Bachelor of Sustainable Fashion Design Course Outline

The Bachelor of Sustainable Fashion Design programme addresses the belief that if we care for the land and the people, we ensure our stakeholders are better stewards of the planet and are more responsible towards ensuring a sustainable and progressive future for the fashion industry. We take pride in providing an educational environment that values and fosters in students and staff Manaakitanga (mutual respect, care, and support), wisdom, courage, agility, and integrity. We provide a collaborative learning and educational environment that values and fosters creative minds to become responsible individuals, by weaving the concepts and values of Whitecliffe and Te Tiriti o Waitangi - protection, participation, and partnership.

The programme acknowledges the urgent need to address the negative environmental and social impact of the fashion industry. The programme redesigns the value of fashion by challenging the conventional ways the industry operates by integrating skills and knowledge of sustainable and innovative design theories and practices to promote learning relevant to the future of sustainable and ethical fashion. The programme offers rich learning opportunities that inspire critical and creative thinkers as future change-makers, enabling them to address the need for rapid, positive, restorative, and regenerative design solutions, through individual and expressive outcomes.

 

Bachelor of Sustainable Fashion Design Introduction

Faculty are encouraged to include reference to M?ori Tikanga in the initiation and delivery of course content throughout the programme. Students are encouraged to draw from their own cultures and histories when forming ideas and approaches to their sustainable and ethical fashion practice and research and to apply their knowledge of sustainable, innovative, and regenerative practices to express their individual perspectives and critical thinking. The participative, studio-based experiential learning and instruction offer many rich opportunities for students to participate in their practice and research in a culturally appropriate manner.

The studio learning environment supports a range of learning styles and approaches and encourages students to develop an informed respect for the diversity of cultures and values in the studio learning environment.