In this course you will refine critical skills developed in Fashion Practice Research Strategies and Advanced Fashion Materials, Techniques, Expressions in the gathering, synthesis, analysis, assessment and presentation of knowledge in the theory and practice of design, as well as its historical, social and cultural contexts.

You will acquire advanced knowledge of current research projects and research methods in fashion design. By the end of the course you will have completed a self-directed research dissertation project on a topic of your own choosing in consultation with supervisors and teachers. This course can provide a pathway to postgraduate research.

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