BA Honours Fashion Textiles Degree

Overview & facilities

Our exciting, brand-new BA Fashion Textiles Degree with Honours explores textiles in the fashion context and incorporates activities within the extensive and extremely well equipped Fashion and Textiles workshops and studios. A variety of specialist fashion and textiles based skills are studied, and how to apply and develop them creatively and in an innovative manner.

We believe in being able to work with the old technology and the new so you can, for example, explore the design and printing of textiles using techniques ranging from hand painting and screen-printing of cloth to state-of-the-art digital printing.

On the BA Fashion Textiles Degree with Honours, you will also explore hand and machine knit techniques, weave, embellishment of textiles - which can cover everything from simple beading to fabric manipulation and laser cutting - and be encouraged to employ combinations of all these techniques in your work. We introduce you to fashion textiles with projects on fashion awareness, an exploration of silhouette, colour, illustration, and portfolio presentation as well as pattern cutting and garment construction, in relation to developing textiles for fashion.

Above all else creativity is encouraged. Every project will require a period of research where we encourage you to explore new ground and allow it to inform your design ideas and outcomes.

At the end of your degree you will exhibit your work at the Middlesex University Art and Design Degree Show.  The show is a celebration of the end of your studies and the start of your creative career, it's a great opportunity to show off your talents to friends, family and creative industry employers. 

The Grove

From September 2011 this course will be taught at The Grove in Hendon. Click here for your virtual tour.

You might also be interested in the 12-week long Foundation course, which runs three times a year, successful completion of which will guarantee a place on a nominated BA Honours programme: Foundation in Art and Design, Intensive Short Course

MIDDLESEX FASHION NEWS

Fashion, Design, Styling and Promotion students go tropical with their pop-up Flash Paradise store in Brent Cross shopping centre. See the video here!

Middlesex University is a member of The British Fashion Council Colleges Council

Content & modules

Modules

• Year 1

  Introducing Fashion (30 Credits) - Compulsory

  Introduce the academic and professional environment that lays a foundation for Future study on the B. A. Fashion and B.A Fashion Design, Styling and Promotion Programmes. Encourage the discovery of an individual style and/or identity through exploratory and experimental work. Employ the basic techniques in research and design, illustration, styling and presentation.

  Introduction to History of Art and Design (30 Credits) - Compulsory

  This module aims to present Design History Visual Culture as diverse and dynamic fields of study. It will introduce students to methodological approaches employed in the critical analysis of the production, representation and consumption of design and material culture, and it will encourage a historically contingent approach to comprehending design and material culture over the past century. The module will enable students to develop critical and descriptive languages of the History of Design. It will also provide the opportunity to question authorised and personal understandings of objects, subjects and environments

  Introduction to Processes and Materials (30 Credits) - Compulsory

  This module aims to provide students with the means to: - recognise the importance of the design process in the development of a project - employ fundamental technical knowledge and workshop skills in design projects - work safely and appropriately with specialist machinery and equipment - broadly understand the properties and qualities of materials and finishes - explore, analyse and test the use of materials in a design project - understand how a design and the design process is informed by different contexts - use and develop IT and CAD skills relevant to a specialist design discipline - develop a range of skills and mediums to assist in the visual communication and presentation of design ideas and thinking - be self-motivated and disciplined and recognise the importance of care, organisation and planning in the design process - understand a range of specific transferable skills that will enable them to engage independently in effective learning and provide a framework for their personal and career development skills

• Year 2

  Fashioning the Body (30 Credits) - Compulsory

  This module pursues the implications and creative possibilities of the corporeal turn in fashion theory by approaching the body as something that is culturally and historically fashioned - and approaching fashion, in turn, as something that is fundamentally embodied. The module aims to explore the relationships between historical research, theoretical analysis and cultural production, enabling students to consolidate and extend their knowledge of visual culture and related disciplines building on level 1 and develop critical and communicative skills within an interactive, interdisciplinary learning environment.

