Fashion BA (Hons)

This first unit focuses on creative experimentation and the development of core technical skills. Throughout the unit you will be introduced to historical and contemporary designers and cultural, sustainable and ethical concepts – encouraging you to question how fundamental aspects of global design practice and theory can be used as research tools to develop design concepts and creative identity. You will gain insight into fibres and fabrics, engage in life drawing, and be introduced to design software. The unit also includes an introduction to flat pattern cutting, 3D manipulation, and fundamental construction and manufacturing techniques. You will be supported to discover the University’s resources and campus, to help you understand the fundamentals of studying at university level.

40 credits

In this unit, you will explore and experiment with techniques and materials to enhance your creative skillset. Using an iterative approach, you will evolve your ideas through the development of your research process book, fabric/textile exploration, and the creation of 3D prototypes. You will further enhance relevant manufacturing techniques and creative pattern-cutting and draping methods, as well as further develop your design software skills to include Clo3D. Throughout this unit you will investigate how to communicate your design ideas in 2D, and 3D forms, with consideration towards ethical and sustainable practices. The unit will help you to strengthen your transferable skills through teamwork, presentation skills, organisation, and project planning. You will collaborate with final-year students across the department, assisting with their collections while gaining insight into a variety of industry sectors and roles to help support your personal career trajectory.

80 credits

The first week of each academic year is called Wayfinding week. It’s an opportunity get your bearings, establish new connections and, after your first year at Norwich, re-establish old ones. Your course team will talk you through the year ahead and explain the expectations for the year. We’ll help you navigate new encounters and identify areas to focus on as you progress through your course.

An important element of Wayfinding Week is taking part in our annual ‘Make it Manifest(o)’ project. Your course team will introduce the project in which we’ll ask you to consider your hopes and vision of the year ahead at Norwich and work with students in other year groups to bring your ideas to life. The project culminates in a celebratory display of work across the campus. The project will help you to develop your critical creativity through different approaches, concepts, and mediums. You’ll encounter diverse perspectives and build friendships and networks within our university community.

Interchange weeks are opportunities to step away from your disciplinary studies and engage in projects, workshops, visits and talks that extend your knowledge and understanding of the world. Whether you learn a new skill or take part in a global challenge project with students from other courses, you will come away with new insights to take back to your course. Interchange is part of the schedule for all Norwich students with sessions held across and beyond the campus led by university staff, visiting lecturers and students.

In this unit, you will explore and experiment with techniques, materials, and media. Through industry-based projects and workshops, you will apply your creative design ideas to practical and creative fashion design skills and problem-solving through 2D and 3D experimentation. You will explore a range of manufacturing and finishing techniques and alternative methods of pattern-cutting and draping, as well as develop your design software skills, including Clo3D. Using an iterative approach, you’ll evaluate your work by developing research process books and 3D prototyping and sample development, with an emphasis on ethical and sustainable practices. The unit will introduce you to fashion sectors and career paths and increase your knowledge of teamwork, presentation skills, organisation and project planning.

80 credits

This unit focuses on helping you understand your practice in a broader context through collaboration and working together in mixed teams on projects, where you will use your creative ideas to generate solutions to a challenge or brief. Understanding and utilising different perspectives and practices the projects will allow you to explore how creativity can make an impact in society by understanding the client’s needs, problem solving, experimentation, and risk-taking. This collaborative learning experience will expose you to a range of new processes and approaches that will develop your creative thinking.

40 credits

The first week of each academic year is called Wayfinding week. It’s an opportunity get your bearings, establish new connections and, after your first year at Norwich, re-establish old ones. Your course team will talk you through the year ahead and explain the expectations for the year. We’ll help you navigate new encounters and identify areas to focus on as you progress through your course.

An important element of Wayfinding Week is taking part in our annual ‘Make it Manifest(o)’ project. Your course team will introduce the project in which we’ll ask you to consider your hopes and vision of the year ahead at Norwich and work with students in other year groups to bring your ideas to life. The project culminates in a celebratory display of work across the campus. The project will help you to develop your critical creativity through different approaches, concepts, and mediums. You’ll encounter diverse perspectives and build friendships and networks within our university community.

Interchange weeks are opportunities to step away from your disciplinary studies and engage in projects, workshops, visits and talks that extend your knowledge and understanding of the world. Whether you learn a new skill or take part in a global challenge project with students from other courses, you will come away with new insights to take back to your course. Interchange is part of the schedule for all Norwich students with sessions held across and beyond the campus led by university staff, visiting lecturers and students.

This is the first and shorter of the two units that make up your final year of undergraduate study. You’ll develop strong conceptual and practical skills through extensive research, design development, original pattern cutting and craftsmanship, technical refresher sessions, campus workshop refreshers, and identifying software for CAD, laser cutting, and practical digital practices. The unit examines future and emerging practices, guiding students to find their creative identity and investigate ideas through live briefs and competitions. You will produce a research report on a topic broadly related to fashion and your practice, expanding on the research ideas developed in your second year. You’ll apply various research methods and methodological approaches, informed by your approach to your creative practice and future career aspirations.

40 credits

Your final unit allows you to research, conceptualise, and create a self-determined final-year project(s), building on the skills, knowledge and understanding you have gathered throughout the programme. Throughout the unit, you will continue to enhance your creative approaches by engaging in workshops, fostering a critical mindset and mastery of materials, technologies, and processes. The year will include opportunities to engage with industry through live projects, competitions, or professional bodies, including Graduate Fashion Week and the British Fashion Council. The year will culminate in showcasing your collection/product and portfolio for a catwalk show or exhibition to a range of audiences and providing opportunities for your ongoing personal and professional development.

80 credits

The first week of each academic year is called Wayfinding week. It’s an opportunity get your bearings, establish new connections and, after your first year at Norwich, re-establish old ones. Your course team will talk you through the year ahead and explain the expectations for the year. We’ll help you navigate new encounters and identify areas to focus on as you progress through your course.

An important element of Wayfinding Week is taking part in our annual ‘Make it Manifest(o)’ project. Your course team will introduce the project in which we’ll ask you to consider your hopes and vision of the year ahead at Norwich and work with students in other year groups to bring your ideas to life. The project culminates in a celebratory display of work across the campus. The project will help you to develop your critical creativity through different approaches, concepts, and mediums. You’ll encounter diverse perspectives and build friendships and networks within our university community.

Interchange weeks are opportunities to step away from your disciplinary studies and engage in projects, workshops, visits and talks that extend your knowledge and understanding of the world. Whether you learn a new skill or take part in a global challenge project with students from other courses, you will come away with new insights to take back to your course. Interchange is part of the schedule for all Norwich students with sessions held across and beyond the campus led by university staff, visiting lecturers and students.