HNC / HND Fashion and Textiles | London College of Contemporary Arts
KEY COURSE INFORMATION
Campus:
London
Awarding Body:
Pearson
Duration:
HNC First Year - HND Second Year
Delivery:
Full-time
Intakes:
February, October
Application Deadline:
EU Applicants: January 15 2019
UK Applicants: January 21 2020
Fees:
UK/EU £6,500* (SFE funding available)
*Subject to change.
Academic Partner:
Walsall College
Level:
HNC- level 4, HND- level 5
Non-Academic Entry Requirements:
All applicants need to attend an interview and bring a portfolio of work that demonstrates a range of creative thinking and technical skills applied to your chosen subject or other design related projects. You will also undertake a literacy and numeracy diagnostic test. (Full list of entry requirements can be view below)
Overview
The HNC in Fashion and Textiles is a one-year qualification designed to equip you with a wide range of creative and technical skills which will allow you to work as a fashion or textile designer within the industry. This course equips you with the essential skills you will need heading into industry. The tutors will challenge your preconceptions of the fashion design process and the potential range of fashion career paths available to you within the fashion industry. The course will also place your design skills within a working context and prepare you for tomorrow’s professional world.
The HND in Fashion and Textiles is also a one-year qualification designed to develop the knowledge gained during your HNC. You will be encouraged to expand your own practice and find your own voice. Students benefit from working within a collaboration and creating their final collection. The course will also place your fashion design skills within a working context and prepare you for the professional world by creating an online presence. You will also learn promotional and networking tools which are integrated into the programme structure.
Studying fashion in the hub of London will allow you make use of the surrounding cultural facilities in order to inspire and develop your work.
WHY TAKE THIS COURSE?
Advantages of taking a fashion and textile course at LCCA:
- Exciting and challenging practical project briefs with a strong focus on a technical skills base;
- Study in one of the leading fashion capitals in the world
- Practical career-focused programmes
- Industry standard fashion studios
- Highly-experienced fashion course tutors with strong industry experience.
WHAT WILL I EXPERIENCE?
The HNC/D Fashion and Textiles will provide opportunities to develop your vision and ideas, exploring areas of specific interest to you. Upon course completion, you will be well-versed in the many aspects of fashion design, textile design and production. These skills will be complemented by an understanding of the historical, social, political and economic influences on fashion design.
Both courses will provide opportunities to develop your vision and ideas, exploring areas of specific interest to you.
Guided by highly-experienced teaching staff, you will learn to develop an individual approach to work, utilising your skills to support self-led personal and collaborative projects.
On completion of the course you will be well-versed in the many aspects of fashion design, textile design and production. These skills will be complemented by an understanding of the historical, social, political and economic influences on fashion design. The course will also provide you with a sound knowledge of business and marketing principles to ensure a broad understanding of the fashion and textile industry and its organisation.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Screen printing and digital printing for fashion; (HNC & HND)
- Fabric manipulation and surface decoration skills (HNC)
- Drawing and media exploration in relation to design; (HNC & HND)
- Design development; (HNC & HND)
- Garment design and production; (HNC & HND)
- Sketchbook development and exploration; (HNC & HND)
- Fabric knowledge (HNC)
- Digital imaging and its application in design (HNC)
- Industry awareness projects (HNC)
- Creative research and its context in design. (HNC & HND)
- Industry awareness projects (HND)
*Please note that learning outcomes listed here are a sample of a wider list of outcomes.
Throughout the course you will be encouraged to develop your own practice by combining practical skills. Drawing and design development will be coupled with teaching of the awareness of their application within the creative industries. You will learn a broad range of skills which will be applicable to a variety of creative fashion career pathways.
PROGRESSION
Upon successful completion of the HNC, students can either progress onto the HND Fashion and Textiles at LCCA or to the second year of an honours degree, depending on the match of the HNC units to the degree course in question. HND students could also progress further onto a BA (Hons) Fashion Design Degree.
The graduates from either courses could move into industry and take up a variety of potential roles including:
- Fashion Designer
- Garment Technologist
- Pattern Cutter
- Fashion Buyer
- Studio Manager
- Fashion Stylist
- Personal Shopper
- Image Consultant
- Textile/Fashion Designer
Progression to HND is subject to successful completion of the HNC, sufficient interest and student experience
COURSE STRUCTURE AND ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Term 1
HIGH NATIONAL CERTIFICATE
- Techniques and Processes
- Contextual Studies
- Cad/Cam
- Pattern Cutting
- Advanced Art Practice Studies
- Professional Practice
- Pattern Cutting
Term 2
HIGH NATIONAL CERTIFICATE
- Surface Design
- Fashion and Textile Practice
- Cad/Cam (continued)
- Pattern Cutting (continued)
HIGH NATIONAL DIPLOMA
- Pearson Applied Collaborative Project
- Advanced Fashion Studies
- Pattern Cutting (continued)
Term 3
HIGH NATIONAL CERTIFICATE
- Individual Project
- Professional Development
- Pattern Cutting (continued)
HIGH NATIONAL DIPLOMA
- Advanced Fashion Studies (continued)
- Pattern Cutting (continued)
- Styling
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Higher National Certificates (1 Year)
- Minimum age: 18
- Four or five GCSEs (grades A*-C, (4) or above) or Level 2 qualification equivalent
- Typically two A-levels (D or above), BTEC National Diploma or any NARIC recognised equivalence - every application is considered on an individual basis
- English proficiency: IELTS 5.5 (with minimum 5.0 for each component) or equivalent (CEFR Level B2)
- Mature applicants: (over 21) are considered subject to satisfactory literacy and numeracy, work experience (if applicable). All applicants will be required to attend an interview and complete a creativity task
* This course will only run if there is a sufficient level of interest to ensure a satisfactory student experience and outcome.
Higher National Diplomas (1 Year)
- Minimum age: 18
- Four or five GCSEs (grades A*-C, (4) or above) or Level 2 qualification equivalent
- Typically two A-levels (D or above), BTEC National Diploma or any NARIC recognised equivalence - every application is considered on an individual basis
- Full Higher National Certificate (RQF) in a related subject
- English proficiency: IELTS 5.5 (with minimum 5.0 for each component) or equivalent (CEFR Level B2)
- All applicants will be required to attend an interview and complete a creativity task
* This course will only run if there is a sufficient level of interest to ensure a satisfactory student experience and outcome.
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