Fashion Cultures and Business BA (Hons)

BA (Hons) Fashion Cultures and Business is a communication and humanities orientated course that will deliver a curriculum based on the growing emergence of social responsibility within the industry of fashion. Fashion communication is evolving. The industry is now under pressure to produce proactive advocates of diversity and inclusivity (State of Fashion 2020). The course will cater for the need to train communication literate professionals who command an understanding of empathy towards a variety of global audiences.<br/><br/>This course aims to provide you with a pedagogical structure that facilitates the learning of research methodologies, both qualitative and quantitative. You will be required to engage with communities, locally, nationally and internationally in order to produce outcomes that focus on the analysis of socio-economic and geographic phenomena relevant to the industry of fashion.<br/><br/>The course will offer you the opportunity to work closely with other students within the University of East Londons Fashion department and other departments within the School of Arts and Creative Industries.<br/><br/>The course will also focus on the utilisation of the University of East Londons rich background in diverse student cohort by conducting research practice that engages with both active students and potentially, alumni, whilst following the Universitys protocols on ethics in research.<br/><br/>Digital media outcomes will be a focus for the course, concentrating on the development and refinement of visual diaries, reports and presentations.<br/><br/>The course will work with local communities directly within the borough of Newham via organisations such as Spotlight and the Eastside Youth centre.<br/><br/>You can also take this course with a foundation year (FY), which means you it will take you four years to complete the course full-time, and eight years to complete the course part-time.<br/><br/>If you dont meet the entry requirements for a BA, you can study this course as an extended, four-year programme . Youll begin by taking a foundation year which prepares you for a successful transition to the BA degree. This means it will take you four years to complete the course full-time, and eight years to complete the course part-time.