Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Fashion

The BA in Fashion (Honours) is a postgraduate learning programme that will prepare you for advancements in a fashion career or further research-based programmes such as a Masters in a cognate field.

The learning programme has been developed by leaders in fashion and retail with the focus of providing you with the most progressive and relevant education in the industry. The Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Fashion aims to enable students to foster critical and creative thinking strategies to identify, evaluate, and solve problems in a complex world in light of the 4th Industrial Revolution.

This programme balances research with real-world case studies. Modules covered require students to engage with higher-order cognitive processes and apply theory to practice within the realm of fashion. Students are required to complete a research project founded on the principles of action research.

What is Contact Learning?

THE ADMISSION CRITERIA FOR THE BACHELOR OF ARTS HONOURS IN FASHION ARE:

• The STADIO, Bachelor of Arts in Fashion or the Bachelor of Commerce in Fashion degree; OR

• a Bachelor degree (NQF 7) in a cognate field, such as fashion, buying, merchandising, planning, business, supply chain, marketing or design; and

• Candidates must have achieved an overall grade average of 65% across all the final year modules at undergraduate degree level.

ADDTIONAL ADMISSION REQUIREMENT

In the past, there have been applicants who have applied to enrol for the STADIO BA Honours in Fashion but have not achieved the minimum selection criteria for the programme. The selection criteria require the applicants to have a cognate undergraduate degree with an overall average of 65% across all their final year modules at NQF level 7. While not all applicants meet this requirement, some may demonstrate the potential to succeed in a postgraduate programme. Applicants (who achieve an overall average of between 58% and 64% in their final year modules, at NQF level 7) will be allowed to register for the Honours with conditions.

To find out more about alternate access routes at STADIO, please click HERE

Students must demonstrate an advanced, theoretically-driven understanding of fashion as a lens of social scientific enquiry, incorporating complex human ethnographies in both historical and contemporary contexts.

This programme further equips the student to use the process of research for knowledge production that will be informed by the fashion industry (and simulated through the host company). Students will apply design thinking for complex problem solving and ultimately produce a coherent research report that demonstrates vocational competence and readiness to enter a professional academic context.