DFB104 Fashion Sustainability
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| Unit code: | DFB104 |
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| Equivalent(s): | DFB203, KFB104 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| Domestic tuition unit fee | $4,356 |
| International unit fee | $4,668 |
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2025, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | DFB104 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | DFB203, KFB104 |
| Coordinator: | Zoe Mellick | zoe.mellick@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This unit provides you with a foundational knowledge of environmental and social impacts of the fashion system. The unit examines the environmental and social impact of materials, production and consumption methods in order to develop the skills and mindset to apply more sustainable practices. It also introduces fashion systems as complex supply chains spanning raw fibre through to manufacturing, design, retailing and garment use, and disposal systems at end of life.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Analyse key sustainability and/or circularity issues in the fashion system.
- Propose recommendations for fashion retailers to reduce their impact on environmental and/or social issues.
- Write reports and other documents that adhere to professional communication standards in the fashion industry.
- Design awareness raising campaigns to address key sustainability issues in fashion production and/or consumption.
- Research and evaluate sources to inform fashion sustainability decision making.
- Collaborate with peers to develop proposals for changing aspects of the fashion system.
Content
This unit will cover:
- fibre and fabric characteristics, types and identification, including sustainable textiles
- environmental and social impacts across the product life cycle
- garment use
- consumer behaviour
- the fashion cycle: slow and fast fashion
- circularity models
- writing reports and other documents that adhere to professional communication standards in the fashion industry
- researching and analysing sources
- raising awareness of sustainability issues
- collaborative proposal development
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn by engaging in the following:
- lectures, including guest lectures
- tutorials
- online learning materials and readings
To support your learning, you will have the opportunity to learn from the teaching team and guest speakers. You will also learn through engaging in a variety of online activities, online self-directed learning, and weekly research and readings that are designed to support your learning experience. There will be team-based learning to develop your capabilities to work in a collaborative environment, where your skills, experiences and understandings will enrich the learning environment.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided to you in the following ways:
- a range of formative individual consultation times including online will be timetabled
- generic comments will be communicated to the cohort via your QUT Canvas unit website
- criteria sheet grading for formative assessment
- industry professionals will be involved in feedback for Assessment 2.
Assessment
Overview
For this unit you have two assessment items that will help you deepen your knowledge and critical capacity to analyse current issues in the fashion industry, and be able to generate solutions for those issues. You will apply principles of sustainability and ethics.
The first assessment is an individual report. Through this process, you will develop critical thinking and research skills, as well as an understanding of environmental or social impacts in the fashion industry. By identifying methods for developing more sustainable practices, you will also develop your ability to apply your research to real-world challenges and make a positive impact on the fashion industry.
The second is a group assignment with an individual component. This task builds on present practices and potential futures of the fashion system covered in this unit. You will work together to develop a proposal for changing one aspect of the fashion system through a targeted intervention.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Fashion Materials and Methods
Assessment: Fashion Futuring
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Costs
You will need access to a reliable computer with an internet connection and specialised software such as Adobe Creative Cloud. Costs will vary depending on capability and storage requirements. There may be some costs incurred with the purchase of materials for your project.
Resources
There are no set texts for this unit; however, recommended references and other resources will be available online through QUT Readings.
Risk Assessment Statement
Students will be carrying out primary research for the assignments which may involve visiting retail outlets or head offices of specific companies. Risks associated with these activities are low. Students should abide by the occupational health and safety requirements of the workplace.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.KK43 Bachelor of Creative Industries
- Demonstrate broad and coherent theoretical and practical knowledge required for creative enterprise, career development and interdisciplinary collaborations, supported by depth in at least one creative disciplinary area.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO5, Fashion Materials and Methods, Fashion Futuring - Demonstrate well-developed cognitive and ideation skills to identify, analyse and evaluate opportunities to address authentic complex problems.
Relates to: ULO4, ULO5, Fashion Futuring - Demonstrate technical expertise to support skills and knowledge within the Creative Industries.
Relates to: ULO1, Fashion Materials and Methods - Communicate effectively in a range of forms across multiple media modes, for sharing and disseminating knowledge, skills and ideas, and collaborative practice and navigation of social networks.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, ULO6, Fashion Materials and Methods, Fashion Futuring - Embody social and ethical responsibilities and exhibit well-developed judgement with resilience, integrity, curiosity and responsibility.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO4, Fashion Materials and Methods, Fashion Futuring - Practise self-management of career and learning with enterprise and an entrepreneurial outlook, including the building of personal and professional relationships and partnerships.
