BA (Hons) Fashion Design and Communication with Foundation Year

About your course The BA (Hons) Fashion: Design and Communication at Liverpool John Moores University offers you the opportunity to study either Fashion Design or Fashion Communication, while interacting within a creative, collaborative fashion environment. The Foundation Year The Foundation Year is the first year of a four-year degree programme shared by Architecture, Fashion: Design & Communication, Fine Art, Graphic Design & Illustration, and Interior Architecture degree programmes, designed for students who have the interest and ability to study for a degree, but haven’t had the opportunity to study art and design subjects before, are returning to education and would benefit from time to gain confidence and adjust to degree level studies, or do not have the qualifications to enter directly onto the three-year degree programme. It is a preparatory year of study that equips students with the necessary academic and practical skills for success in higher education, with the aim to introduce students to contemporary art and design practices, including those required to undertake studio-based projects at higher education.

A series of general taught modules that gradually build in exposure to discipline-specific practices provides an introduction to art and design principles and practices. All students study the same four modules and are taught together as a non-discipline specific group in two out of four modules, with opportunities to split into discipline-specific groups in the 'Exploring Materials, Process and Practice' and 'Studio Practice Project' modules. Students are taught through a combination of studio-based projects, workshops, lectures, seminars, group and individual tutorials, and have access to a shared studio space and specialist workshops and technical support in the John Lennon Art and Design Building to develop their practical skills.

You will be encouraged to develop ideas through introductory 'exposures' and 'encounters' with materials, technologies and processes that replicate and simulate real-world interactions for making and collaborative practice. You will undertake induction and orientation to basic resources and workshops in the John Lennon Art and Design Building, and use key workshop areas and resources associated with your programme in a safe and appropriate manner. You will acquire and develop the academic skills needed for successful transition into level 4 and completion of the degree including writing, referencing, computer and research skills, and develop a self-directed and independent approach to learning.

Once students pass the Foundation Year they will progress directly onto the first year of the BA (Hons) Fashion: Design and Communication degree. If you are a full-time UK student, you will qualify for student financial support for the full duration of your course (subject to eligibility criteria). The BA (Hons) Degree Programme The programme has been developed with two distinct pathways - each pathway benefit