Muodin ja vaatetusalan historia, psykologia ja sosiologia (5 cr)
Code: KF00BN79-3006
General information
Enrollment
02.12.2019 - 15.12.2019
Timing
26.02.2020 - 22.04.2020
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Kulttuurituotannon ja vaatetuksen tiimi
Campus
Hämeentie 135
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
10 - 24
Degree programmes
- Vaatetusalan tutkinto-ohjelma
Teachers
- Irmeli Osara
Teacher in charge
Irmeli Osara
Groups
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KXI19S1Vaatetusalan tutkinto-ohjelma
Objective
After the course, the students:
• master the western culture of dressing up; stages of fashion history and the most common fashion trends.
• know the stages in the development of clothing and fashion and the fashion industry.
• understand dressing up as a part of culture.
• notice cultural and social backgrounds and differences in dressing up.
• understand how dressing up one can influence; the importance of signals in human communication and social interaction.
• know the changes in cultures; factors affecting change in dressing up.
• differentiate between different cultures and ways of dressing; the students can offer and plan particular collections to different groups of customers and cultures.
Content
The most common eras in western fashion, their manifestation and development in Europe. Fashion houses in 1900’s and the fashion designers. Haute couture phenomenon in Europe and the Finnish fashion salon tradition. Starting and developing a clothing industry in Finland. Finnish and European dressing cultures and manners. Dressing up as a means of communication and in the social media: influencing through dressing up. Life styles and dressing up. Cultural background and its effect on dressing up. Religions defining ways of dressing up.
Evaluation scale
0-5
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
The students have partly reached the goals of the course. They have adequately completed the assignments of the course.
Assessment criteria, good (3)
The students have successfully reached the goals of the course. They have successfully completed the assignments and have applied learned information when completing the assignments.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
The students have reached the goals of the course in an excellent manner. They have completed the assignments of the course applying learned information with distinction.
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
The students have partly reached the goals of the course. They have adequately completed the assignments of the course.
Qualifications
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Further information
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