LCCA - London College of Contemporary Arts

BA (Hons) Fashion Media and Promotion


Three Year or Four Year (with Foundation) Degree

BA (Hons) Fashion Media & Promotion


This BA (Hons) Fashion Media and Promotion degree gets to the heart of the fashion industry. This purpose driven course focuses on developing your visionary mindset, build skills in research, analyse, creation, curation and learn to think outside the box.

Awarded by the University for the Creative Arts, this degree programme will enable you to assess global shifts in fashion media from a cultural, ethical, inclusivity and technological perspective.

The course provides you with all the skills required to build your multi layered portfolio career in fashion media and the creative industry. We are story tellers and communicators, we use visual, written, moving and sound tools and skills to express and create an impact.

You will be immersed into the world of styling, fashion film, journalism, fashion publishing, brand knowledge, branding, marketing and promotion. Industry experts will guide you through your fashion journey whilst at LCCA, to ensure that you are provided with up to date, career focused teaching, experience and support.

Field trips, guest speakers, workshops and work experience will ensure that your time on the Fashion Media and Promotion course at LCCA is action packed, multi-sensory, fully supportive and focused on understanding how you learn so that we can co-create your higher education pathway to a successful career in the fashion industry.

AN ASSOCIATE COLLEGE OF:

 

If you have not met the entry requirements for studying this course at Level 4, you still have the opportunity to study the degree by joining through the Foundation in Design and Creative Business (Level 3).

KEY INFORMATION
Campus

Tower Hill, London

Intakes

October, February and June

Duration

Three years (or four years with integrated Foundation in Design and Creative Business Pathway)

Direct entry

Direct entry is available for Year 2 and Year 3 of this programme

Study mode

Full-time, flexible learning - study on campus and online with classes available during the weekday, evenings and weekend

Awarding body

University for the Creative Arts

Tuition fees

UK/EU citizens - £9,250 per annum

Funding

SFE funding available

International / EU Applicants

If you are arriving after the UK has left the EU on January 1st 2021, you will require a visa to study in the UK, in which LCCA will not be able to sponsor you. To find out more information please visit https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families/applying-for-settled-status 

UCAS INFORMATION
Course code

FMP1

Institution code

L84

Campus code

G

FOUNDATION YEAR ENTRY

Our Foundation in Design and Creative Business is dedicated to preparing students for a BA (Hons) Fashion Media & Promotion degree, this course celebrates the culture of each student whilst providing vital insight into higher education in the UK. You will get the opportunity to develop the appropriate skills, knowledge and confidence to successfully progress into Level 4.

In this year you will study four units which are designed to support you to develop your skills and academic practice in the foundation of fashion media and promotion with particular focus on academic writing, digital competency, communication, research skills, problem-solving, creative thinking and visual as well as innovative and critical thinking. This year is the foundation to support you to specialise in more specific and advanced areas of fashion media and promotion which can be applied to the creative industries.

DIRECT ENTRY

At LCCA we accept students have decided to move on from their current institute to find a new place of study.

All of our UCA accredited UG degrees allow for direct entry onto the second year (Level 5) or third year (Level 6) of study depending on your existing qualifications. 

To verify if you qualify for direct entry, please contact us to discuss your admissions options.

BA (Hons) Fashion Media & Promotion Course Details


Our Foundation year (Level 3) provides you with the opportunity to develop the appropriate skills, knowledge and confidence to successfully progress into Level 4.

In this year you will study four units which are designed to support you
to develop your skills and academic practice in the foundation of fashion media and promotion with particular focus on academic writing, digital competency, communication, research skills, problem-solving, creative thinking and visual as
well as innovative and critical thinking.

This year is the foundation to support you to specialise in more specific and advanced areas of fashion media and promotion which can be applied to the creative industries.

YEAR 1 (LEVEL 4)

The first year of the BA (Hons) Fashion Media & Promotion course will equip you with both the skills and awareness to
evaluate and relate existing fashion communication and gain an understanding how the industry has currently evolved.
You will identify, explore and experiment how fashion media and promotion is contextualised, theorised, and
historicised within a global media landscape.

You will investigate and understand how a look is created by the fashion
creative, communicator for a specific brand, client, and publication. You will create innovative fashion imagery by
investigating and telling a story, to communicate a concept by combining technical expertise with creative flare.

Modules include:

  • Brands: Past, Present & Future
  • Fashion Styling & Identity
  • Fashion Media & Publishing
  • myPORTFOLIO

YEAR 2 (LEVEL 5)

The second year of the BA (Hons) Fashion Media & Promotion course will encourage you to define, develop and decide which area of the fashion media & promotion industry you would like to investigate. Building on your research, confidence and further developing technical and media learning is a thread running through the second year.

You will apply your understanding of the market by creating fashion communication in motion, in film, short form content or live
events in the promotion of Fashion brands, concepts. Your professional development is consolidated in an industry
placement (or overseas exchange) and a self-reflective skill-audit, culminating creating and curating your own creative
portfolio.

