Textiles with Business Studies
Introduction
- As of December 2010, our programme in Textiles with Business Studies has a single title to represent all features of the courses formerly advertised separately: these were the four-year Textile Design for Fashion with Professional Experience BA(Hons), three-year Textile Design for Fashion with Business Studies BA(Hons) and four-year Textiles with Business Studies MDes.
- Our Textiles with Business Studies courses prepare you to become a versatile textiles practitioner, able to work with printed, knitted or woven textiles for industry.
- In your second year, you will select from two distinct pathways leading to BA(Hons) or MDes. The choice is made with your tutors' help, depending on your own specific needs and interests.
- Our teaching team offers you expertise in research skills, concept development and the production of a specialist textile sample collection or textiles product with an application beyond fashion.
Overview
Introduction
This course will prepare you to become a versatile textiles practitioner, able to work with printed, woven or knitted textiles for industry.
Course structure
Year 1 is the same for students on both the BA(Hons) and MDes degrees, and introduces you to knit, print and weave for fashion. You will then specialise in one area to fully explore media and materials, textile design, construction and fabric realisation for fashion.
In year 2 design projects look at different fashion textiles market sectors. Projects are diverse and will test your design skills. You will develop your communication skills, and build a body of design work and fabric samples to add to your portfolio. You may also complete an industrial placement year after year 2.
During year 2, we will help you decide which final award suits your study needs. If aiming for the BA(Hons), in your final year you will design and make a collection of market-specific fabric samples within your specialist area for either womenswear or menswear. You will also produce a professional portfolio of design work, a dissertation and business plan.
Alternatively, for the MDes award, over years 3 and 4 you will complete an industrial placement module, and from the formulation of a personal research question, you will produce a collection of textiles samples for fashion or a textiles product with an application beyond fashion.
Areas of study
We offer you expertise in research skills, concept and design development, and business studies. Professional practice and historical and critical studies are integrated aspects of the course.
Syllabus
Year 1
Textiles Rotation
Textiles Specialism
Visual Research and Communication
Historical and Critical Studies
Professional Practice
Year 2
Textile Design and Market Awareness
Textiles for Fashion, Product and Presentation
Visual Research for Fashion and Textiles Practice
Extension studies
Historical and Critical Studies
Professional Practice Professional experience year (optional)
BA(Hons) final year
Fashion Textile Design Collection
Fashion and Textiles Design Research
Historical and Critical Studies
Design Management and Business Plan
MDes Final year
Textiles Design Intermediate Collection and Professional Portfolio
Historical and Critical Studies
Industrial placement and Business Practice
Textiles Concept and Product
Professional Entrepreneurial Development
Two optional modules
Career and progression opportunities
Graduates are employed in prestigious fashion houses worldwide, for example, H&M and Balenciaga. Other alumni, such as Julien Macdonald OBE and Mark Eley of Eley Kishimoto, have established their own design labels. Most alumni work as designers, buyers, merchandisers, stylists and trend forecasters. Other graduates go on to postgraduate study.
Key facts
UCAS code BA(Hons) W2NC / MDes W2ND
Duration 
Full-time: 3 years
Typical entry requirements
individual offers may vary
Location Grand Parade
A-levels:
foundation course is desirable but students may be considered with A-level qualifications (BBB).
ND/C (Level 3):
DMM.
International Baccalaureate:
individual assessment.
QAA-approved access course:
acceptable; subject-specific units.
GCSE (minimum grade C):
a good profile including English language and mathematics.
Foundation degree/HND
direct entry to year 3: foundation degree or DipHE in related subject, or practical experience. Direct entry to year 4: honours degree in related subject, and creative practical experience. Ability to work at postgraduate level.
For non-native speakers of English:
IELTS 6.0 overall, 6.0 in writing.
Other:
Art and Design Foundation Diploma. Interview and portfolio review.
Fees
The fees listed here are for full-time courses for the upcoming academic year only. Further fees are payable for subsequent years of study.
The tuition fee you have to pay depends on a number of factors including the kind of course you take, whether you study full- or part-time and whether or not you already have a higher education qualification. If you are studying part-time you will normally be charged on a pro rata basis depending on the number of modules you take. Different rules apply to research degrees - contact the course team for up-to-date information.
Visit www.brighton.ac.uk/money for more information, including advice on international and island fee paying status, and the government's Equivalent or Lower Qualification (ELQ) policy.
BA Hons Textiles with Business Studies
UK/EU (FT) - 9,000 GBP
Island Students (FT) - 9,000 GBP
International (FT) - 12,500 GBP
