Fashion Business
UK & EU Students
Course Details
UCAS Code:JN41
Classification:BA/BA (Hons)
Course Duration:4 Years
Course Start Date:16 September 2013
Course Mode:Full Time
Subject Area:Business and Management, Creative and Design, Marketing
Course Fees
Students from England, Wales or Northern Ireland
| Year | Fee | Description/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2012/13 | £7000.00 | n/a |
| 2013/14 | £7000.00 | Information on fees, scholarships and financial support. |
Students from Scotland and the rest of the EU
| Year | Fee | Description/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2012/13 | £1820.00 | n/a |
| 2013/14 | £1820.00 | Note: Scottish students do not have to pay tuition fees, but still have to apply each year through the Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS). Information on fees, scholarships and financial support. |
Minimum Entry Requirements
HigherBBBB including English and Art & Design
A-LevelBCC
ILC Higher LevelBBBBC including English and Art & Design
Essential subjects
- English (H, ILC-H) and Art & Design (H, ILC-H) Grade B in both subjects preferred
- Art or Textiles at B and English at B (GCSE)
Recommended subjectsMaths (Int 2, S Grade 2, GCSE B)
Non UK/EU Students
Course Details
UCAS Code:JN41
Classification:BA/BA (Hons)
Course Duration:4 Years
Course Start Date:16 September 2013
Course Mode:Full Time
Subject Area:Business and Management, Creative and Design, Marketing
Course Fees
| Year | Fee | Description/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2012/13 | £9700.00 | n/a |
| 2013/14 | £10200.00 | Information on fees, scholarships and financial support. |
Minimum Entry Requirements
HigherBBBB including English and Art & Design
A-LevelBCC
ILC Higher LevelBBBBC including English and Art & Design
Essential subjects
- English (H, ILC-H) and Art & Design (H, ILC-H) Grade B in both subjects preferred
- Art or Textiles at B and English at B (GCSE)
Recommended subjectsMaths (Int 2, S Grade 2, GCSE B)
English LanguageStudents whose first language is not English will normally be required to hold the equivalent of an Academic IELTS test score of 6.0 with no element less than 5.5.
Further Education Students
Course Details
UCAS Code:JN41
Classification:BA/BA (Hons)
Course Duration:4 Years
Course Start Date:16 September 2013
Course Mode:Full Time
Subject Area:Business and Management, Creative and Design, Marketing
Course Fees
| Year | Fee | Description/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Contact us | ||
Minimum Entry Requirements
Entry Year 1Fashion or textiles related HNC with B in Graded Unit. Must also have Higher English at C.
Examples of relevant HNC:
Examples of relevant HNC:
- Clothing Technology and Manufacture
- Fashion Design
- Production and Retail Studies
Direct Entry Year 2 & 3Fashion related HND with Business subjects. Must also have Higher English at C grade and Portfolio of work.
Applicants should note that places are extremely limited for entry at this level.
Applicants should note that places are extremely limited for entry at this level.
English LanguageStudents whose first language is not English will normally be required to hold the equivalent of an Academic IELTS test score of 6.0 with no element less than 5.5.
InterviewFor advanced entry along with the above qualifications, applicants will be required to attend an interview where they will be asked to bring a portfolio of design work, a sample garment and a piece of written coursework.
International Student Start Dates
For new international students we have introduced an orientation week which starts on 9 September 2013. This extra week is specifically designed to assist new international students in settling into the UK and GCU prior to the start of general student induction and teaching.
There will be a whole host of fun and informative activities taking place during this period, including campus and city tours, as well as welcome events where you can meet other international students.
Full details are available from our award winning International Student Support Service or on our Welcome to GCU Facebook page.
There will be a whole host of fun and informative activities taking place during this period, including campus and city tours, as well as welcome events where you can meet other international students.
Full details are available from our award winning International Student Support Service or on our Welcome to GCU Facebook page.
Programme Description
Our renowned Fashion Business programme provides students with the opportunity to learn about the creative processes involved in fashion design and production while also acquiring the necessary business acumen to succeed in the highly competitive fashion industry.
Throughout the programme you will participate in practical industry events such as fashion competitions and shows and visiting exhibitions and trade fairs. Through numerous fashion projects, you will develop your design skills using the University’s fully equipped Fashion Factory, while simultaneously developing your management, communication and analytical skills to provide you with an all-round commercial approach.
In Year 2, a supervised work placement in a relevant sector plus integrated design project provides practical experience of standard industry equipment including Computer Aided Design (CAD). In the later years of study, there’s a chance to apply your personal design vision and knowledge of commercial considerations to The Fashion Design Portfolio and Fashion Collection and Promotion modules.
You will be encouraged to think analytically and work effectively, both individually and as part of a team.
