australian academic entry requirements, see the Country equivalents web page.

Prerequisites

VCE units 3 and 4 - a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL.

Selection tasks

All applicants must submit the Fashion Design selection task which includes a folio and a statement summarising your intentions for study.

The folio must comprise minimum of 6 to maximum of 10 images of your work and a written statement demonstrating your interests and creative and conceptual thinking. It should reflect your design, problem solving and technical skills in the following:

• Research and development of design ideas
• Sketching, drawing and image making
• Experimentation with materials and forms
• Documentation of process and final finished work

A written 300 word statement that responds to the following:

• Your career plans and how this program of study will assist you to realise them (100 words)
• Your current skills and capabilities and/or past experience that will support you in this fashion program (100 words)
• Why the work of a specific fashion designer or brand inspires you (100 words)

English Language requirements

A minimum IELTS (Academic module) overall score of 6.5, with no band less than 6.0 or equivalent. For equivalents to English language requirements, see the English requirements web page.

As a graduate you will develop the following program learning outcomes: