Fashion studies is first offered in Year 10. Students can choose to study one semester, or alternately a full year in Year 10.
It is a course which counts towards a students ATAR. It is a course with a focus towards students going into Tertiary Studies: be it either TAFE, University or the workplace in the Fashion and retail industry. Marketing is a significant component of the course. Students can choose to select both Spplied and General Art as well as Fashion as the subjects all compliment each other.
Special features
The Visual Art Department is proactive in encouraging students to
enter their work into state and national competitions. This includes the
Queensland Creative Generation Senior Art Awards, and the Australian
Wool Cooperation Wool 4 Skool competition. Noosa District State High
School Art students have experienced success at all levels of
competition, with students in recent years having their work displayed
in GOMA, as well as student work being purchased by the University of
the Sunshine Coast for the University Art Collection. The Senior Art
Show over the last few years has been at the Cooroy Butter Factory, a
public art gallery.
Excursions
Each year all students studying Fashion may visit retail outlets and Fashion Week in Brisbane as part of their course.
There
is also the opportunity for students studying any of the Art subjects
at Noosa District SHS to be part of the school’s overseas tours. In 2014
students visited the Louvre, as part of a trip to France.
Careers
Visual Artist, Designer, Fashion Designer, Webpage Designer
Commercial Artist, Graphic Designer, Game Designer
Architect, Draughtsman, Engineer
Cabinet maker, Builder
Art Teaching, Primary School Teaching, Secondary School Teacher
Museum /Art Gallery Curator
Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy
Jewellery Designer
Florist
Interior Designer, Landscape Designer
Hospitality
Window Dresser - Retail Area
Set Design, Costume Design
Creative Industry graduates are sought out in the workplace due to
the collaborative learning complex higher order thinking skills which
are embedded in the Fashion courses.