Location:

London, United Kingdom

Program Type:

Study Abroad

Degree Level:

Undergraduate

Term:

Fall Semester, Spring Semester

Program Overview

Program Description:

This semester programmes is specially designed for Study Abroad students. You will follow a certain number of mandatory units and choose specialist elective options. The semester runs for fourteen weeks and the dates match those in the US academic calendar.

Mandatory units: Historical & contemporary fashion research studies British cultural studies Theoretical & social fashion studies Elective units: Fashion photography (3 credits) Fashion film (3 credits) Buying & product development in the UK (4 credits) Style journalism (2 credits) Styling (3 credits) Fashion marketing in the UK (2 credits) Start your own fashion label (2 credits) Fashion public relations (2 credits) Start your own fashion magazine (2 credits) Visual merchandising (2 credits) European fashion studies (2 credits) Fashion forecasting (2 credits) Fashion drawing (2 credits) Fashion speed sketching (1 credit) Perfume (1 credit) Create a lipstick (2 credits)

All students enrol on the mandatory units and select a maximum of 10 credits of elective units:

Setting Description:

London College of Fashion's rich heritage and responsiveness to changes in design practice have positioned it as a leading global provider of fashion education, research and consultancy. The College's work is centred on the development of ideas: its staff and students use fashion alongside historical and cultural practice to challenge social, political and ethical agendas. This, combined with its forward-thinking business and management portfolio and its relationship with the global fashion and lifestyle industries, is the underpinning of its mission to "Fashion the Future".

Cost:

?Autumn semester 2012: £4600? (£5185 incl. Paris trip)?