FA3S46 - Critical Research in Fashion 01 Sep 2020 - 31 Aug 2026 | Version 1

Associated Module Information

Module Code: FA3S46
Module Title: Critical Research in Fashion
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Creative Industries
Faculty Group: Fashion, Marketing and Photography
Faculty Sub Group: Fashion Marketing and Photography
Module Leader: Torunn Kjolberg
Module Team: Steven Wright, Fiona Howells, Joanne Terrar Young, Jayne Barne, Emma Jones
First Intended Intake: SEP 2020 Final Year of Intake: 2025
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 6
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
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Document Version Information

Version 1
Valid From 01 Sep 2020
Valid To 31 Aug 2026

Module Aims

1. Enable students to undertake a sustained research project in a field relating to fashion.
2. Extend and develop critical, analytical and communication skills in relation to fashion and dress.
3. Develop organisational and time management skills.

Content Summary

Research skills appropriate to individual projects, the introduction of exemplars of successful projects, evaluation of presentation formats and procedures.

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 10
Seminar 20
Tutorial 2
Project supervision 3
Independent Study 164
Formative Assessment - Scheduled 1
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Undertake research related to a sustained enquiry appropriate to a fashion-related field
LO2 Present an informed critical position as a result of an independent research project.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Dissertation / Major Project 1 A focused outcome of research communicated in an appropriate format. 0 6000 100 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Dissertation / Major Project 1 ✔ ✔

Reading List

1. Kawamura, Y. (2011) Doing Research in Fashion and Dress: An introduction to qualitative methods. Oxford: Berg
2. Taylor, L. (2002) The Study of Dress History. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
3. Rose, G. (2016) Visual Methodologies: An introduction to Interpreting Visual Materials. 4th Ed. Sage
4. DeBlasio, D.M, Ganzert, C.f, Mould, D.h, Paschen, S.h, Sacks, H.l. (2009) Catching Stories: A practical guide to Oral History. Swallow Press
5. Monaco, J. (2009) How to read a Film. Movies, Media and Beyond, 4th Ed. OUP.
6. McNeil, P, Karaminas, V and Cole, C. (2009) Fashion in Fiction: Text and Clothing in Literature, Film and Television. Oxford: Berg
7. Mida, I., & Kim, A. (2015). The dress detective: A practical guide to object-based research in fashion. London: Bloomsbury.
8. Rocamora, A. & Smelik, A., (2016). Thinking through fashion: a guide to key theorists. London: I.B. Tauris
9. Black, S., De la Haye, A., Entwistle, J., Root, R., Rocamora, A. and Thomas, H. eds., (2014). The handbook of fashion studies. A&C Black.
10. Luvaas, B.A. & Eicher, J.B., (2019). The anthropology of dress and fashion: a reader. London: Bloomsbury
11. Hancock, J. & Peirson-Smith, A., (2019). The fashion business reader. London: Bloomsbury