Costume Design and Making - BA (Hons)

Nottingham Trent University

Bachelor's degree

In Nottingham

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Nottingham

  • Duration

    3 Years

This exciting design for performance course is one of the few costume degrees that will allow you to focus equally on developing both your costume design and costume making skills. We'll help you develop your creative ideas into professional costumes for theatre, film and television, dance, opera and other performance areas.

You’ll develop skills in visual research, character analysis, contemporary design development, innovative 2D to 3D realisation, corsetry, pattern cutting, tailoring, millinery and wigs, and costume props, as well as build your fabric knowledge.

Our teaching professionals all have industry experience, and you'll work in dedicated working spaces and design studios, professional design and costume construction equipment in the beautiful listed Waverley building.

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Start date

Nottingham (Nottinghamshire)
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Start date

On request

About this course

Employability is excellent for this course, with 90% of our graduates in employment or further study within six months of graduating (DLHE survey 2016/17).

Modules include initiatives to enhance your professional practice and career prospects, through guest lectures, opportunities to enter industry competitions, work placements and include live projects.

Graduates from this course go into fields such as film, television, theatre, opera, dance, music, heritage projects, advertising, events, and festivals.

Recent graduate roles include freelance costume designers, trainee costume designers, and wardrobe assistants for a range of theatre, film, and television productions. This includes Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, The Book of Mormon, Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes, and The Winter’s Tale at the Garrick Theatre, London. They are also working for world-renowned organisations such as Angels Costumes in London.

What are we looking for?
A-levels – BBC; or
BTEC Extended Diploma – DMM; or
112 UCAS Tariff points from three A-levels or equivalent qualifications; and
GCSEs – English and Maths or Science grade C / 4.

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Subjects

  • Credit
  • Teaching
  • Design
  • Visual
  • Creative studio
  • Research
  • Presentation
  • Project
  • Professional
  • Methods

Course programme

Year One
  • Costume Design and Making: Introductions (100 credit points)
  • Visual Communication 1 (20 credit points)
Year Two
  • Costume Design and Making: Explorations (100 credit points)
  • Visual Communication 2 (20 credit points)
Final year
  • Costume Design and Making: Exposition (120 credit points)
How you’re taught

On this course, you will spend your time in creative studio environments. Teaching and learning experiences will include:
  • studio days
  • presentations
  • independent projects
  • demonstrations
  • research
  • reflective journals
  • lectures
  • seminars
  • tutorials
  • study visits.

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Costume Design and Making - BA (Hons)

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