  Process, Production and Presentation (60 Credits) - Compulsory

  This module aims to provide students with the means to: - advance their workshop proficiency through a critical understanding and appropriate use of materials and processes - consolidate an understanding of the integration of research into the design process - develop their capacity for self-directed study and the critical evaluation of their work and performance - advance and acquire further design skills through resolving designs in appropriate materials and to an appropriate standard - acquire and advance further design skills through the process of project management - develop skills in self management and team working in developing a design project - increase skills in the use of IT and CAD in the development and presentation of design projects - extend their awareness of professional practice relevant to their specialism - be confident and ambitious and aspire to professionalism in all aspects of their work, presentation and performance

• Year 3

  Critical and Contextual Proposition (30 Credits) - Compulsory

  This module aims to enable students to identify and deliver a research project that is the product of sustained and creative engagement both with a range of research resources and an area of studio-practice. The module will consolidate skills of project identification, research organisation and development, time management, written and visual analysis and the presentation of a critical argument/thesis. The module further consolidates the development of skills required for autonomous learning.

  Final Portfolio and Collection (60 Credits) - Compulsory

  The modules aims to provide the student with the means to: - consolidate a chosen theme or objective and devise and document a clear programme of study and to independently manage a mature, rigorous and effective working practice - consolidate personal research, experimentation and personal innovation with materials and processes - produce and present a coherent body of work that demonstrates an ability and judgement in the initiating, development and realisation of ideas - to communicate ideas/outcomes through a professional portfolio that is relevant to current practice and supports the student s chosen application and future ambitions

  Professional Practice in Design 3 (30 Credits) - Compulsory

  Working in the context of the major design project the module aims to enable students to audit and articulate their design practice in relation to the different fields of knowledge design and communication, professional practice, technologies and processes, history and theory developed throughout their studies.

Programme specification

Entry & applying

A minimum 220-240 Ucas tariff points and Foundation Diploma in Art and Design/Fashion is desirable also GCSE grade C in English Language Applicants will be invited to attend portfolio interview.

The UCAS deadline for guaranteed consideration of applications for Middlesex art and design courses is 24 March.

Entry requirements

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Qualifications accepted

For a comprehensive list of qualifications accepted by Middlesex, see further information under entry requirements

English language requirements

You must have competence in English language and we normally require Grade C GCSE or an equivalent qualification. The most common English Language requirements for international students are IELTS 6.0 (with minimum 5.5 in all four components) or TOEFL internet based 72 (with at least 17 in listening & writing, 20 in speaking and 18 in reading).

Middlesex also offers an Intensive Academic English course (Pre-Sessional) that ranges from 5-17 weeks depending on your level of English. Successful completion of this course would meet English language entry requirements. For more information on applying for the pre-sessional please email english@mdx.ac.uk.

Entry into year two or three (transfer students)

If you have achieved a qualification such as a foundation degree or HND, or have gained credit at another university, you may be able to enter a Middlesex course in year two or three. For full details of how this works see transfer students

UK/EU applicants with existing higher education qualifications

If you have already been awarded a qualification at the same level as the course you are applying for, you may not be eligible for a tuition fee loan, see fees and funding for more information.

Applying

Applications for UK and EU students should be made to UCAS – the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. The institution code for Middlesex is M80, and the code name is MIDDX. You also need the code for the course you wish to apply for – this is found in the 'at a glance' box above.

International students from outside the EU can make a direct application.  We have a network of regional offices across the world to assist you with your application.  They have worked with people from your region coming to Middlesex before and can help. Read more on international applications

You might also be interested in the 12-week long Foundation course, which runs three times a year, successful completion of which will guarantee a place on a nominated BA Honours programme:

Foundation in Art and Design, Intensive Short Course

Fees & funding

The tuition fee for the 2012/2013 academic year for UK/EU students is £9,000.
The tuition fee for the 2012/2013 academic year for International students is £10,400.

Click here to find out more about fees, funding and our scholarships in 2012.

Careers & placements

Career paths could include fashion-textiles studio designer (textile print, knit, embellishment etc.), working in a variety of fashion contexts, either designing and making or in collaboration with other designers. Other careers could include the performing arts- especially dance and theatre styling and packaging-branding etc.

Middlesex has strong links with art and design employers. Our industry partners sponsor final year students, give visiting lectures, and art and design agencies, organisations and other employers attend our final year degree show each year.

Our Careers Service offers you a range of support both while you’re studying with us – and after you’ve graduated.

Placements

Work placements are proven to increase your success in the job market – as well as being a fantastic experience. We encourage as many students as possible to grasp this opportunity. A period of work experience of approximately six weeks is embedded in the degree in the middle of the second year. This is in the weeks leading up to London Fashion Week in February.

Past students (alumni)

Graduates from the fashion courses at Middlesex include successful students whose talents and skills lie within the huge employment market in the design, styling and promotion of fashion. They include:Richard Gray, Mark Fast, Thom Murphy, Julian Seaman.