B.Sc in Knitwear Design (3 Years)

Bachelor's Degree by G.D. Goenka School of Fashion & Design Gurgaon View Contact

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The academic curriculum of Fashion Design at GD Goenka University allows students to easily blend into a global network while acquiring a greater appreciation of local industry trends. The multidisciplinary and broad based structure aims at an all round development. Deriving from the changing paradigms of industry and commerce, its content as well as the methodology as been designed to suit the need of the emerging sectors in design education. The teaching staff shall be a mix of design, engineering, arts, architecture and other professional and entrepreneurial sectors making a fundamental contribution to the Indian & Global Design culture. A number of entrepreneurs, experts, designers, project professionals, craftsmen and personalities in the fields of services & culture as well as of professional associations shall contribute to the team of teachers and play an essential role in the education program.

The program follows an academic process that is able to transfer to the students, a fundamental skill in fashion / Jewellry / Knitwear designing; understanding of historical & cultural context; the characteristics of processes, materials, technologies and processes typical of the fashion industry; tools to understand the behavioral patterns and cultural values; as well as the logic of competition, market positioning, sales processes and communication.

Career Opportunities

The institute places very high importance on career plans of graduating students and thus has a fully functional training and placement division. This division is in constant networking with the industry, to open new avenues for the students in the professional, business structures of the fashion industry and their supply chains.

Fashion Design as a career option has really evolved in the last decade. The Indian Fashion Industry is now valued at 300.000 crores and is projected to grow rapidly. Designers can specialize in a practical market segment, such as haute-couture – the design for high-street outlets or ethnic fashion – design based on traditional crafts. They can focus on a particular segment such as womens wear, mens wear or kids wear or specialize in a product category such as knitwear, footwear, sportswear, accessories, jewellery or costumes. Textile design is closely related to fashion design as also is Fashion marketing/promotion. Fashion merchandising, Fashion Retail and Fashion Innovation, communication & Culture.

The institute works towards providing excellent career opportunities for students through campus placement.

Learning Outcomes :

Subject Specific Knowledge, Understanding and skills

On Completion of the degree, students will be able to demonstrate the following:

• The acquisition of a good level of basic skills in Fashion Designing

• Knowledge of the historical context: the sociology of consumption: fashion textile and design culture and its historical evolution, the study of semiotics and aesthetics, anthropology, etc.

• Understanding of Fashion Trends and their consumption scenarios

• The basic elements of design and manufacture of fashion products; Their materials and production techniques

• The techniques and tools for the visual and physical representation manual drafting, patternmaking and construction, technical drawing, photography, creating models and prototypes of products:

• Knowledge of colour, the mechanisms of visual perception and color systems;

• The acquisition of basic skills in prototyping techniques, manufacturing technologies and processes;

• An ability to undertake effective research

Pathways Available: BSc (3 yrs) / BDes (4yrs)

Students after successful completion of 3 years of study will have two choices (a) to move out with a BSc degree OR (b) to continue for 1 more year for a BDes degree

YEAR I

Drawing Studio
Geometry: Curves & Surfaces
Materials tor Design
Methods & instruments for Design
Visual Design Studio
Design Theories & practices
History of Art, Design & Architecture
Traditional Indian Costumes

YEAR II

Drawing Studio
Geometry: Curves & Surfaces
Materials tor Design
Methods & instruments for Design
Visual Design Studio
Design Theories & practices
History of Art, Design & Architecture
Traditional Indian Costumes

YEAR II

Meta Design Studio
Digital Representation
Technologies & Structures
Study of Traditional Crafts
Fashion Design Studio
Production Technology of Fashion Product
Product Business Plan
General Sociology
History of Fashion

YEAR III

Design Instruments & Methods
Design Seminar
Elective
Elective
Elective
Minor Project
Final Design Project
Final Design Presentation

YEAR IV

Design Seminar
Brand & Enterprise Development Project
Elective
Design Seminar
Fashion Retail Design Lab

Admission Criteria

The admission will be based on performance in Design Aptitudes Test (DAT) followed by a personal interview.

Seats Available : 60

• GD Goenka School of Fashion & Design reserves the right to not fill all the seats and admit only as many candidates as those who meet the quality standards.

G.D. Goenka School of Fashion & Design

GD Goenka School of Fashion & Design (SOFD) will be piece de resistance of the GD Goenka University*. Being established in academic collaboration with the famous Politecnico Di Milano School of Italy, the school will bring the edgy Italian design education to Indian students.

The School of Fashion & Design is promoted by the GD Goenka Group. The objective of the School is to offer high quality education in selected areas of Fashion and Design businesses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels with a view to build a generation of creative professional designers, capable of serving as change agents of the growth and development of the diverse and decentralized sectors of their respective industry segments.