Course Summary

A dynamic and demanding fashion and textile design degree for the designers and innovators of the future. - Engage with professionals through 'live' industry briefs and placement opportunities in the UK and abroad. - Immerse yourself in our strong studio culture and visit specialists, trade fairs, exhibitions and museums. - Our graduates have been employed by companies including Selfridges, Joules and Anthropologie. We provide ambitious students with a dynamic practical and theoretical design education, supported by industry networks and directed towards the development of a creative career or advanced research in the textile discipline. Develop your creativity within the broad and complex field of traditional and contemporary textile design, through intellectual enquiry combined with aesthetic sensibility. The course is supported by drawing workshops and underpinned with comprehensive knowledge of digital textile printing technologies.

Course Details - Modules

Modules are self-standing units of study, and you earn credits when you successfully complete them. As a full-time student you will take 120 credits each year. Year 1 modules: Drawing / Visual Research / Digital Media; Contextual Studies Design Theory; Colour, Yarn, Fabric and Materials; Constructed Textiles; Pattern, Embellishment and Manipulation; Professional Context / Lecture series. Year 2 modules: Professional Context/Presentation Skills; Contextual Studies; Developing a Specialism; Defining your Identity; Styling and Display. Year 3 modules: Professional Contexts; Developing Textile Design; Self Directed Project; Dissertation.

Course Details – Assessment Method

The module assessments demonstrate how well students have performed in tackling the intended learning outcomes, and is measured against grade criteria. Throughout the module students will receive formative feedback through individual and/or group tutorials, peer seminar sessions and group critiques. In many cases this feedback is received both verbally and in a written format. Students are informed about the ways that marks/grades and feedback are provided by the marking tutor(s), and they receive written feedback on learning achievements against the assessment criteria for a module assignment. The feedback aims to enable students to see how to improve or develop particular aspects of their work, and students receive the summative feedback along with the marks within three weeks of the completed module submission date.

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: WW27

Institution code: B20

Campus Name: Main Site

Campus code:

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

Grade Merit is preferred.

Grades BBC-CCC including Grade C in Art & Design or related subjects preferred.

typical offers for applicants with Access to HE will be the Access to HE Diploma or Access to HE Certificate (60 credits, 45 of which must be Level 3, including 30 at merit or higher) in addition to other qualifications or evidence of experience in Art & Design or Textiles.

A minimum of 27 points will be required in addition to a HL Art subject at grade 6 and evidence of further experience in Art & Design or Textiles.

Extended Diploma grades Distinction, Merit, Merit (DMM) in a related subject in addition to other qualifications or evidence of experience in Art & Design or Textiles.

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Minimum Qualification Requirements

Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.

English language requirements

Test Grade AdditionalDetails
IELTS (Academic) 6.0 IELTS 6.0 - for visa nationals, with a minimum score of IELTS 5.5 in each element.
English Language Entry Requirement Information are not listed for this Course.

Unistats information

Student satisfaction : 68%

Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs): 74%

Go onto work and study: 84%

Fees and funding

EU 9250.0 Year 1
England 9250.0 Year 1
Northern Ireland 9250.0 Year 1
Scotland 9250.0 Year 1
Wales 9250.0 Year 1

Additional Fee Information

Additional Fee Information are not listed for this Course.

Provider information

Newton Park
Newton St Loe
Address3 are not listed for this Course.
Bath
BA2 9BN

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