Bachelor of Arts (Textile Design)

Bachelor of Arts (Textile Design)

Bachelor degree
36 months
Application deadlines: 31 May
Processing time: 20 days
Full-time
Intakes: July, February
International tuition: A$30,720
Domestic tuition: A$6,566

Program overview

You will explore: innovative and speculative textile design ideas and concepts textile design related to surface pattern (print) textile design related to constructed textiles (knit and weave) creative projects resulting in a professional portfolio depth of research for proposed design opportunities industry related projects with external companies

Study options

Study options
This program can be done
On campus

Requirements

Exams:

  • TOEFL PBT
  • PTE
  • IELTS
  • TOEFL iBT
Completion of secondary school comparable to Australian Year 12 or equivalent academic achievement. IELTS: minimum score of 6.5, with no subscore less than 6.0 or TOEFL: a minimum score of 580 or Internet-based (IBT) TOEFL: a score of 79 (with minimum score of 13 in Reading, 12 in Listening, 18 in Speaking and 21 in Writing) or Pearson Test of English (Academic): an overall score of 58 with no score less than 58 Folio: You must submit a folio of 6 - 10 images of your work demonstrating your interests and creative and conceptual thinking. It should reflect your design, problem solving and technical skills in some or all of the following: Garment construction Pattern making Design Drawing Creative use of colour Use of materials Your folio should include evidence of how ideas were developed as well as finished work. Include work that shows how you document your ideas and creative thinking and any work that demonstrates your potential to follow a design process. You can include work from secondary school, previous study and personal or work-related design experience (including sketchbooks), and the work can come from a variety of discipline areas (e.g. garment construction, design, wearable art, illustrations, accessories, photography). Your folio must be collated to a single PDF (maximum 10MB), or a URL to a single webpage if online. Under each image provide a brief explanation, including the purpose and background of the work (maximum 50 words). Please include the page number, your full name and application number on each page of the PDF. Please provide the username and/or password to your online folio if applicable. Folio presentation: You may be required to present your folio to a selection panel, either in person or via phone/video call.

Career opportunities

As a textile designer your work activities may include: research and resource collection trend and forecasting analysis target market analysis colour forecasting design and illustration trends computer-aided design and manufacturing global digital supply chain communication and presentation business and ethics sustainable design and production.

Campus location

Melbourne , Australia

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