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BP326 · RMIT University · Bachelor degree

Bachelor of Fashion Sustainability

College of Design and Social Context

Minimum ATAR
72.55
Full time
3 years
Part time
—
Credit points
—
Campus
Brunswick
Mode
On campus

Overview

Fashion is one of the world’s most complex and beloved industries, yet it is facing the most urgent issues. It shapes culture, identity and economies – but it also creates waste, inequality and environmental impact. This course is for people who want to rethink that.

Learn how technology and innovation is making a positive change in the fashion and textiles industry, and build the knowledge to be part of it.

Course structure

Open a major, minor or specialisation to see its units.

Year One of Program

72 cp

Students must complete a series of compulsory onboarding modules during their first semester or study period. Complete 72 credit points from the following: AND Complete 24 credit points from your chosen combination:

  • MANU2559Introduction to Fashion Sustainability12 cp
  • GRAP2816Introduction to Textile Materials12 cp
  • GRAP3073Communicating Fashion Sustainability12 cp
  • SOCU2301Fashion, Textiles, Place and Story12 cp
  • MANU2563Regenerative Fashion Futures12 cp
  • MANU2514Circular Design for Fashion12 cp

Year Two of Program

36 cp

Complete 36 credit points from the following: AND Complete 60 credit points from your chosen combination:

  • MANU2515Fashion Sustainability Strategies12 cp
  • BUSM2769Social Enterprise & Innovation for Fashion12 cp

Year Three of Program

36 cp

Complete 36 credit points from the following: AND Complete 60 credit points from your chosen combination:

  • MANU2561Fashion Sustainability Partnered Project12 cp
  • MANU2560Fashion Sustainability Capstone24 cp

Major: Textile & Material Design

96 cp

Note: If you have not already completed "Introduction to Textiles Materials" you must enrol in this course first. If you have completed this course, complete 96 credit points of other courses in this major. AND

  • GRAP2816Introduction to Textile Materials12 cp
  • GRAP3040Textile Matters12 cp
  • GRAP2868Sustainable Colour12 cp
  • GRAP2865Textile Surface Transformations12 cp
  • GRAP2862Crafting Woven Textiles12 cp
  • GRAP2861Textile Knit and Loop12 cp
  • GRAP3041Textiles in Digital Spaces12 cp
  • MANU2510Sustainable Materials12 cp
  • GRAP3074Textiles Sourcing and Production12 cp
  • GRAP3075Advanced Textiles Form12 cp
  • OART1117Cultural and Contemporary Vietnamese Textiles12 cp
  • GRAP3077Textiles and Material Design Capstone12 cp

Major: Fashion Innovation & Technology

96 cp

Note: If you have not already completed "Introduction to Textiles Materials" you must enrol in this course first. If you have completed this course, complete 96 credit points of other courses in this major. AND

Fashion and Textiles Minors:

List of Fashion and Textiles Minors:

Minor: Fashion Design

  • GRAP2832Introduction to Fashion Design Practice12 cp
  • GRAP2821Fashion Expressions12 cp
  • GRAP2815Fashion and Dress12 cp
  • GRAP2819Fashion Design Industry Techniques12 cp
  • GRAP2831Garment Design Industry Techniques12 cp
  • GRAP2820Fashion Design Reuse12 cp
  • GRAP2817Fashion Communication Design12 cp
  • GRAP2826Fashion Design Compositions and Styling12 cp
  • GRAP2830Fashion Design, Wear, Use and Consumption12 cp

Minor: Fashion Enterprise

  • BUSM1794Fashion Enterprise and Business Models12 cp
  • MKTG1538Fashion Consumer Dynamics12 cp
  • MKTG1438Fashion Merchandise Management12 cp
  • MKTG1484Omnichannel Fashion Retailing12 cp
  • MKTG1446Introduction to Fashion Marketing12 cp
  • MKTG1541Fashion Brand Management12 cp
  • MKTG1448Fashion Buying Strategies12 cp
  • BUSM4793Fashion Enterprise Global Experience12 cp

Minor: Textiles & Material Design

Minor: Materials Innovation

48 cp

Note: If you have not already completed "Introduction to Textiles Materials" you must enrol in this course first. If you have completed this course, complete 48 credit points of other courses in this minor.

