A level Art and Design
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Art and Design A level (in conjunction with La Swap Sixth Form)
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Exam Board EDEXCEL
Qualifications needed to start the course
Unit 1: Art and Design Coursework - 60%
Candidates will be required to work sequentially from a given starting point or theme towards a well considered conclusion or to several well considered conclusions.
Unit 2: Art and Design externally set assignment - 40%
Students will be given an examination paper in the spring term and the date for the timed element (8 hours) will be arranged by individual centres.
For both units students must show evidence of:
Unit 3: Art and Design Coursework - 30%
The unit incorporates two linked elements:
(a) Practical work
(b) Personal study (written and illustrated dissertation)
The practical element will involve the students identifying a focus for their personal creative ideas and undertake investigative research work appropriate to their focus. They must incorporate their personal study as an integral part of their practical work, showing selection and exploration of media and processes. In developing and refining their ideas they will consolidate them into a realised personal response.
Unit 4: Art and Design externally set assignment 20%
Students will be given an examination paper in the Spring term and the date for the timed element (12 hours) will be arranged by individual centres.
Students must show evidence of:
Future prospects There are many careers in art, craft and design. Most of these require further study at an art school, Further Education College or university. At present most students wishing to take art, craft or design further will go on to do a one year 'Foundation' course at an art college or college of further education before applying to degree courses in more specialist areas of art and design.
You may wish to take Art AS or the full A level (A2) for its own sake, perhaps to form the basis of a future interest or as part of a range of other subjects. Or you might wish to go into a job where it is useful to have had experience of art, craft and design, or where you will need to use some of the skills developed during this course. These might include careers in such fields as advertising, marketing, design, architecture, publishing and the media. The study of Art can also help you to develop transferable skills you can take into any career or job. Success in AS/A level Art requires determination and dedication. However, whichever future path you choose, it can be a very rewarding beginning.
Exam Board EDEXCEL
Qualifications needed to start the course
- Grade A*, A or B in Art and Design
Unit 1: Art and Design Coursework - 60%
Candidates will be required to work sequentially from a given starting point or theme towards a well considered conclusion or to several well considered conclusions.
Unit 2: Art and Design externally set assignment - 40%
Students will be given an examination paper in the spring term and the date for the timed element (8 hours) will be arranged by individual centres.
For both units students must show evidence of:
- generating a range of ideas
- appropriate research into sources and contexts
- primary recording and analysis of sources and contexts sensitive selection and exploration of media and processes
- development of ideas, review and refinement
- synthesis of ideas and outcome which connect with appropriate contexts.
Unit 3: Art and Design Coursework - 30%
The unit incorporates two linked elements:
(a) Practical work
(b) Personal study (written and illustrated dissertation)
The practical element will involve the students identifying a focus for their personal creative ideas and undertake investigative research work appropriate to their focus. They must incorporate their personal study as an integral part of their practical work, showing selection and exploration of media and processes. In developing and refining their ideas they will consolidate them into a realised personal response.
Unit 4: Art and Design externally set assignment 20%
Students will be given an examination paper in the Spring term and the date for the timed element (12 hours) will be arranged by individual centres.
Students must show evidence of:
- generating a range of ideas
- appropriate research into sources and contexts
- primary recording and analysis of sources and contexts
- sensitive selection and exploration of media and processes
- development of ideas, review and refinement
- synthesis of ideas and outcome which connect with appropriate contexts.
Future prospects There are many careers in art, craft and design. Most of these require further study at an art school, Further Education College or university. At present most students wishing to take art, craft or design further will go on to do a one year 'Foundation' course at an art college or college of further education before applying to degree courses in more specialist areas of art and design.
You may wish to take Art AS or the full A level (A2) for its own sake, perhaps to form the basis of a future interest or as part of a range of other subjects. Or you might wish to go into a job where it is useful to have had experience of art, craft and design, or where you will need to use some of the skills developed during this course. These might include careers in such fields as advertising, marketing, design, architecture, publishing and the media. The study of Art can also help you to develop transferable skills you can take into any career or job. Success in AS/A level Art requires determination and dedication. However, whichever future path you choose, it can be a very rewarding beginning.