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CLTE 451 Physical Properties of Clothing and Textiles

20 points: Full Year

Description: Interactions of clothing and materials with the human body. Selected topics including water/fabric relationships, leather, composites, textile modelling, conservation.

Objectives: At the end of the course the student will be able to: •   critically evaluate key factors relevant to emerging contemporary issues •   identify probable areas for future growth and development •   review and describe the development, structure, properties and uses of selected fibre and product types with reference to

the current literature.

Paper structure: CLTE 451 is comprised of seminar sessions designed to support and explore research in clothing and textiles. A workbook produced in a format to allow the insertion of sessional materials, notes, assignments, etc. can either be printed or used as electronic files from Blackboard. The workbook is comprised of 9 modules with each module containing written material and copies of essential readings to be read and worked through before the relevant seminar session. This full year course is divided into two parts. Part 1: addresses contemporary issues such as health and well-being, sustainability, and other selected material applications; Part 2 focuses on the structure and function of materials and products.

Timetable: Seminars are usually held on Tuesdays (Thursdays when distance taught) during the academic semester, 3-4.50pm. Meetings are held approximately three weeks apart. Students who are not resident in Dunedin may enrol for CLTE 451 and study part time from their home town via the distance teaching network.

Assessment: Normally three assignments are completed throughout the year (50%) and a written examination (50%).

Staff Professor Raechel Laing MS (Tenn) PhD Dip Ed(Otago) CText FTI Hon FTI (course co-ordinator) Dr Azam Ali MSc (Jahang) PhD (Sci U Malaysia) Dr Bronwyn Lowe BEng (Hons) (Monash) BAppSc PhD (Charles Sturt) Dr Catherine Smith BAppSci (Canberra) BA(Hons)(Melbourne) PhD(Otago) Assoc. Prof. Cheryl Wilson MCApSc PhD (Otago), CText ATI Guest lecturers may also contribute to selected sections of the course.