Course Title: Identify influences on contemporary fashion designs and construction techniques

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C4389 Certificate IV in Custom-Made Footwear

Course Title: Identify influences on contemporary fashion designs and construction techniques

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 40

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
MANU7380C	Brunswick Campus	TAFE	350T Fashion & Textiles	Face-to-Face	Term1 2018, Term1 2019
MANU7380C	Brunswick Campus	TAFE	375T Vocational Design and Social Context	Face-to-Face or Internet	Term1 2021

Course Contact: Tallal Khan

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99259118

Course Contact Email: tallal.khan@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

In this unit you will learn skills and knowledge to identify influences of the 20th Century on fashion design and construction techniques. The unit applies to the analysis of the most important economic, social, political and technological factors that have had an impact on fashion development and demand.

This course addresses the following units and all these units are clustered for delivery but may assessed separately.

MSTGN3006 - Draw 3-D designs

MSTFP4001 -  Develop design for custom-made footwear

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	MSTFD4014 Identify influences on contemporary fashion designs and construction techniques
Elements:	1 Identify the function of clothing 2 Analyse 20th Century influences on role of designers 3 Assess fashion influences on current practice

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the above elements.

You will explore the influences of social progression, political movements, gender and other surrounding factors have had on footwear styles and materials used.  

Overview of Assessment

Assessment is ongoing throughout the semester and will consist of both theory and practical based exercises, predominantly in class but some out of class research and information formatting is required as well. Full assessment briefs will be provided and can be found on Canvas. You will receive spoken and written feedback on all your work.  Where relevant, this feedback will also include suggestions on how you can proceed to the next stage of developing your projects. 

All assessment tasks must be completed before competency can be achieved. Tasks that have not be authenticated in class as the student’s own work will not be considered for assessment. Regular attendance is encouraged. 

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 Manager or the Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.

Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies and procedures which are described online at:

https://www.rmit.edu.au/about/governance-and-management/policies/assessment-policy