Applied Fashion Technology 1 (9720.3)

Applied Fashion Technology 1 will allow students to develop a basic understanding of the product development process. This is a technical unit that introduces students to garment construction at the industrial level.

A series of practical studio workshops will cover:
- studio space health and safety compliance;
- pattern cutting and basic block construction;
- operation of basic industrial sewing machinery; and
- sample construction using basic stitches and seams.

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Recognise differences between draping, drafting in flat pattern methodologies;

2. Demonstrate competent use of industrial machinery specific to the fashion industry;
3. Develop a basic bodice, sleeve, torso and skirt block applying flat pattern methodology; and
4. Apply cutting, fitting and construction processes to samples created from the basic blocks.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development

Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.