Relates to: ULO3, ULO6, Fashion Materials and Methods, Fashion Futuring
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2025, Online
| Unit code: | DFB104 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | DFB203, KFB104 |
Overview
This unit provides you with a foundational knowledge of environmental and social impacts of the fashion system. The unit examines the environmental and social impact of materials, production and consumption methods in order to develop the skills and mindset to apply more sustainable practices. It also introduces fashion systems as complex supply chains spanning raw fibre through to manufacturing, design, retailing and garment use, and disposal systems at end of life.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Analyse key sustainability and/or circularity issues in the fashion system.
- Propose recommendations for fashion retailers to reduce their impact on environmental and/or social issues.
- Write reports and other documents that adhere to professional communication standards in the fashion industry.
- Design awareness raising campaigns to address key sustainability issues in fashion production and/or consumption.
- Research and evaluate sources to inform fashion sustainability decision making.
- Collaborate with peers to develop proposals for changing aspects of the fashion system.
Content
This unit will cover:
- fibre and fabric characteristics, types and identification, including sustainable textiles
- environmental and social impacts across the product life cycle
- garment use
- consumer behaviour
- the fashion cycle: slow and fast fashion
- circularity models
- writing reports and other documents that adhere to professional communication standards in the fashion industry
- researching and analysing sources
- raising awareness of sustainability issues
- collaborative proposal development
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn by engaging in the following:
- lectures, including guest lectures
- tutorials
- online learning materials and readings
To support your learning, you will have the opportunity to learn from the teaching team and guest speakers. You will also learn through engaging in a variety of online activities, online self-directed learning, and weekly research and readings that are designed to support your learning experience. There will be team-based learning to develop your capabilities to work in a collaborative environment, where your skills, experiences and understandings will enrich the learning environment.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided to you in the following ways:
- a range of formative individual consultation times including online will be timetabled
- generic comments will be communicated to the cohort via your QUT Canvas unit website
- criteria sheet grading for formative assessment
- industry professionals will be involved in feedback for Assessment 2.
Assessment
Overview
For this unit you have two assessment items that will help you deepen your knowledge and critical capacity to analyse current issues in the fashion industry, and be able to generate solutions for those issues. You will apply principles of sustainability and ethics.
The first assessment is an individual report. Through this process, you will develop critical thinking and research skills, as well as an understanding of environmental or social impacts in the fashion industry. By identifying methods for developing more sustainable practices, you will also develop your ability to apply your research to real-world challenges and make a positive impact on the fashion industry.
The second is a group assignment with an individual component. This task builds on present practices and potential futures of the fashion system covered in this unit. You will work together to develop a proposal for changing one aspect of the fashion system through a targeted intervention.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Fashion Materials and Methods
Assessment: Fashion Futuring
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Costs
You will need access to a reliable computer with an internet connection and specialised software such as Adobe Creative Cloud. Costs will vary depending on capability and storage requirements. There may be some costs incurred with the purchase of materials for your project.
Resources
There are no set texts for this unit; however, recommended references and other resources will be available online through QUT Readings.
Risk Assessment Statement
Students will be carrying out primary research for the assignments which may involve visiting retail outlets or head offices of specific companies. Risks associated with these activities are low. Students should abide by the occupational health and safety requirements of the workplace.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.KK43 Bachelor of Creative Industries
- Demonstrate broad and coherent theoretical and practical knowledge required for creative enterprise, career development and interdisciplinary collaborations, supported by depth in at least one creative disciplinary area.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO5, Fashion Materials and Methods, Fashion Futuring - Demonstrate well-developed cognitive and ideation skills to identify, analyse and evaluate opportunities to address authentic complex problems.
Relates to: ULO4, ULO5, Fashion Futuring - Demonstrate technical expertise to support skills and knowledge within the Creative Industries.
Relates to: ULO1, Fashion Materials and Methods - Communicate effectively in a range of forms across multiple media modes, for sharing and disseminating knowledge, skills and ideas, and collaborative practice and navigation of social networks.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, ULO6, Fashion Materials and Methods, Fashion Futuring - Embody social and ethical responsibilities and exhibit well-developed judgement with resilience, integrity, curiosity and responsibility.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO4, Fashion Materials and Methods, Fashion Futuring - Practise self-management of career and learning with enterprise and an entrepreneurial outlook, including the building of personal and professional relationships and partnerships.
Relates to: ULO3, ULO6, Fashion Materials and Methods, Fashion Futuring