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School
School of Art, Design and Architecture
Available at
Huddersfield
UCAS Code
WN2N BA/FTB
Course Length
3 years full-time
4 years sandwich
Number of Places
30 places across the Fashion and Textile courses: Buying; Management; Retailing
Contact
Jane Ritchie
Telephone: 01484 473127
Fax: 01484 472826
E-mail: j.ritchie@hud.ac.uk
Entry Requirements
Please see the general entry requirements page.
Additional requirements for this course are normally one of the following:
In addition to the above, strong emphasis will be placed on your verbal communication skill during the interview.
Other suitable experience or qualifications will be considered.
Fashion and Textile Buying is one of a group of three inter-related courses which provide a unique blend of design sensitivity and business acumen leading to exciting and diverse career opportunities. By focusing on the business and management aspects of fashion and textiles, the courses recognise the new opportunities within this innovative and progressive industry. The courses have a common core in the first two years to provide you with the fundamental skills and knowledge of retailing, buying and management related to fashion and textiles. During the final year you can choose to specialise in buying, management or retailing.
This course will:
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3 Sandwich
Year 3 Full-time/Year 4 Sandwich
We use a range of assessment methods to relate the course material to current commercial practice: individual and group assignments, essays and seminar presentations.
The fashion and textile industry offers varied and interesting careers and you will be given career advice in the second year of the course. Graduates are employed in positions such as buying, merchandising, range selecting and product development. Recent graduate employment destinations include head office positions within Next, Arcadia, Tesco and Mavi Jeans.
You may choose to spend the third year of your course on a salaried work placement either in the UK or overseas, or on an exchange with one of our approved partner universities overseas.
The Department has excellent, modern workshops in which the process of fashion and textile production can be demonstrated, including a very well equipped CAD area.
University Institution code: H60
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