**Please note that the information provided relates to the current academic year and is subject to change without notice by Sheffield Hallam University.
Please check the Sheffield Hallam University website for the latest information.**
**Course summary:**
- Express yourself through the creation of new fashion narratives and contemporary outcomes.
- Learn innovative fashion management and communication techniques and effective academic methodologies.
- Enhance your employability by networking and learning from visionary and sector-leading practitioners.
- Experience real-world enterprise projects that drive your employability.
- Develop your ability to influence the future of the industry by exploring ethics, sustainability, socio-cultural factors and consumption.
This course is designed for people who are captivated by fashion and its connections to lifestyle and society. You'll develop a new sense of innovation and transparency for future industry practice by exploring sustainability, socio-cultural factors, consumption and responsibility.
**How you learn**
You will develop your communication skills using a diverse range of software and creative media, and techniques including digital graphic design and print, photography, moving image and interactive media. You'll develop your management skills by directing projects and learning marketing methodologies which can be applied to new fashion trends and consumer experiences.
You’ll learn through:
- group and individual tutorials
- interactive lectures
- seminars
- practical activity-based sessions
- demonstrations
- applied industry (live) projects
- creative thinking workshops
- studio-based project work
- work review sessions
- study trips
- peer group activities
- Blackboard online learning portal
- presentations and feedback sessions
- self-directed study
Take a look at the department's Instagram to see what innovations and creations our students have been working on.
**Applied learning - Work placements**
You’ll have the opportunity to arrange a single or multiple work placement/s in between your second and third years. Placements give you real-world experience to prepare you for your future career. Previous students have worked with Dazed Media, SHOWstudio, Nike, Hugo Boss and Urban Outfitters. You may also be able to work or study abroad with the possibility of funding through the Erasmus+ programme (until 2023) or the Turing scheme.
**Live projects**
During the course, you'll be introduced to a variety of practical industry tasks and activities in collaboration with contemporary fashion brands and practitioners. Students have previously worked on exclusive live projects with brands such as John Lewis, Adidas, USP Trend, Weekday and French Connection, and have been awarded cash incentives or work placement offers upon completion. You'll also have the opportunity to participate in industry-recognised events and engagements with Graduate Fashion Week and the British Fashion Council.
**Field trips**
We endeavour to go on study trips and visits in the UK and abroad – with free travel and accommodation for all mandatory field trips on the course. These could include workshops, design conferences or visits to practitioners’ studios, museums and special collections. You may further enhance your studies with optional field trips, though these will incur additional costs. Previous trips have included exclusive, behind-the-scenes invitations to the headquarters of Dazed Media, WGSN, Gucci and Marc Jacobs, in addition to visiting leading fashion, communication and design museums.
**Competitions**
Our students are encouraged to enter national and international competitions. Past competitions such as the British Fashion Council, D&AD and Graduate Fashion Week have helped students to build upon their professional profiles through individual coverage and exposure.
Course Details - Modules
Module and assessment information for future years is displayed as currently validated and may be liable to change. When selecting electives, your choices will be subject to the core requirements of the course. As a result, selections may be limited to a choice between one of two or more specified electives in some instances.
You will be able to complete a placement year as part of this course.
Year 1 - Compulsory modules
Fashion Communication 1
Fashion Management 1
Year 2 - Compulsory modules
Fashion Communication 2
Fashion Management 2
Year 3 - Optional modules
Placement Year -
Final year - Compulsory modules
Graduation Portfolio
Course Details – Assessment Method
Coursework
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:
9I7Y
Institution code:
S21
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
This must include at least 64 points from two A levels, or equivalent BTEC National qualifications (to include a relevant subject, such as Art, Design and Technology, Textiles or Graphics For example:
BBC at A Level.
DMM in BTEC Extended Diploma.
A combination of qualifications, which may include AS levels, EPQ and general studies.
Access - an Access to HE Diploma with at least 45 credits at level 3 and 15 credits at level 2. At least 15 level 3 credits must be at merit grade or above, in an Art, Design or Media related programme along with study in social science or business from a QAA-recognised Access to HE course, or an equivalent Access to HE certificate
We treat the foundation year as part of the Art and Design degree programme. Offers made to students will be for four years of study (or five years of study including a placement). This is made up of the foundation year plus one of our Art and Design degrees.
Please note the University will only admit students who are aged 18 at the point of enrolment.
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
IELTS (Academic)
6.0
If English is not your first language, you will need an IELTS score of 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in all skills or equivalent.
If your English language skill is currently below IELTS 6.0 we recommend you consider a Sheffield Hallam University Pre-sessional English course which will enable you to achieve an equivalent English score.