Throughout the programme you will participate in practical industry events such as fashion competitions and shows and visiting exhibitions and trade fairs. Through numerous fashion projects, you will develop your design skills using the University’s fully equipped Fashion Factory, while simultaneously developing your management, communication and analytical skills to provide you with an all-round commercial approach.
In Year 2, a supervised work placement in a relevant sector plus integrated design project provides practical experience of standard industry equipment including Computer Aided Design (CAD). In the later years of study, there’s a chance to apply your personal design vision and knowledge of commercial considerations to The Fashion Design Portfolio and Fashion Collection and Promotion modules.
You will be encouraged to think analytically and work effectively, both individually and as part of a team.
What You'll Learn
Year 1: You will learn about fashion design theory and applied techniques, pattern and garment construction and marketing, economics, finance and personal development.
Year 2: Brings the fashion skills together in an integrated design project and a work placement provides experience in a fashion area of your choice. Consumer behaviour and business organisation and management modules complete the year.
Year 3: More advanced fashion projects comprising design, production and promotion are undertaken along with strategic marketing and research methods.
Year 4: The final year includes a live industry sponsored design project, changing perspectives in marketing management and an Honours project that can involve a company partner. In years 2-4 an option module provides further career focus.
Year 2: Brings the fashion skills together in an integrated design project and a work placement provides experience in a fashion area of your choice. Consumer behaviour and business organisation and management modules complete the year.
Year 3: More advanced fashion projects comprising design, production and promotion are undertaken along with strategic marketing and research methods.
Year 4: The final year includes a live industry sponsored design project, changing perspectives in marketing management and an Honours project that can involve a company partner. In years 2-4 an option module provides further career focus.
Language Options
Students can opt to study language modules as part of this degree.
Facilities
We believe it’s the resources on campus that make the difference, making high quality learning accessible and reflect our values and aspirations to be dynamic, inclusive and accessible to all.
On this course purpose built, industry standard facilities and equipment, replicate an industrial environment, which provides a central hub for Fashion Business students; this facilitates an authentic practitioner experience from the design process through to the production of garments.
As well as an industrial environment and equipment, Lectra CAD software packages are the most up to date and relevant as used in industry and include:
Kaledo Print
Kaledo Style
Modaris
Diamino
Centrally, our other modern facilities also include the award-winning Saltire Centre, named one of the most innovative learning environments in the UK, and Arc, the university’s recreation and health centre.
And we’re not standing still! We’ve started on the next phase in our Campus Futures development, designed to help us further build on the strengths, while at the same time reducing our carbon footprint.
See the campus for yourself using our 360 Degree tour.
Assessment Methods
On this course formative and summative assessment methods are utilised within modules.
Assessments will include the following modes: unseen examinations or class tests, web-based assessments, essays, reports and assignments (individual and group), business simulations and critical analysis of case studies (individual and group), oral, poster, audio-visual or e-presentations (individual and group), practical and design portfolios, event presentation, academic research paper, personal development plan, research proposal and project.
Assessments will include the following modes: unseen examinations or class tests, web-based assessments, essays, reports and assignments (individual and group), business simulations and critical analysis of case studies (individual and group), oral, poster, audio-visual or e-presentations (individual and group), practical and design portfolios, event presentation, academic research paper, personal development plan, research proposal and project.
Teaching Methods
The Learning, Teaching and Assessment Strategy for the programme encourages students to take progressively more responsibility for their own learning and self-development as they progress through different levels of study. Much emphasis is placed on learning methods that encourage students to actively participate, to function in teams, to analyse real-life situations and problems, to apply ethical and sustainable business thinking and to use professional skills to communicate solutions.
This approach supports a broader mission which is to provide a contemporary, challenging and relevant curriculum whereby students are offered opportunities to get close to industry contexts. In sum, the programmes provide opportunities for students to develop cognitive, attitudinal and behavioural skills to allow them to make an immediate contribution to a range of employment situations.
Therefore, a variety of means are incorporated including: Lectures provide the main form of knowledge input and foundations; guest practitioner speakers are utilised to complement the formal lectures, as well as seminar discussion, workshops, practicals, theoretical papers, case studies, simulation exercises, group work, projects, presentations. ‘Live’ organisational projects will also form key elements of module delivery.
The programme teaching team also make significant use of new technology in its delivery of material. This will include GCULearn for student communication and formative and summative assessment, web-based facilities such as blogs and other online discussions, and combinations of new, downloadable technologies and media such as podcasts, vid-pods and wikis.
The learning and teaching methods used encourage students to develop a reflective and lifelong approach to learning. Subject specific, practice based modules, take place within our purpose built industry standard facilities. Professional industry guest lecturers enrich the learning experience, through personal insight into industry issues from a practitioner position, and enhance the contextualisation of curriculum.
Live projects take place, with specific industry partners, setting design briefs and providing one to one student feedback. The annual fashion show is an exciting event that students love to become involved with. As well as promoting Glasgow Caledonian University, the fashion show exposes student work and profiles to a wider audience from both industry partners to the general public.
