Clothing and fashion history (5 cr)
Code: MP00AB61-3006
General information
- Enrollment
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06.11.2023 - 17.11.2023
Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
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11.01.2024 - 25.04.2024
Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 3 cr
- Virtual portion
- 2 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Unit
- Department of Culture
- Campus
- Kouvola Campus
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 20 - 20
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Fashion and Costume Design
- Teachers
- Maarit Kalmakurki
- Teacher in charge
- Maarit Kalmakurki
- Groups
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MPKV23KPFashion and costume design, full-time studies
- Course
- MP00AB61
Realization has 1 reservations. Total duration of reservations is 2 h 0 min.
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Thu 25.04.2024 time 10:00 - 12:00 (2 h 0 min) |
Pukeutumisen ja muodin historia MP00AB61-3006 |
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Byod-/teorialuokka (26+1), päärakennus
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Objective
You learn to:
- recognize historical development in the history of costumes, fashion and styles in different times/eras
- see costumes and clothing in specific times/eras as part of culture and society as a whole
- master the basic concepts of costume and fashion history
- utilise your knowledge of costume and fashion history by adopting ideas from history to your designs – both in clothing/fashion design as well as in costume design
- recognize stylistic means used in scenography and know the history of costume design and scenography in Finland
Content
How does your knowledge of clothing and fashion of a certain historic time/era help you understand the culture and society of that time?
How can you benefit from the vast pictorial material available when familiarising with a specific topic and processing new information?
How can you deepen your knowledge of a specific time/ era or phenomenon and how can you exploit it in your own design work?
Course material
Study materials in Finnish and especially in English.
Study materials are books, articles and videos about period costume, all shared in Learn platform. Teachers lectures (slides) are also principal study material.
Study forms and methods
Studies can follow different tracks depending on students’ situations in life. There are three different tracks for the studies: scheduled track, independent track and blended track
More information: https://www.xamk.fi/en/education/studies-at-xamk/
Plan which track is best for you with your personal counselor of your studies. The final way how one will participate in the course will be determined together with the teacher of the course.
RDI and work-related cooperation
This is a theoretical study on period costume. Examples from worklife are included in the study.
Timing of exams and assignments
Students write a short study of costume history
International cooperation
Kansainvälinen yhteistyö mahdollisuuksien mukaan.
Student workload
5 study credits = 5 x 27 hours workload
Course part description
Chronological study of fashion and costume styles in Western culture.
Evaluation scale
1-5
Assessment methods and criteria
Active participation in lectures, pass all small assignments, exam and essay.