Minor: Digital Fashion

Interdisciplinary Minors:

List of Interdisciplinary Minors:

Minor: Digital Communication

  • COMM2906Introduction to Digital Communication12 cp
  • COMM2913Precision Writing for Digital Engagement12 cp
  • COMM2872Social Media Communication12 cp
  • COMM2916Digital Audiences and Analytics12 cp
  • COMM2917Communication Platforms and Industries12 cp
  • COMM2914Managing Digital Challenges12 cp
  • COMM2915Content Creation for Digital Engagement12 cp

Minor: Development & Social Equity

  • SOCU2316Sport, Equity and Social Change12 cp
  • SOCU1036Global Governance and International Law12 cp
  • ECON1259Development Economics12 cp
  • HUSO2036International Development, Themes, Debates and Practice12 cp
  • HUSO2092Gender, Development and Globalisation12 cp
  • SOCU1027Moving People, Changing Places: Migration, Mobility and Displacement12 cp

Minor: Photography

AND

  • VART3596Photographic Lighting and Representation12 cp
  • VART1704Alternative Photographic Processes12 cp
  • VART3823Photography and Environment12 cp
  • VART3826The Performed Image: Photography and Identity12 cp
  • VART3817Documentary Photography12 cp
  • VART3825Picturing Power12 cp
  • VART3815Counter Investigations12 cp
  • VART1710Editorial Photography12 cp
  • VART3820Fashion Photography Futures12 cp
  • VART3828Translating Spaces: Architectural and Interior Photography12 cp
  • VART3827Transforming Objects: Contemporary Product Photography12 cp
  • VART3594Photography Histories and Theories12 cp

Minor: Foundations in Sustainability

AND

  • ENVI1153Sustainable Futures12 cp
  • ENVI1211The Science of Climate and Biodiversity12 cp
  • ENVI1049Environmental Management and Assessment12 cp
  • ENVI1048Building Relationships with Country12 cp
  • ENVI1137Communicating Sustainability12 cp
  • ECON1259Development Economics12 cp
  • PHYS2066Energy and Earth's Environment12 cp
  • ENVI1179Environmental Policy Project12 cp

Minor: Regenerative Futures

AND

  • ENVI1241Regenerative Fundamentals12 cp
  • ENVI1242Regenerative Challenge12 cp
  • ENVI1243Systems Thinking for Sustainable Futures6 cp
  • ENVI1244Eco-Literacy6 cp
  • ENVI1245Regenerative Design6 cp
  • ECON1629Regenerative Value Systems6 cp
  • HWSS2262Social Equity and Regeneration6 cp
  • BUSM2779Regenerative Business Models6 cp
  • ECON1630Design for the Circular Economy6 cp
  • COSC3158AI Ethics for Sustainable Futures6 cp
  • ENVI1246Regenerative Design for Built Environment6 cp
  • PERF2076Storytelling for Speculative Futures6 cp
  • PROC2131Biomaterials and Biofabrication6 cp
  • COMM3024Reimagining Futures in Media and Culture6 cp
  • ENVI1247Regenerative Supply Chain Management6 cp
  • EMPL1008Linking Life and Learning6 cp
  • BUSM2777Leading Regenerative Action6 cp
  • ENVI1248Regenerative Futures Incubator6 cp
  • ENVI1249Reworlding for Creative Place Keeping6 cp
  • HUSO2459Planetary Pedagogies and Civics6 cp

Minor: Artificial Intelligence in Practice

AND

  • COSC3156Generative AI (GenAI) in Practice: Tools and Methods12 cp
  • COSC3157Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Action: Industry Project12 cp
  • COSC1127Artificial Intelligence12 cp
  • COSC2673Machine Learning12 cp
  • MATH2305Applied Bayesian Statistics12 cp
  • BIOL2585Wearable Technologies in Health12 cp
  • REHA2284Business and Entrepreneurship in Health12 cp
  • EEET1416Digital Signal Processing for Communication Engineering12 cp
  • EEET2169Image Processing12 cp
  • EEET2171Intelligent Systems12 cp
  • OART1118AI for Creative Practice12 cp
  • COSC2785Fashion AI12 cp
  • INTE2687Digital Fluency12 cp

Program Option Courses:

List of Program Option Courses:

  • BUSM4793Fashion Enterprise Global Experience12 cp

Careers

  • materials designer, researcher, innovator, or production manager
  • digital fashion innovator or product manager
  • fashion experience creator
  • fashion coder or sustainability compliance officer
  • sustainable sourcing manager
  • corporate social responsibility (CSR) manager
  • product developer
  • production manager
  • fashion design engineer
  • fashion or textile technologist