BA (Hons) Fashion Image Making and Styling with Foundation Year Bachelor's degree at the University of Salford

This module is designed to allow you to bring together all your prior learning from the previous modules. It gives you the opportunity to propose and create your own brief based on a theme, topic, or issue that you are passionate about. Within this module you'll be supported by tutors who will guide you in creating a meaningful body of work that demonstrates confidence in your chosen area.

This module allows you to explore the creative industries and its career opportunities. You'll learn about a range of subjects including responsible design and future trends within your chosen area of art and design. It will allow you to build on the technical skills that you gained in the first semester to produce a creative publication.

This module introduces you to the foundational principles of fashion design, focusing on the development of personal and innovative concepts in response to design briefs. Throughout the module, you will investigate and apply a diverse range of media and construction methods, enhancing your technical skills and understanding of contemporary fashion practices. The module emphasises the importance of research methodologies to guide and inform design decisions, encouraging you to apply your findings

The aim of this module is to introduce you to the basic aspects of fashion styling and image making through approaches to research and exploration of concepts and techniques that are pertinent to fashion. This includes looking at contemporary fashion practice, trends and image that inform society both at a commercial and artistic level. You will be encouraged to appreciate the opportunities that these areas can offer, providing the foundation upon which you can supplement fresh thinking and appl

This module introduces you to the primary principles of the 2D fashion design process. Through a series of short lectures, you will engage in discussions around the fundamentals of fashion practices and their application within the industry context. These lectures will provide a theoretical foundation, covering key concepts and methodologies essential for understanding the fashion design process. Workshops and mini projects are integrated into the module to support these topics, allowing you to

The Fashion Contexts module develops your knowledge and understanding of the wider contexts surrounding fashion design and will develop your skills in critical thinking, visual analysis, research, communication and professional practice. You will join a range of lectures, workshops and seminar sessions to support your individual exploration of the critical, ethical, cultural, political and/or commercial issues which shape contemporary fashion and wider visual culture. Field trips, independent an

This skill-based module is primarily conducted within the workshop or studio environment through a series of demonstrations and lectures. You will be introduced to various materials, workshop machinery, and studio equipment via structured demonstrations and practical exercises. Assessment will be project-based, typically requiring you to compile a body of work that demonstrates your understanding and application of techniques, materials, and practical skills. This body of work is generally prese

Assessment: Project-based

This module is designed to immerse you in various approaches to fashion communication, with a particular focus on drawing and sketching. Emphasis is placed on both digital and hand-drawn methods of fashion design. Learning is facilitated through workshops that include practical drawing for fashion and the use of industry-relevant computer software.

Acting as an introduction to the pathway, this module aims to provide you with the opportunity to develop your understanding of styling and image making and give you a solid foundation of knowledge for future modules. You will develop the technical skills necessary for the effective realisation of concepts within this discipline.

This module aims to introduce you to the basic skills associated with the discipline (photography/image making), equipping you with sufficient knowledge to enable independent work in the area of fashion styling and image making. This module deals with the professional strategies necessary to gain both experimental and creative sensitivity towards every aspect of the project.

The purpose of this module is to place fashion styling and image making within a business context, enabling you to consider the specialism in relation to the needs of a diversity of end users within the fashion and style related industries. Developing an awareness of business and marketing issues enables you to develop professional and creative skills which reflect the relationship between product, consumer and needs. This experience will allow you to gain sufficient skills to work independently

Critical Dialogues asks you to investigate and share an informed critical perspective on a selected topic in fashion, clothing and their wider contexts. Taught content introduces the ethical and theoretical considerations facing the 21st Century fashion designer to support you in identifying your unique position and establishing an independent enquiry into an area relevant to your emerging creative and/or professional practice. Workshop, seminar sessions and formative review points support you t

In this module you will develop an understanding of the image-maker and stylist's role in spotting and instigating new cultural trends, developing an awareness of fashion's place within wider culture. You will also research a wide variety of fashion publications in order to understand different markets within fashion. Building on your research into emerging cultural trends, you will develop a concept that will inform a shoot for two contrasting magazines of your choice. Throughout this module yo

Placements within industry not only add to your knowledge and appreciation of your chosen discipline but can also enhance future employment prospects. This module encourages a liaison between you and leading practitioners, publications and brands in industry – allowing you to apply and develop your knowledge and skills gained on the course while offering an understanding of the relevant working procedures and the professional activities. You will be encouraged to identify a placement that suppor

The aim of this module is to extend and refine your understanding of styling and image making and develop your ability to solve a series of issues fully in response to an external brief within a professional context. You will aim to develop a personal and informed body of work, developing integrity, authenticity and professionalism, skills that will underpin the final year.

You will develop an understanding of the process of producing a collection of images, and explore the full potential of the creative interpretation and consider styling and image making as a creative process.

The final major project is designed to allow you to synthesise your experiences on the course through the definition, negotiation and implementation of a self-directed programme of design investigation, research and development leading to the presentation of a major design project. You are encouraged to identify an issue or set of issues around which to focus your design investigation. The primary responsibility for the implementation of the project lies with you, and you will be assessed on you

Portfolio module is an opportunity to consolidate learning from the entire degree to compile a professional portfolio of your strongest work. This diverse portfolio will include both edited existing projects alongside new, additional and refined 2D work that will act as an industry-ready, printed and digital portfolio. We expect work within this module to be considerate of professional and contemporary presentation conventions. Your portfolio will define the overall direction you wish to take in

This module provides an opportunity for you to engage in a detailed examination of an aspect of business practice and management of interest to you. The module enhances your ability to contextualise design as a commercial activity thereby underpinning and strengthening your own practice and understanding. You will undertake either this module OR the Visual Culture module.

This module provides an opportunity for you to engage in a detailed examination of an aspect of visual culture of interest to you. You are encouraged to explore connections between your proposed study and your studio practice in a connected but distinct programme, thereby underpinning and strengthening your own practice and providing an intensification of understanding.