Sports Fashion & Branding*
Postgraduate
Online
Description
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Type
Postgraduate
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Methodology
Online
This unique Sports Fashion and Branding course will help you develop the skills and expert knowledge to thrive in this fastest growing specialist sector of the fashion and sports industry.
BA (Hons) Sports Fashion & Branding at UCA will open up a distinctive route into design, concept, product development and branding for students wishing to kick-start a career in this fast-paced and ever-changing market.
Located at our Epsom campus, the BA (Hons) Sports Fashion & Branding course offers a range of specialist facilities for you to develop your projects and skills. These include fully equipped professional CAD/Apple Mac and PC suite, design studios, printing studios, manufacturing and photographic studios.
*Subject to validation.
About this course
The course provides a friendly, supportive environment where you will be taught by a diverse range of industry professionals, who are active in the fashion sports and branding industries. The course explores the process of design and branding with consideration to the ever-changing sportswear industry. A holistic approach to research, design and branding is encouraged, and the main method of teaching for this course will be through a range of lectures, workshops, seminars and tutorials.
On the course you’ll gain the appropriate skills and technical know-how required to work in a range of roles, such as a sportswear designer, sports brand manager or consultant. Many of our students will go on to have successful careers in business, or indeed set up their own fashion/sport business with the relevant experience and knowledge to make it in a fast-paced fashion and sports environment.
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Subjects
- Market
- Design
- Branding
- CAD
- Project
- Industry
Course programme
- Year 1
- Year 2
- Year 3
In your first year, you’ll develop your drawing and CAD skills and gain an understanding of product technologies, product creativity, marketing, branding, and communication.
- Summary course information for 2017 entry
Please note, syllabus content indicated is provided as a guide. The content of the course may be subject to change.
Course modules-
Introduction to Sports Fashion and Branding
- Sport Branding and Management
- Introduction to Design and Construction
- Fashion and Sport Studies
In Year Two, there is a marked emphasis on industry practice through live projects, professional practice and industry placement.
- Summary course information for 2017 entry
Please note, syllabus content indicated is provided as a guide. The content of the course may be subject to change.
Course modules-
Live Industry Group Project
- Live Industry Individual Project
- Professional Practice and Industry Placement
- Study Abroad with Host Institution
The final year will see you undertake a major project, from concept development to product design and realisation, where you’ll be required to contextualise your practice along the way. If you choose to produce a collection or range of designs, you will have the opportunity to liaise directly with manufacturing companies to have samples made in factories.
- Summary course information for 2017 entry
Please note, syllabus content indicated is provided as a guide. The content of the course may be subject to change.
Course modules- Strategic Research and Market Analysis
- Concept / Design Development
- Implementation and Final Collection/Range
- Summary course information for 2017 entry
Please note, syllabus content indicated is provided as a guide. The content of the course may be subject to change.
Course modulesSports Fashion & Branding*