BA Textile Design
Entry requirements
A level: BBB/ABC IB: 32 (5,5,5 HL) BTEC: BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma: DDM BTEC Level 3 National Diploma: DM plus one A level at Grade B BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate: D plus two A levels at Grades BC
About this course
BA (Hons) in Textile Design, a fashion design degree centred on material exploration, manufacturing processes, and creative methodologies. Core topics include Research Methods, Engineering Design, Ethics & Professional Practice, and Design & Creative Practice. The programme is available as a three-year full-time route or a four-year option incorporating a professional placement year. The first year establishes fundamental competencies through modules such as Creative Production 1, Textile Design Practice, Textile Design Perspectives, Creative Production 2, Trends, Techniques and Applications, and Textiles Futures, focusing on digital production skills, historical contexts, and experimental making. The second year advances commercial awareness and technical execution with Design for commercial practice, Research Methods for Textiles, Professional and Business Practice, Emerging Design Methods, and Digital Design Processes, alongside optional modules covering areas such as Arts Management, Re-imagining Communities, Creative Placemaking, Drawing Characters: Representation and Identity, Fashion to Function: Designing Clothing and Wearable Products, Co-Designing Products with Generative AI, Creative Enterprise, BioDesign, Object Studies, and Shaping a World That Functions: Human Factors and Ergonomics in Action. The final year culminates in advanced self-directed work through Studio Practice: Self-Directed Practice and Final Major Project: Portfolio and Professional Practice, with further choices including a Dissertation or an Industrial Report.
Modules
- Creative Production 1
- Textile Design Practice
- Textile Design Perspectives
- Creative Production 2
- Trends, Techniques and Applications
- Textiles Futures
- Design for commercial practice
- Research Methods for Textiles
- Professional and Business Practice
- Emerging Design Methods
- Digital Design Processes
- Arts Management
- Re-imagining Communities
- Creative Placemaking
- Drawing Characters: Representation and Identity
- Fashion to Function: Designing Clothing and Wearable Products
- Co-Designing Products with Generative AI
- Creative Enterprise
- BioDesign
- Object Studies
- Shaping a World That Functions: Human Factors and Ergonomics in Action
- Studio Practice: Self-Directed Practice
- Final Major Project: Portfolio and Professional Practice
- Dissertation
- Industrial Report