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Course summary
Why study this course? Our Fashion Textiles (including foundation year) BA (Hons) is designed to help you build a portfolio and make more informed decisions about your work. The imaginative teaching approach will help you explore your aptitude and potential. This course is an alternative route into higher education – ideal if you can’t meet the necessary requirements to enter the standard three-year course. On graduation you’ll also receive the same award and title as students on the three-year course. More about this course Our four-year degree in fashion textiles has a built-in preparatory year, which, through its exciting and imaginative approach to teaching, will help you discover your potential within different creative practices offered at the School of Art, Architecture and Design. Your foundation year will be shared with others studying a degree with a foundation year at our School of Art, Architecture and Design and you’ll develop a range of skills that will be related to a range of our undergraduate programmes. In the first term you’ll take on a range of short studio projects in visual imagery and making, followed by short-term projects in the second semester where you will be able to begin to specialise in textiles or further explore different creative practices. The individual project in your third term will be more closely aligned to your final BA award. The foundation year will offer a balance of studio and workshop practice with lectures in critical and contextual studies, which will frame creative practice in historical, contemporary and cultural discourse. In those lectures and seminars you’ll find an emphasis on a thorough engagement with materials, forms and processes combine with intellectual skills, such as observation, analysis, discrimination, innovation and creativity. The programme will encourage personal research, exploration and development as a means to your bring individual interests and styles to creative practice. The subsequent three years of your studies will be shared with students on the standard course. To find out more about the content you’ll study please visit our Fashion Textiles BA (Hons) course page.
Modules
Year 0 modules include: Critical and Contextual Studies: Foundation Formats Project Techniques Year 1 modules include: 3D Design Principles 3D Visual Research and Communication Critical and Contextual Studies 1 (3D) Workshop Practice Year 2 modules include: 3D Design Critical and Contextual Studies 2 (3D) Design Resolution Materials, Technology and Markets Year 3 modules include: 3D Project Design and Development Critical and Contextual Studies 3: Dissertation (3D) Major Project Realisation: Fashion Textiles World of Work
Assessment method
During the foundation year you’ll be assessed via project work, essays and an individual portfolio. In the subsequent three years of your degree we’ll assess you via formative, summative, diagnostic, peer and self-assessment methods, as well as your studio work, digital projects and workshops.
How to apply
31Jan
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.
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Foundation
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 32 points
GCSE/National 4/National 5
Additional entry requirements
Interview
Portfolio
English language requirements
To study a degree at London Met, you must be able to demonstrate proficiency in the English language. If you require a Tier 4 student visa you may need to provide the results of a Secure English Language Test (SELT) such as Academic IELTS. For more information about English qualifications please see our English language requirements. If you need (or wish) to improve your English before starting your degree, the University offers a Pre-sessional Academic English course to help you build your confidence and reach the level of English you require.
More information about our English language requirements.
https://www.londonmet.ac.uk/international/applying/english-language-requirements/undergraduate/
Student Outcomes
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £2310 | Module |
| Northern Ireland | £2310 | Module |
| Scotland | £2310 | Module |
| Wales | £2310 | Module |
| EU | £4815 | Module |
| International | £4815 | Module |
| Channel Islands | £4815 | Module |
| Republic of Ireland | £4815 | Module |
Additional fee information
Please note, in addition to the tuition fee there may be additional costs for things such as equipment, materials, printing, textbooks, trips or professional body fees. Additionally, there may be other activities that are not formally part of your course and not required to complete your course, but which you may find helpful (for example, optional field trips). The costs of these are additional to your tuition fee and the fees set out above and will be notified when the activity is being arranged.
Provider information
London Metropolitan University
Admissions Office
166-220 Holloway Road
City of London
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