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Fashion and Textiles at South and City College Birmingham - UCAS

Course summary

This course is for those who wish to pursue a career in the fashion and textiles industry. This is a one year course at level 4, aiming to develop your skills and prepare you for further and higher studies. You will gain high level and specialist training in how to present and exhibit your work to industry standard and how to realise your fashion collection from idea to catwalk. The course will provide you with real experience working on projects as well as gaining invaluable knowledge . You will be encouraged to enter prestigious competitions in order to market yourself as a designer and will have the opportunity to take part in the College's annual fashion show.

Modules

Professional Development; Contextual Studies; Individual Project; Techniques and Processes; Computer Aided Design (CAD); Fashion and Textiles Practices; Pattern Cutting and Garment Making; Printmaking.

Assessment method

Assessment will be through coursework and presentations. Assessment of fashion products and artefacts that you have designed and/or produced will be a key aspect of assessment. There are no exams on this course.

Qualified teacher status (QTS)

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

  • Course does not award QTS

How to apply

Application codes

Course code:
FASC
Institution code:
S20
Campus name:
Fusion Centre
Campus code:
D

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements


English language requirements

Applicants are expected to have GCSE at grade 4 or above on entry, or equivalent qualification such as functional skills


Student Outcomes

Operated by the Office for Students

There is no data available for this course. For further information visit the Discover Uni website.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

EU £6000 Year 1
England £6000 Year 1
Northern Ireland £6000 Year 1
Scotland £6000 Year 1
Wales £6000 Year 1
Channel Islands £6000 Year 1
Republic of Ireland £6000 Year 1
International £7500 Year 1

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

You will be provided with key course materials, students will need to purchase their own creative resources depending upon the projects undertaken. There additional costs are for the individual garments and collection that you will design and produce for your assessments and fashion show. There will also be some costs for art materials such as sketch books. We recommend that you budget for approximately £500.
Fashion and Textiles at South and City College Birmingham - UCAS