Study fashion design with us, and you’ll be encouraged to develop a strong conceptual design style and practical design skills – from drawing and pattern cutting to an understanding of the business of fashion.
Fashion marks time. It inspires change and responds to the cultural and political issues that underpin society. The Fashion Design major promotes originality in your chosen field of fashion, enabling you to create innovative work for a multifaceted global industry.
AUT fashion design alumni have gone on to work at prestigious fashion houses locally and internationally, like Burberry, Ralph Lauren, Karen Walker, Zambesi and Lonely Hearts.
This is part of the Bachelor of Design.
Start date: 2019
You need to complete 120 points each year and 360 points for the entire degree. In each year you study core compulsory papers within your major and selected minor.
You develop practical fashion skills including pattern cutting and drawing, and are introduced to creative design thinking and fashion theory.
You also study one paper from your chosen minor.
Your first-year skills are put into practice through a series of challenging industry-oriented projects that focus on developing design ideas across broad fashion areas - from streetwear to high fashion.
You also study two papers from your chosen minor.
Through the final-year papers, you develop your own self-directed projects that cover the spectrum of fashion-related disciplines, resulting in a body of work that is selected for a professional presentation (runway or showroom) at the end of the year to the fashion media and industry.
You also study one paper from your chosen minor.
You complete 60 hours of workplace experience in the fashion design industry - a great opportunity to network, gain work experience and develop your CV and portfolio.
Recent placements included:
Detailed programme structure and paper outlines (Blackboard)
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Enrolment in papers is subject to meeting all requirements and availability of papers.
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