Modules include:

  • Fashion Film & Content Creation
  • Digital Media & Promotion
  • myINDUSTRY

YEAR 3 (LEVEL 6)

The final year of the BA (Hons) Fashion Media & Promotion course you will synthesise & specialise all the learning of the previous two academic years, by utilising all your specialist skills in all project work in preparation for employment through “portfolios”, in whatever contemporary and appropriate format that might take. The preferred area of employment will be analysed as the focus for final degree work. 

You will refine your specialist skills in your final-year, working to a live client-brief. You will conclude by developing a Research Theory and Practice document accompanied by a written article, finishing the course with your final specialist project to showcase your creative acumen, skill-set, and professional practice for your chosen creative career path.

Modules include:

  • Research Theory & Practice

  • Creative Direction for the Fashion Industry 

  • Innovation for Industry 

Fashion Media and Promotion graduates are the story tellers and the communicators. Working with industry experts you will gain experience during your studies, to support your career after the course. Whether you want to work for a brand/company, or you want to work as a freelancer/entrepreneur and build a portfolio career you will gain the skills, creativity and experience to fulfil and exceed your creative dreams.

Graduates from this course could go on to become:

  • Stylist
  • Art Director
  • Fashion Film Director
  • Producer
  • Journalist
  • PR (Public Relations)
  • Creative Director
  • Marketeer
  • Content Creator
  • Fashion Editor
  • Film Editor
  • Entrepreneur

Upon graduation, you may like to consider further study at postgraduate level. Our range of postgraduate degrees include:

  • MA Fashion Business and Management
  • MA Global Marketing and Communications
  • MA Luxury Business Management

See our course selection here

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS


FOUNDATION YEAR

The standard entry requirements* for this course are one of the following:

  • 64 new UCAS tariff points, see accepted qualifications
  • Merit, Pass, Pass at BTEC Extended Diploma
  • Pass at UAL Extended Diploma
  • 64 new UCAS tariff points from an accredited Access to Higher Education Diploma in an appropriate subject
  • 24 points from the International Baccalaureate, see more information about IB entry requirements

And four GCSE passes at grade A*-C and/or grade 4-9 including English (or Functional Skills English/Key Skills Communication Level 2).

UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES

The standard entry requirements* for this three-year BA (Hons) Fashion Media and Promotion course are one of the following:

  • 112 new UCAS tariff points
  • Pass at Foundation Diploma in Art & Design (Level 3 or 4)
  • Merit, Pass, Pass at BTEC Extended Diploma
  • Merit at UAL Extended Diploma
  • 112 new UCAS tariff points from an accredited Access to Higher Education Diploma in an appropriate subject
  • 27-30 points from the International Baccalaureate

And four GCSE passes at grade A*-C and/or grade 4-9 including English (or Functional Skills English/Key Skills Communication Level 2).

Note:

Other relevant and equivalent level 3 UK and international qualifications are considered on an individual basis and we encourage students from diverse educational backgrounds apply.

*We occasionally make offers which are lower than the standard entry criteria, to students who have faced difficulties that have affected their performance and who were expected to achieve higher results.

Why study a BA in Fashion Media and Promotion At LCCA


LCCA strives to provide its students with both academic excellence, career focus and a friendly environment across all disciplines. Our boutique campus is located in Tower Hill, London with a range of facilities and equipment, making it the perfect place to study.

LCCA offers students opportunities to engage with experts both on and off campus.

Our teachers are experts in their field and will enrich your learning experience facilitating, your access to the most current industry expertise and networks across their creative specialisms.

We provide a range of top undergraduate and postgraduate programmes that are delivered in partnership with TEF Gold awarded institute, the University for the Creative Arts.

FACILITIES

We provide dedicated facilities for students, helping them to produce work at an industry-level standard and preparing them for a bright future. These facilities are the reason why, upon graduation, our students feel prepared to start working from day one.

Our students have access to a range of specialist facilities across the college. These include:

  • Mac studios with 110 Apple iMacs: Software includes: GameMaker, Autodesk Maya, Unreal Engine, Cinema 4D, Adobe Creative Cloud applications.
  • Access to WGSN – a leading trend forecasting company for fashion and design businesses
  • Reprographic services
  • Fashion studios with 24 industrial sewing machines, overlockers and embroidery sewing machines
  • Printmaking facilities
  • Art and Design Studio
INDUSTRY CONNECTIONS

Whether you’re completing your first degree or undertak­ing further study to progress your career or change your career direction, LCCA’s strong industry links and wide networks will help you develop your skills, gain valuable experience and make contacts to boost your career opportunities.

·         Aitor Throup Studio LTD

·         Burberry

·         Calvin Klein Jeans

·         Chloé

·         Claret Press

·         Harrods

·         Hop Fashion

·         House of Fraser

·         James Lakeland

·         Jan Masny

·         Karen Millen

·         Christian Louboutin

·         Bartlett Mitchell

·         Boodica UK

·         Pringle of Scotland

·         Richard Boll

·         Soho House

·         Ted Baker

·         Tommy Hilfiger

·         YKK

·         Yulan Creative

·         Paul Smith

·         Louis Vuitton

·         Maria Grachvogel

·         Net-a-Porter

·         Little Wardrobe London Ltd

·         Claret Showroom

·         ZARA

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