Course details

Summary

The aim of this qualification is for students to gain skills in design and production of fashion projects from initial concept, through to the completion of fashion garments and to be able to communicate their design outcomes to internal and external stakeholders. Students will also gain an understanding of business-related processes within the fashion industry.

Course Content

• DF601 Fashion Design and Production (Specialised)
• DF602 Fashion Design and Production (Competition)
• DF603 Fashion Design and Production (Costume)
• DF604 Fashion Design and Production (Client)

Career Opportunities

Graduates will be able to:

• Apply technical solutions to resolve design outcomes
• Manage a complex fashion design project from concept to completion
• Demonstrate understanding of business-related processes within the fashion design industry
• Evaluate and critique own fashion design work, and the work of others
• Research, generate and communicate design concepts of a fashion design outcome to internal and external stakeholders

Satisfactory Completion

To satisfactorily complete the NZ 2640 New Zealand Diploma in Fashion Design (Level 6) and be awarded this qualification the student must successfully achieve:

A minimum of 120 credits in accordance with the Programme schedule for the NZ 2640 New Zealand Diploma in Fashion Design (Level 6)

Entry criteria

Successful completion of the New Zealand Diploma in Fashion (Level 5), or application by academic qualification.

School Leavers
Applicants should be a minimum of 18 years of age, have completed a minimum of four years’ secondary education, and have attained a minimum of 12 NCEA credits at Level 2.

Mature Applicants
Applicants over the age of 20 years will be considered where they can demonstrate the ability to succeed in a programme.

English Language Requirements

• NCEA Level 3 with University Entrance, or
• Certificate of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA), or
• IELTS test - Academic score of 6 with no band score lower than 5.5
• TOEFL Paper-based test (pBT) - Score of 550 (with an essay score 5 TWE)
• TOEFL Internet-based test (iBT) - Score of 60 (with a writing score of 18)
• Cambridge English Examinations - FCE or FCE for schools or CAE, or CPE with a score of 169. No less than 162 in each skill. OET at Grade C in all sub-tests.
• NZCEL – Level 4 with the Academic endorsement
• Pearson Test of English (Academic) - PToE (Academic score of 50)
• City and Guilds IESOL – B2 Communicator with a score of 66
• Language Cert – C1 Expert IESOL (LRWS) with PASS