Course Title: Fashion Design Honours Project

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Fashion Design Honours Project

Credit Points: 24.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

GRAP2845

City Campus

Undergraduate

350H Fashion & Textiles

Face-to-Face

Sem 2 2020,
Sem 2 2021,
Sem 1 2022,
Sem 2 2022,
Sem 1 2023,
Sem 2 2023,
Sem 1 2024

Course Coordinator: Blake Barns and Dr Daphne Mohajer va Pesaran

Course Coordinator Phone: By email

Course Coordinator Email: blake.barns@rmit.edu.au / daphne.mohajer.va.pesaran@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: B008 F12 R006

Course Coordinator Availability: By appointment


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Required Prior Study

Successful completion of GRAP2849 Advanced Fashion Materials, Techniques & Expressions.


Course Description

In this course you will realise an honours major fashion design project which may include a variety of design outcomes to aptly express your fashion design practice. 

Through the application of development from the previous semester you will refine and resolve advanced fashion materials, techniques and expressions that may involve collaboration with other disciplines specific to your context of practice. 

You will be required to revise communication and production of outcomes and continually plan and manage in detail the series of outcomes, techniques, materials, expressions and collaborations applicable to realising your project.

You will work through a structured series of dynamic simulated practice learning experiences designed to assist you in managing and producing your own design project and developing strategies for future independent design practice or further research. 

This course includes a Work Integrated Learning experience in which your knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a simulated workplace context and where feedback from industry and/ or community is integral to your experience.

Please note that if you take this course for a bachelor honours program, your overall mark in this course will be one of the course marks that will be used to calculate the weighted average mark (WAM) that will determine your award level. See the WAM information web page for more information.


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

Program Learning Outcomes 

In this course you will develop the following program learning outcomes:

PLO1: Demonstrate extensive and advanced knowledge of fashion, its related disciplines and emerging global markets.

PLO4: Employ individual and specialised fashion design skills and techniques in industry, fashion materials, communication and presentation.

PLO6: Work collaboratively with other practices, collectives, industry and community partners and cross culturally to plan and produce fashion design projects.

PLO8: Undertake research into contemporary fashion design practice and theory to explore possible industry and career directions.


Course Learning Outcomes 

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

CLO1: Apply advanced fashion materials, techniques and expressions research to realise a series of fashion design prototypes and artefacts

CLO2: Advance design methods and visual mediums to express fashion in a specified design or cross-disciplinary context

CLO3: Critically evaluate the relationship between fashion design practice and research, as well as the social and cultural context of design

CLO4: Complete the research, production and presentation of your honours major fashion design project both individually and collaboratively within the field of fashion design as well as within a cross-disciplinary context


Overview of Learning Activities

Your learning will be facilitated via a range of studio-based activities, workshops and supervision meetings that will require both individual and collaborative engagement. Class activities promote your ability to explore design, investigate, analyse and understand fashion practice.


Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems.

A list of recommended learning resources will be provided by your lecturer, including books, journal articles and web resources. You will also be expected to seek further resources relevant to the focus of your own learning.

There are services and resources available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student website. 


Overview of Assessment

You will be assessed on how well you meet the course learning outcomes and on your development against the program learning outcomes.

Assessment tasks are directly aligned with each Course Learning Outcome. They are as follows:

Assessment Task 1: EXPERIMENTAL PROTOTYPES/BODIES - Live showing of materials/ objects/ things to the body/ garment/ space (40%)
CLOs: 1, 2

Assessment Task 2: INSTALLATION - Installation and live presentation of completed body of work relevant to your project outcomes and cross-disciplinary contexts (40%)
CLOs: 2, 3, 4

Assessment Task 3: CV & CATALOGUE - Production of a folio that could be applied to a competition, job interview, internship, online Instagram portfolio (20%)
CLOs: 3, 4

Feedback will be given on all assessment tasks.

If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.

Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions.