Creative Industries Management in Fashion (Top-Up), BA (Hons)

This one-year top-up BA (Hons) in Creative Industries Management for Fashion at UCA Epsom enhances business and management skills tailored to the fashion sector. Equivalent to the final year of an undergraduate degree, it builds on qualifications like foundation degrees or HNDs, promoting independence through self-directed research, study, and practice. The curriculum advances knowledge in customer value creation, ethical practices, sustainability, and entrepreneurship in the dynamic fashion industry.Key modules include Business Strategy for Fashion, covering strategic decision-making; Marketing Strategy and Planning for Fashion, focusing on marketing concepts and global applications; Enterprise Sustainability and Business Ethics for Fashion, exploring corporate responsibility; Entrepreneurship and Creativity, examining entrepreneurial mindsets; Business Research for Fashion, developing research skills; and the Final Business Project, an in-depth investigation into a relevant topic.

Year 1 (equivalent in level to year 3 of BA course) During this top-up year you achieve a greater level of independence with self-managed research, study and practice, resulting in a final business project. Business Strategy for Fashion You will learn, in this unit, to develop knowledge and understanding of the terminology of strategy and its relevance to strategic decision making within the fashion industry. You will learn the fundamental decisions made in the field of strategy covering three strategic dimensions i.e. strategy process, strategy content and strategy context. Marketing Strategy and Planning for Fashion The strategy is what it is you want to achieve and the plan is how you are going to do it – we’ll teach you how to do both, gaining fundamental understanding of marketing concepts and your insights gained in differentiating the role of the marketing manager in domestic and international marketing decision making (Global Marketing), as well as the practical knowledge and skills of marketing process. Enterprise Sustainability and Business Ethics for Fashion Ethical behaviour and corporate social responsibility can bring significant benefits to a business and as sustainability now forms part of the everyday consciousness of the consumer its presence will be permanent. We will present you with the concept of business ethics and develop your abilities to examine its relevance to the fashion industry. Entrepreneurship and Creativity This unit provides an overall insight into entrepreneurship and the creative approaches to the study of entrepreneurship. You will investigate the factors, which underpin successful entrepreneurship activities for small and medium sized organisations. You will also explore issues related to individuals and enterprise entrepreneurial mint-set, as well as small and family businesses. Business Research for Fashion This unit aims to develop your skills of independent enquiry and critical analysis by undertaking a sustained research project. You will be expected to addresses the elements that make up formal research including research proposal, research methodologies, action planning, carrying out research itself and presenting both primary and secondary findings. Final Business Project Your Final Business Project allows you to develop your skillset of independent enquiry enabling you to undertake a sustained research investigation of direct relevance to your area of interest and professional development.