The highest point of the didactic course of this Master of Arts in Fashion Design is the Final Degree Project, where the students have to submit and defend their thesis in front of a Committee, made up of their professors and Course Leaders.
The Master of Arts' Thesis takes the form of in-depth research aimed at the completion of a project. The final document is represented by the presentation of research and project documents, and aims at proving the critical design and manufacturing competencies acquired by the students over the study course. The development of their Thesis is something that every student will carry out independently and in complete autonomy.
During the process, each student will be supported by at least one Mentor ("Relatore"), who needs to approve the project proposition, guide the student in developing their research and, finally, approve the dissertation of the final Thesis work.
The final dissertation is presented individually. Upon the Course Leader authorization, the research can start as collective work carried out by a group of students, of up to 4 participants. For the presentation of the final project, each student will submit their individual development of the work, and the role of each student will have to be defined at the time of approval of the project proposal.
The final assessment of each student at the end of the Two-year Specialization Course in Fashion and Textile Design is the sum of the admission grade to the final Dissertation, and the grade awarded to the presentation of the final Thesis.
The admission grade to the Dissertation, expressed in one hundred and tenths (on a 0-110 scale), is calculated as a weighted average of all the grades, in thirtieths (on a 0-30 scale), received by the student over the entire two-year Specialization Course in Fashion and Textile Design. The weighted average takes into consideration the credits granted by each course. The Dissertation Committee can award an extra 0 to 10 points on top of the admission grade, based on the Thesis quality, and on the overall critical and design skills shown by the candidate.
The bibliographic directions for the Dissertation work are provided by the Mentor over the research development. A lot of the referenced material, together with other in-depth study material, can be consulted online in MyNaba, in the Library section.