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Course Overview
A strong values-based foundation runs throughout the programme, with ethics, sustainability, and responsible management embedded across every unit and teaching practice. Students develop core competencies in consumer insight, business finance, digital and social media marketing, fashion merchandising, and sustainable fashion management before advancing to independent, research-informed practice through a self-initiated major project in their final year. Industry relevance is woven into the experience through live briefs, interdisciplinary collaboration, and active engagement with the Industry Patron Scheme. The degree carries dual accreditation with the Chartered Management Institute, enabling eligible graduates to receive a CMI Award. Structured career planning and an optional placement year further strengthen graduate employability, equipping students with the skills and confidence to step into leadership roles within the global fashion industry.
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BSc (Hons) Fashion Management

Foundation Year (Level 3)
The Foundation Year provides a supportive and accessible introduction to higher education, designed especially for students from non-traditional academic backgrounds. It builds the confidence, skills, and knowledge needed to progress successfully into undergraduate study.

Students develop core academic, analytical, and communication abilities including academic writing and research alongside a grounding in business, finance, and management principles relevant to the creative industries. Learning is delivered through a problem-based, project-led approach that fosters creative thinking, collaboration, and reflection. Throughout the year, students engage with diverse perspectives, ethical approaches, and real-world creative and commercial contexts, supporting their personal, academic, and professional growth.

Core units/ modules include:

  • Unit 1: Creative Challenge: Identity, Environment, Community (40 credits)
  • Unit 2: Creative Challenge: Systems, Story and Change (40 credits)
  • Unit 3: Final Major Project (40 credits)

Level 4
At Level 4, students build a strong foundation in the fashion system, consumer behaviour, business finance, and digital marketing. This stage establishes the core knowledge and analytical skills that underpin the rest of the program.

Units/ modules include:

  • CIM401 – Social Media Marketing and Management (40 credits)
  • CIM405 – The Fashion System (40 credits)
  • CIM403 – Consumer Insights (20 credits)
  • CIM404 – Business Finance (20 credits)

Level 5
Level 5 deepens students’ understanding through a focus on sustainability, live industry engagement, fashion merchandising, and career planning. Hands-on learning and real-world briefs ensure students develop both practical capability and professional awareness.

Units/ modules include:

  • CIM505 – Sustainable Fashion Management (40 credits)
  • CIM502 – Live Brief (40 credits)
  • CIM503 – Career Planning (20 credits)
  • CIM506 – Fashion Merchandising (20 credits)

Between Level 5 and Level 6, students have the opportunity to undertake an optional placement year in industry gaining invaluable professional experience that enhances employability and prepares them for the demands of the final year.

Level 6
At Level 6, students undertake independent, research-informed project work alongside the development of a professional portfolio. This final stage challenges students to bring together everything they have learned, demonstrating creative vision, strategic thinking, and professional readiness.

Units/ modules include:

  • CIM601 – Major Project Proposal (40 credits)
  • CIM602 – Major Project Production (40 credits)
  • CIM603 – Major Project Evaluation and Portfolio (40 credits)
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