Art and Design

Course summary

This BTEC Level 3 Fashion qualification is a two-year course that takes a unit-by-unit approach and uses a combination of assessment styles. This allows you to showcase your skills and apply your knowledge in an appropriate, work-related context. It also provides evidence of what you can do when you apply to enter higher education or employment, possibly in the creative industries. Students have access to a range of materials and processes as well as a printing press, sewing machines, a knitting machine, digital SLR cameras, Photoshop, and a photography studio. Throughout the course, you will be able to experience visits to The Baltic, The Hatton and The Laing Gallery in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. There are also visits to suitable locations for students to complete workshops and research their chosen theme. What will I learn? Learners develop Fashion and textile projects and gain an understanding of the creative process. They study visual recording and communication, as well as critical analysis and production skills to produce fashion and textile outcomes The units we complete here at JCSC are: Unit 1: Visual Recording & Communication (mandatory/externally assessed) Unit 2: Critical & Contextual Studies in Art & Design (mandatory/externally assessed) Unit 3: The Creative Process (mandatory) Unit 14: Textiles Materials, Techniques & Processes (optional) or Unit 15: Fashion Materials, Techniques & Processes (optional)