International exchange is encouraged through formal and informal links with appropriate institutions, for example:
• America - Iowa & Delaware,
• Canada - Ryerson
• Finland – Lahti & Metropolia
• Paris
Annual study trips are organised to major fashion cities such as New York, Paris and Milan
This approach supports a broader mission which is to provide a contemporary, challenging and relevant curriculum whereby students are offered opportunities to get close to industry contexts. In sum, the programmes provide opportunities for students to develop cognitive, attitudinal and behavioural skills to allow them to make an immediate contribution to a range of employment situations.
Therefore, a variety of means are incorporated including: Lectures provide the main form of knowledge input and foundations; guest practitioner speakers are utilised to complement the formal lectures, as well as seminar discussion, workshops, practicals, theoretical papers, case studies, simulation exercises, group work, projects, presentations. ‘Live’ organisational projects will also form key elements of module delivery.
The programme teaching team also make significant use of new technology in its delivery of material. This will include GCULearn for student communication and formative and summative assessment, web-based facilities such as blogs and other online discussions, and combinations of new, downloadable technologies and media such as podcasts, vid-pods and wikis.
The learning and teaching methods used encourage students to develop a reflective and lifelong approach to learning. Subject specific, practice based modules, take place within our purpose built industry standard facilities. Professional industry guest lecturers enrich the learning experience, through personal insight into industry issues from a practitioner position, and enhance the contextualisation of curriculum.
Live projects take place, with specific industry partners, setting design briefs and providing one to one student feedback. The annual fashion show is an exciting event that students love to become involved with. As well as promoting Glasgow Caledonian University, the fashion show exposes student work and profiles to a wider audience from both industry partners to the general public.
International exchange is encouraged through formal and informal links with appropriate institutions, for example:
• America - Iowa & Delaware,
• Canada - Ryerson
• Finland – Lahti & Metropolia
• Paris
Annual study trips are organised to major fashion cities such as New York, Paris and Milan
Employment Details
The vocational and sectoral nature of the Fashion Business Programme is such that, employability of its graduates is critical, therefore career advice is embedded within modules, by both teaching staff and our careers adviser. A work placement module is core to the Programme in level 2, and is geared to build and enhance employability within the fashion sector. This equips students with the attributes to operate as flexible, independent lifelong learners, demanded by employers in a global knowledge economy and to enable career development. Guest speakers from industry, including Fashion Business alumni regularly visit to discuss their personal roles and also the labour market as a whole.
The graduate attributes gained due to the dual nature of this programme, with a combination of business knowledge and practical skills, are invaluable in the graduate job search, making the graduates highly respected within the industry.
Recent graduates are employed as Merchandisers, Visual Merchandisers, Web Copywriters, Events Manager and Assistant Fashion Designer. Many also enter Retailing as Customer Services Advisor and Sales Assistants but quickly progress on their chosen career paths to become Managers, for example Head of Michael Kors Concession within the House of Fraser.
Previous Fashion Business students are highly sought after as designers, stylists, buyers, merchandisers, pattern technologists, garment technologists, production managers, retail managers and within fashion media.
Many of our graduates have found employment with major retailers such as the Arcadia Group, online companies including ASOS and brands such as Trespass and MJM International. Overseas posts have included Fashion Forecasting for Promostyl in Paris, Fashion Editor of L’Officiel in Dubai and freelance fashion stylist in New York.
The graduate attributes gained due to the dual nature of this programme, with a combination of business knowledge and practical skills, are invaluable in the graduate job search, making the graduates highly respected within the industry.
Recent graduates are employed as Merchandisers, Visual Merchandisers, Web Copywriters, Events Manager and Assistant Fashion Designer. Many also enter Retailing as Customer Services Advisor and Sales Assistants but quickly progress on their chosen career paths to become Managers, for example Head of Michael Kors Concession within the House of Fraser.
Previous Fashion Business students are highly sought after as designers, stylists, buyers, merchandisers, pattern technologists, garment technologists, production managers, retail managers and within fashion media.
Many of our graduates have found employment with major retailers such as the Arcadia Group, online companies including ASOS and brands such as Trespass and MJM International. Overseas posts have included Fashion Forecasting for Promostyl in Paris, Fashion Editor of L’Officiel in Dubai and freelance fashion stylist in New York.
Fee Information
Glasgow Caledonian University is one of the UK’s most dynamic and diverse higher education institutions, with a tradition of welcoming students from all walks of life. As such, the University offers a range of scholarships and bursaries to ensure all students have an equal chance of success. The fees and funding that are relevant to you also depend on where you lived before coming to university.
To make things as simple as possible we have information on all of this, including links to our award winning student support team, available at www.gcu.ac.uk/money.
To make things as simple as possible we have information on all of this, including links to our award winning student support team, available at www.gcu.ac.uk/money.
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