BA (Hons) Business and Management (Fashion) at Bath Spa University

A flexible, employment-focused fashion business course that you can adapt to your career aspirations.

• Work collaboratively with other business students and with industry to grasp the business of fashion.
• Choose either a ten-month or ten-week work placement and apply what you’ve learned in the real world.
• Join a community of close-knit students and supportive and experienced academic staff.

The course is ideal for you if you're looking for a degree that will provide you with a firm foundation to build a successful career in the fashion business.

We'll empower you to pursue your individual interests, giving you the opportunity to tailor-make your own fashion business degree by choosing the modules that best fit your career aspirations. You'll also be able to undertake additional professional accreditation through our respected industry partners.

A range of flexible work placement options, plus creative collaboration with businesses on live projects, will help develop your professional skillset. The Business and Management Fashion pathway provides a flexible, stimulating and supportive learning environment that fosters creativity, digital literacy, and a strong understanding of sustainability and global business.

Overview

BA (Hons) Business and Management (Fashion) is a business of fashion course, not a fashion design degree. We’ll help you develop as a person to achieve your potential through teaching you about the business of fashion and how it works.

You can shape your own degree by choosing modules from outside the Fashion pathway, enabling you to explore issues around a particular theme, such as marketing, sustainability, or global affairs.

As the course progresses, you’ll develop specialist skills, including digital marketing skills, that will empower you to compete in this changeable and challenging envrionment.

Opportunities

Work placements, industry links and internships

In addition to the business community projects, you’ll have fantastic opportunities to work closely with business and industry through placements, projects and internships.

Careers

BA (Hons) Business and Management (Fashion) aims to prepare you for a variety of careers within the business side of the fashion industry, including working for fashion magazines, fashion blogs and websites, ecommerce sites, fashion PR and marketing, fashion management, buying, and retail.

You'll gain an understanding of the fashion industry and the necessary skills, including digital skills such as digital marketing and social media maketing, to enable you to succeed in this fast-paced, consumer-focused, global industry. 

We'll give you the opportunity to work with regional and national businesses in and around Bath. You’ll be working on live project briefs, helping fashion organisations find creative solutions to their business issues.