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UCAS CODE: W236

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  • Qualification

    Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

  • Location

    Arts University Bournemouth

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    SEP

  • Duration

    3 Years

Course summary

BA (Hons) Textiles Design at Arts University Bournemouth is a specialist textiles course that does not ask you to specialise before you arrive. We will encourage you to fully embrace colour, pattern and texture in the production of both hard and soft surfaces for both Fashion and Interiors. Core to course delivery are experimentation with drawing, dye techniques, print, stitch, constructed textiles and knit. We will encourage you to explore the parameters of textiles design for both interiors and fashion and challenge you to contribute to the British textiles industry and its worldwide reputation for originality, creativity and innovation. We ask you to interrogate long-standing traditions, question existing processes and create new ways of working setting you up to confidently become part of the next generation of distinctive, skilled and inventive designers and makers.


What you will learn

AUB will provide you with the opportunity to become a creative textile designer/maker. Emphasis is placed upon individual exploration of both visual and theoretical principles in the investigation of colour, texture and pattern, through experimentation with drawing, dye, print, stitch, CAD, fabric construction and manipulation, towards the development of tactile materials found within the discipline of textiles. Historical + Contemporary Cultural studies alongside critical inquiry will support conceptual thinking, with practical, ethical and sustainability issues being central to your learning, enabling you to become a conscientious and responsible designer of the future. Central to the course delivery is understanding the professional practice of a textile designer/maker, and the demands placed upon them. Awareness of this rapidly changing profession and jobs of the future is supported through industry set briefs, competitions, live projects, student led placements and engagement with textile professionals from the course’s extensive industry links.


By the end of the course you will be able to

• Demonstrate a critical and systematic understanding of techniques, processes, and skills required for contemporary textiles practice.
• Apply developed and effective visualisation, making and problem-solving skills through the research and production of both traditional and innovative textile works.
• Communicate the ideas, development and concepts underpinning your creative practice in your portfolio for appropriate and related professional career choices or further study.
• Underpin your creative work with critical and reflective contemporary debates and apply critical self-reflection and independent research to the development and management of your textiles practice and transferable skillsets.


Assessment method

Coursework and practical work

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Tuition fees

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£ 18,950per year

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University information

Arts University Bournemouth

  • University League Table

    72nd

  • Campus address

    Arts University Bournemouth, Wallisdown, Poole, Poole, Dorset, BH12 5HH, United Kingdom

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    24th out of 82 12

  • Entry standards

    / Max 243
    136 56%

    24th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    60.0 60%

    43rd

    26
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.24 81%

    22nd

    25

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