Our Fashion Creative Direction course will develop your understanding and awareness of creative direction and its use in the fast-paced and evolving fashion industry.
Why study Fashion Creative Direction?
* Use our resources and our inter-disciplinary environment to personalise your learning and develop a wide range of skills to help you become a confident player in the exciting fashion industry.
* Share modules with students on other fashion courses, enabling you to develop a broad understanding of the industry and the opportunities within it before focusing on your specialism of fashion creative direction.
* Have the opportunity to complete a range of innovative and industry-focused projects designed to develop creative direction skills and learn how they apply to the fashion industry.
* Learn how to research and identify market opportunities, work collaboratively and manage professional relationships effectively.
We’ll support you in developing expertise in fashion image making, styling and, creative concept development, photography, film and graphics.
The role of a creative director is to define and develop the aesthetic of fashion, ranging from store visual merchandising, trend forecasting, curation and image-making, to creative and digital content and customer communications. Fashion Creative Direction BA(Hons) gives you the skills and knowledge to develop your creativity and expertise within a commercial framework that directly reflects current fashion industry practice.
Additional Costs - Materials:
You will need to cover the cost of printing and presenting your work during the course, as well as supply your own materials. These include sketchpads, notebooks and props for photography. There is no limit on the amount you may wish to spend, however as a guide the approximate cost of these items in recent years has been £140 in the first year, £105 in the second year and £260 in the final year.
Course Details - Modules
Year 1
Core modules:
Introduction to Critical and Contextual Studies
Fashion Professional Development
Creative Fashion Industry
Fashion Practice
Year 2
Core modules:
Creative Research for Fashion
Fashion Futures
Fashion Identity
Fashion Practice 2
Year 3 - optional placement year
Final Year
Core modules:
Advanced Fashion Practice
Fashion Creative Direction Dissertation
Fashion Creative Direction Major Project
Course Details – Assessment Method
We use a range of assessment methods to relate the course material to current commercial practice. Your progress will be continually monitored and you will be assessed on your project work and assignments, including individual and group assignments, essays and seminar presentations.
Your module specification/course handbook will provide full details of the assessment criteria applying to your course.
Course Details – Professional Bodies
Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.
How to Apply
26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application Codes
Course code:
WN23
Institution code:
H60
Campus Name:
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Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
or equivalent.
from a combination of Level 3 qualifications.
or above.
120 UCAS tariff points from International Baccalaureate qualifications.
Pass in Diploma Foundation Studies in Art and Design combined with A Level or BTEC qualifications, to total an equivalent of 120 UCAS tariff points.
As a centre of creative excellence, we look forward to hearing about your own creative experiments and ambitions through a discussion of your portfolio at interview.
Read our guidance on developing your portfolio and what to expect from your interview - https://www.hud.ac.uk/undergraduate/how-to-apply/interviews/#!/?modal=fashion
Other suitable experience or qualifications will be considered. For further information please see the University's minimum entry requirements.
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.
English language requirements
Test
Grade
AdditionalDetails
If your first language is not English, you will need to meet the minimum requirements of an English Language qualification. The minimum for IELTS is 6.0 overall with no element lower than 5.5, or equivalent will be considered acceptable.
Read more about the University’s entry requirements for students outside of the UK on our 'Where are you from?' information pages.
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs):
65%
Go onto work and study:
80%
Fees and funding
England
9250.0
Year 1
Northern Ireland
9250.0
Year 1
Scotland
9250.0
Year 1
Wales
9250.0
Year 1
Channel Islands
9250.0
Year 1
EU
15000.0
Year 1
International
15000.0
Year 1
Additional Fee Information
This information is for applicants applying to study at the University of Huddersfield in the academic year 2021/22. Please note that your tuition fees for subsequent years may rise in line with inflation (RPI-X). This webpage will be updated with 2022/23 tuition fees as information becomes available.
If you are an EU or International student coming to study at the University of Huddersfield, please visit the International Fees and Finance pages for full details of tuition fees and support available - http://www.hud.ac.uk/international/tuition-fees/
Please email the Student Finance Office (sfo@hud.ac.uk) or call 01484 472210 for more information about fees and finance.
Provider information
Queensgate
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Huddersfield
HD1 3DH
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