Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- how to promote yourself and your work to fashion marketing management employers;
- the role and skills required in the area of fashion in which you intend to work;
- how to prepare a professional Curriculum Vitae and career plan aligned to your intended role in Fashion Marketing with Management.
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- effectively communicate across visual, oral and written formats using an appropriate range of relevant media.
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- creatively employ complex practical skills utilising digital technology in developing a personal profile through a promotional video.
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- critically identify the strengths of your own work and appropriately recognise your own professional position within the fashion marketplace.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Follow-up work | 40 |
| Preparation for scheduled sessions | 16 |
| Tutorial | 10 |
| Completion of assessment task | 40 |
| Wider reading or practice | 30 |
| Lecture | 4 |
| Practical classes and workshops | 10 |
| Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Internet Resources
Graduate Prospects – the official graduate careers website.
Academic Skills (including Academic Integrity).
Textbooks
H, Goworek (2006). Careers in Fashion and Textiles. Wiley Blackwell.
Brown, Carol (2010). Fashion Careers. London: Laurence King.
D’souza, Steven (2011). Brilliant Networking. Harlow: Pearson/Prentice Hall.
Granger, Michele (2004). The fashion Intern. New York: Fairchild.
TeenVogue Handbook (2009). An insiders guide to careers in fashion. London: Puffin.
Eggert, M (2003). The perfect interview. London: Random House.
Jay, R (2005). Brilliant Interview. Prentice Hall.
M, Yate (2008). Great Answers to Tough Interview Questions. Kogan Page.
Longson, S (2004). Choosing Your Career. Kogan Page.
Vogt, Peter (2007). Career Opportunities in the fashion Industry. New York: CheckMark.
Granger, Michele (2012). Fashion: the Industry and its careers. New York: Fairchild.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Plan
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: Personal Career Plan with verbal and written feedback. There will be a variety of opportunities for formative feedback within the module, for example: •tutorials, •seminars •peer group •assessment •group critiques, •self-assessment •mock interviews The interim submission of the personal career plan and online portfolio is an opportunity for a closer examination of a students’ needs and targeted individual feedback on the marking criteria
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Portfolio | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Portfolio | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Portfolio | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External