C09060v1 Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Fashion and Textiles

The Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Fashion and Textiles is an internationally recognised degree that gives students the start they need to pursue careers across all facets of the international fashion industry.

The degree provides the conceptual knowledge and garment-making skills required to transform creative vision into compelling fashion statements.The course centres on design studios which integrate practice-oriented learning into specific projects and parallel to the processes which professionals undertake in industry.

The honours year facilitates the development and realisation of major projects as a professional design outcome.

Students must complete 48 credit points comprising two 6-credit-point research subjects, one 12-credit-point research subject and one 24-credit-point major project.

Course completion requirements

Course program

The typical course program is shown below.

Year 1

Autumn session

Spring session

Applicants must have completed a UTS recognised bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline at an appropriate level.

Applicants with a UTS Bachelor of Design in Fashion and Textiles who completed the course within the past three years and attained an overall WAM of 72.5 or above are made a threshold offer.

Further applications for a place in the Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Fashion and Textiles are considered from:

1. UTS applicants with a UTS Bachelor of Design in Fashion and Textiles who completed the course within the past three years and attained an overall WAM between 65 and 72.49
2. UTS applicants with a UTS Bachelor of Design in Fashion and Textiles who completed the course four or more years ago and have demonstrated relevant work experience in the fashion and textiles industry
3. non-UTS applicants with a degree which is equivalent to the UTS Bachelor of Design in Fashion and Textiles and who attained an overall minimum WAM of 65.

These non-threshold applicants must additionally provide:

• a digital portfolio of 10 x A4 landscape PDFs that display digital files, scans and/or photographs of original design work done by the applicant (max. size 5MB)
• a 200–300-word statement addressing the applicant's reasons for undertaking honours-level study in design at UTS and the specific learning that they are seeking given their intended career direction on completion of the degree
• a 200–300-word project proposal outline that includes a project description; identification of research context; description of specific research focus; and set of design methods, techniques, materials and approaches to be employed (include reference to three fashion practitioners as exemplars of experimental practice relevant to the proposed project)
• a one-page CV in PDF format that clearly articulates the applicant's design or related experience.

Applicants who completed the Bachelor of Design in Fashion and Textiles four or more years ago must also provide supporting reference(s) from related industry employer(s) and a copy of their academic transcript. Non-UTS applicants must provide a verified copy of their previous academic transcript.

Students must refer to the inherent requirements for all degrees offered by Design and Architecture in the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building.

The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 550-583 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet based: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64; or CAE: 176-184.

Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.

International students

International applicants must also attend an interview (via Skype) with the program director. Digital copies of both the academic transcripts and portfolio must be sent to the program director prior to the interview.

Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.