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MA Knitwear (Design, Heritage and Production)

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    MA 1 year Full-time, 2 years Part-time

Masters Degree Description

Our Knitwear degree is aimed at students from a fashion, textiles or fashion technology background. It offers to extend and focus individual design skills. Approaching knitwear design from a creative, theoretical and technical viewpoint – whilst focusing on commercial relevance and product innovation.

It’s part of our School of Textiles & Design, which has long supplied leaders in knitwear and knitted textile design. It’s also near to Hawick, one of the most important manufacturing centres for luxury knitwear in the world – supplying to major brands such as Chanel, Prada and Louis Vuitton.

The MA Knitwear degree is taught at our Scottish Borders Campus in Galashiels.

Entry Requirements

Normally a 2:1 in textile design, fashion design or equivalent workplace experience.

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Fees

https://www.hw.ac.uk/study/fees-funding.htm

Module Details

 

Semester 1

  • Design Context
  • Design Project
  • Design Technology & Innovation
  • Advanced Knitting Techniques & Practices

Semester 2:

  • Research Methodologies
  • Materials: Testing & Exploration
  • Knitwear Design & Production Communication

One of the following:

  • Business Enterprise
  • Brand Management

Semester 3:

  • Masters Knitwear Collection (with dissertation)

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