Bachelor of Fine Arts (Fashion)

Overview

• The only bachelor fashion degree in Queensland
• Showcase your work to industry professionals
• Undertake an industry internship and business planning project
• Opportunity to study or work overseas through international exchange and scholarship programs

Details

This conceptually driven, designer-level course is delivered in a studio setting. Your individual design practice will be contextualised through units in fashion history and theory and strengthened through an introduction to sustainable practices and by the acquisition of practical skills in business and computer-aided design.

You can complement your fashion studies with electives in areas such as advertising, journalism, entrepreneurship or a foreign language.

Why choose this course?

QUT delivers the only bachelor degree in fashion in Queensland.

At QUT Fashion we will nurture your creative spirit and embrace your individuality. You will develop your design practice through intensive studio classes and your work will be informed through studies in fashion history and theory. You will be challenged to create beautiful and desirable fashion while considering socially responsible and environmentally sustainable practices.

This course provides you with the opportunity to experience real-world learning through work placements and to be involved in innovative community engagement projects. In your final year your work will be showcased to industry.

QUT fashion students have completed international exchanges to places like England, Italy, India and Netherlands and have secured coveted internships with leading international fashion companies.

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Career outcomes

Graduates have had an impact on the emerging Brisbane fashion scene and have successfully launched their careers internationally. Many of our graduates are entrepreneurial and have started their own fashion labels or small businesses. They excel as independent designers and as designers in larger fashion houses. Others work as fashion stylists, international trend forecasters and product development managers, living and working in cities all over the world, from London to Sydney, Brisbane to Paris. Pathways to further study, including honours and research degrees, are available.

Units

Your course

Year 1

You will focus on the integration of conceptual design principles with the practical skills and understanding of pattern technology and garment construction. You will gain knowledge of the materials, skills and processes available to the garment and textile industries including issues around sustainability and ethical production. You will analyse fashion trends and develop core skills and knowledge of drawing to be used in fashion design presentation.

Year 2

Building on the skills from your first year, you will expand your knowledge of the national and international fashion world, learn pattern engineering principles, realise your designs through garment construction and use fashion technology to enhance your design skills. In addition, you will increase your knowledge of and ability to research consumer cultures and continue to choose electives in other study areas of interest.

Year 3

In your final year, you will explore your own personal design identity allowing you to work on and develop your own product or fashion range, which will be showcased to industry in the graduation fashion show. Opportunities are available to use fashion technology to expand your design directions. You will also have the opportunity to identify relevant issues relating to your planned career and to position yourself effectively for entry into the fashion industry or postgraduate study, therefore helping with the transition into the real world. You will continue to choose electives in other areas of interest.

Entry requirements

2012 registrations have closed.

Registration for 2012 intake was due on the 23 September 2011 and have now closed. If had not registered and you are considering applying to study in 2013 we recommend you read the following information as a guide only as it details requirements for entry in 2012 and these may change prior to the 2013 intake.

Thank you for your interest in Fashion at the QUT Creative Industries Faculty.

To be considered for a place you must do two things.

1. Submit to the Creative Industries Faculty by the extended closing date of 14 October 2011.
   • a Fashion 2012 Registration Form
   • a copy of the QUTpay confirmation page from your online credit card payment for the $33 service charge (PLEASE NOTE: Q-Step and ATSI applicants are exempt from the service fee).
   • a Portfolio with this Registration Form
2. Apply through QTAC by 30 September.
   (See the QTAC website for more information)

Interviews

Following the submission applicants will be shortlisted. QUT will be conducting interviews in November 2011. Should you be shortlisted you will be notified via email. Only submissions that include all the above stated requirements will be processed.

Offers

The portfolio assessment is managed by QUT Creative Industries; however, all offers for the course will be made through QTAC in the 15 December 2011 offer round.

The Portfolio - further details

Your Portfolio must contain three things.

1. Academic Records - include your most up-to date records.
2. Personal statement - A typewritten personal statement outlining your reasons for applying to this particular course, indicating your personal strengths and your future ambitions (max 300 words).
3. Maximum 20 single-sided A4 pages, which should include a range of examples that demonstrate your potential as a fashion designer. This could include but is not limited to:
   • Good examples of your sketchbook work (to demonstrate your ability to research a topic and develop ideas based on that topic).
   • Fashion design drawings (showing your ability to create fashion designs, based on research and a concept). We are looking for evidence of fabric awareness, colour, and 3D thinking.
   • Selected photographs that show good examples of any garments you have made.

There is no one particular type of folio we are looking for, as long as you keep to the requirements of 20 single-sided A4 pages of your work. We are looking for something individual; a folio that expresses you, your talents and potential within the fashion industry. We would like to know what you think about fashion and what you like about fashion - or even what you don’t like about fashion. Think of the folio as a way of introducing yourself to us - and showing us your creativity and thought processes. Show us what inspires you and excites you.

Do not send original documents, colour photocopies only please

Will my portfolio by returned?

You will need to provide with your registration form, a stamped, self-addressed envelope (appropriate to the size of the portfolio submitted) for your portfolio to be returned. Portfolio materials will only be returned to applicants that provide the envelope.

Course fees

Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. All fees are based on current fixed fee prices. We review fees annually.

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Scholarships and financial support

You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.

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You may also be eligible for Centrelink payments