Course Summary
Course Category: Direct Entry (Higher Education - HET)
This course offers hands-on learning experiences, and you’ll study relevant topics like sustainability, trend research, product development, garment technology, fashion marketing, leadership, and more, all tailored to meet the demands of today’s competitive fashion environment.
Course Details
This course prepares you for working in the following Career Sectors:
What will you study?
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Year 1:
Study Skills for Higher Education
Culture & History of Fashion
Fashion Trends & Consumer Behaviour
Fashion Marketing
The Principles of Buying & Merchandising
Garment Technology
Managing Global Fashion Supply Chains
Important
- Colleges may add/remove modules to keep the course updated and to meet demands.
Progression to CAO Courses
The Student - Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:
Enterprising
Enterprising people like situations that involve using resources for personal or corporate economic gain. Such people may have an opportunistic frame of mind, and are drawn to commerce, trade and making deals. Some pursue sales and marketing occupations. Many will eventually end up owning their own business, or in management roles in larger organisations. They tend to be very goal-oriented and work best when focused on a target. Some have an entrepreneurial inclination.
Creative
Creative people are drawn to careers and activities that enable them to take responsibility for the design, layout or sensory impact of something (visual, auditory etc). They may be atrracted to the traditional artistic pursuits such as painting, sculpture, singing, or music. Or they may show more interest in design activities, such as architecture, animation, or craft areas, such as pottery and ceramics.
Creative people use their personal understanding of people and the world they live in to guide their work. Creative people like to work in unstructured workplaces, enjoy taking risks and prefer a minimum of routine.
