Course Title: Advanced Fashion Design Project

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Advanced Fashion Design Project

Credit Points: 24.00

Important Information:

Please note that this course may have compulsory in-person attendance requirements for some teaching activities.  

Please read the Student website for additional requirements of in-person attendance: https://www.rmit.edu.au/covid/coming-to-campus  

Please check your Canvas course shell closer to when the course starts to see if this course requires mandatory in-person attendance. The delivery method of the course might have to change quickly in response to changes in the local state/national directive regarding in-person course attendance. 


Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

GRAP2884

City Campus

Postgraduate

350H Fashion & Textiles

Face-to-Face

Sem 2 2020,
Sem 2 2021,
Sem 2 2022,
Sem 2 2023

Course Coordinator: Blake Barns / Dr Daphne Mohajer Va Pesaran

Course Coordinator Phone: By email

Course Coordinator Email: blake.barns@rmit.edu.au / daphne.mohajer.va.pesaran@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: B008 F12 R006

Course Coordinator Availability: By appointment


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Required Prior Study

Successful completion of GRAP2645 Advanced Fashion Materials, Techniques and Expressions.

Alternatively, you may be able to demonstrate the required skills and knowledge before you start this course.


Course Description

In this course you will realise a masters fashion design preliminary project which may include a variety of design outcomes to aptly express your fashion design practice. 

Through the application of development from the previous semester you will refine and resolve advanced fashion materials, techniques and expressions that may involve collaboration with other disciplines specific to your context of practice. 

You will be required to revise communication and production of outcomes and continually plan and manage in detail the series of outcomes, techniques, materials, methods and collaborations applicable to realising your project.

You will work through a structured series of dynamic simulated practice learning experiences designed to assist you in managing and producing your own design project and developing strategies for future independent design practice and further research.




Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

Program Learning Outcomes

In this course you will develop the following program learning outcomes:

PLO1: Demonstrate extensive, advanced and specialised knowledge of fashion design its related disciplines and emerging global markets

PLO2: Develop critical and ethical design strategies to practice and communicate your advanced knowledge of fashion in a global context

PLO3: Determine and apply the specialist knowledge and technical skills required to creatively solve problems, demonstrating independent expert judgment and ethical responsibility relating to your professional practice in broader fashion systems.


Course Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

CLO1: Apply advanced fashion materials, techniques and expressions research to realise a series of fashion design prototypes and artefacts as a mid-masters project body of work

CLO2: Advance design methods and visual mediums to express  fashion in a specified design or cross-disciplinary context

CLO3: Critically evaluate the relationship between fashion design practice and research and the social and cultural context of design

CLO4: Complete the research, production and presentation of your mid-masters fashion design project both individually and collaboratively within the field of fashion design as well as within a cross-disciplinary context.


Overview of Learning Activities

Your learning will be facilitated via a range of in-class and online activities, workshops and supervision meetings that will require both individual and collaborative engagement. Class activities promote your ability to explore design, investigate, analyse and understand fashion practice.


Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems.

A list of recommended learning resources will be provided by your lecturer, including books, journal articles and web resources. You will also be expected to seek further resources relevant to the focus of your own learning.

There are services and resources available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student website. 


Overview of Assessment

You will be assessed on how well you meet the courses learning outcomes and on your development against the program learning outcomes. Assessment tasks are directly aligned with each Course Learning Outcome. They are as follows:   Assessment Task 1: EXPERIMENTAL PROTOTYPES/BODIES Application of materials/ objects/ things to body/garment/space 40% CLOs: 1, 2   Assessment Task 2: INSTALLATION - Live presentation of completed body of work in an imagined space relevant to your project outcomes and cross-disciplinary contexts 40% CLOs: 2, 3, 4   Assessment Task 3: CV/CATALOGUE - Production of a folio that could be applied to a competition, job interview, press pack, internship, online Instagram portfolio 20% CLOs: 3, 4   Feedback will be given on all assessment tasks.   If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.   Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions.