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BA Sustainable Fashion

University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

This degree is designed to equip you with a wide range of skills that are highly desirable to employers in the fashion industry.

You’ll have an understanding of the design process and be able to translate a design into a workable production process using the right materials. You’ll be able to put all of this in the context of how the finished product will be marketed, purchased and used. As the fashion industry places increasing focus on sustainability, the course will equip you to meet these challenges head on.

This holistic knowledge of fashion technology, the supply chain and the industry will equip you to succeed in a range of different careers with clothing brands and retailers and their suppliers. These roles could include buying, product development, technology, retail and supply chain management among many others.

In addition, the understanding you’ll gain of operational issues, manufacturing processes and project management could open doors for you in a range of other sectors.

General Eligibility

A-level: ABB

GCSE: 5/6 A-C (or 4+) including English.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1

Compulsory modules

  • Sustainable Fashion

  • Fashion Lifecycle 1: Materials and Process

  • Fashion Lifecycle 2: Products, Users, End of Life

  • The Fashion Industry

  • Design History, Design Futures

Optional modules (selection of typical options shown below)

  • Introduction to Photography (Digital)

  • Colour in the Design Process

  • Fashion Branding

2 Year 2

Compulsory modules

  • Strategic Fashion Management

  • Research Methods

  • Marketing Creativity and Innovation

  • Sustainable Product Development

  • Green Processes

Optional modules (selection of typical options shown below)

  • Photography (Digital)

  • Colour: Art and Science

  • 20th Century Fashion History

  • Design for Sustainability

  • Consumer Behaviour and Neuromarketing

3 Year 3

Compulsory modules

  • Fashion Revolutions

  • Independent Study Dissertation

  • Sustainable Business Analysis

  • The Sustainable Product

Optional modules (selection of typical options shown below)

  • Time and the Image in Contemporary Art

  • Fashion Styling and Photography

  • Brand Communications

  • Contemporary Advertising

  • Collaborative Marketing

Language Requirement

  • IELTS6.0
  • TOEFL78
  • PTE58
  • Duolingo79

IELTS (International English Language Testing System) Academic or IELTS for UKVI (United Kingdom Visas and Immigration) (Academic) or IELTS Online at 6.0 overall with no less than 5.5 in each component skill. Please note that we cannot accept results from these tests that are over two years old at the start date of the course you intend to study.

TOEFL iBT (Test of English as a Foreign Language Internet-Based Test) or TOEFL iBT Home Edition at 80 overall with no less than 17 in listening, 18 in reading, 20 in speaking, and 19 in writing. Please note that we do not accept TOEFL My Best scores and we expect candidates to have met the relevant requirements from a single TOEFL test.

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