ARTD3080 Professional and Industry Context for Fashion
Module Overview
This module will introduce you to personal and professional skills focussed on gaining employment within the Fashion Industry. It will develop your understanding and encourage you to engage with key thinking and examples of employability within your chosen area of Fashion Design. The first semester of the final year is a critical juncture for reflecting on professional aims and objectives and planning your future career, as you are about to undertake your final project on the programme. This module will enhance your ability to position yourself within your chosen field of the Fashion Industry and equip you with a strategy for employment.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- employability and professional practice within the Fashion Industry sector
- the recruitment process, including specifics of the application process
- how to develop an appropriate plan for professional practice and further study
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- analyse your current practice for discipline direction and orientation
- select appropriate methods for professional standard of research
- evaluate and apply a variety of academic approaches to contextualise your practice
- identify and apply the skills you need to practice professionally in fashion design and creative industries
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- develop and manage your time effectively to set deadlines
- solve problems independently in creative and innovative ways
- present your work appropriately in a professional context
- employ digital skills to support your learning
- apply appropriate skills for professional practice and employability
Syllabus
This module will support you in understanding and processing employability within your subject specific contexts. It will allow you to focus on strategies for employment and define a method of engagement within a professional context Indicative content for this module: Research methods and planning • Generating and applying new ideas • The role of practice in action/ research • Making full use of information and communication technologies Professional Skills • Digital /Creative content • Building a CV • Networking and the professional use of social media • Presentation skills (preparation, presentation style and practice) • Professional Blog • Digital Portfolio • Time management and project planning
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Teaching methods include • lectures • seminars • tutorials • workshops Learning activities include • independent learning, including reflection and evaluation of feedback • independent research • online reference material • tutorial notes • peer group learning • class discussions • Study Skills support
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Seminar | 6 |
| Lecture | 10 |
| Tutorial | 2 |
| Preparation for scheduled sessions | 20 |
| Wider reading or practice | 20 |
| Follow-up work | 40 |
| Practical classes and workshops | 6 |
| Completion of assessment task | 46 |
| Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Study Skills Workshops. http://library.soton.ac.uk/sash/workshops/
Michael Polanyi (2009). The Tacit Dimension.
Cotterell, S. (2015). Skills for Success: Personal Development and Employability.
Jean McNiff and Jack Whitehead (2009). You and Your Action Research Project.
Jean McNiff and Jack Whitehead (2009). Doing and Writing Action Research.
Blackboard. Blackboard http://blackboard.soton.ac.uk Panopto via Blackboard
Cottrell, S (2013). The Study Skills Handbook.
Donald A Schon (1991). The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action (Arena).
Gray, C & Malins, J (2004). Visualizing Research. (Electronic Resource): A Guide To The Research Process In Art And Design.
Working on Papers in Art and Design. an on-line refereed Journal (This journal can be accessed through the TDNet Journals Gateway on the WSA Library Webcat).
Louis Cohen, Lawrence Manion and Keith Morrison (2007). Research Methods in Education.
The Academic Skills Library page for study skills support. http://library.soton.ac.uk/sash
Harvard citing and referencing support including citethemright online resource. http://library.soton.ac.uk/sash/referencing
Academic Integrity support. http://library.soton.ac.uk/sash/what-is-academic-integrity
Assessment
Summative
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Blog (2500 words) | 80% |
| Presentation (10 minutes) | 20% |
Repeat
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Blog (2500 words) | 100% |
Referral
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Blog (2500 words) | 80% |
| Presentation (10 minutes) | 20% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: External
Costs
Costs associated with this module
Students are responsible for meeting the cost of essential textbooks, and of producing such essays, assignments, laboratory reports and dissertations as are required to fulfil the academic requirements for each programme of study.
In addition to this, students registered for this module typically also have to pay for:
Materials
Recommended texts for this module may be available in limited supply in the University Library and students may wish to purchase the mandatory/ additional text as appropriate Costs associated with the module may include key texts, research trips, sketchbooks, drawing material, printing, photocopies, USB stick/s, and external hard-drive.
Please also ensure you read the section on additional costs in the University’s Fees, Charges and Expenses Regulations in the University Calendar available at www.calendar.soton.ac.uk.