Design
Level Two Design – 12VDS
Course Content: This
course prepares students for the first stages of a career in Graphic Design or
many related design or architectural careers. Students are taught the basic
principles of design and the ways that designers work. They will learn about
the design process and how to apply this process to a range of design tasks,
including graphic design, package design, typographic layout and the use of
Photoshop and InDesign. The aim of this course is to provide students with a
thorough grounding in Design, which involves understanding a design brief, how
to carry out research, generating ideas and developing these ideas in a
systematic way through to finished artwork.
Assessment: Level 2
Design is a 17 credit course offering two Achievement Standards.
- Produce a resolved work that demonstrates purposeful control of skills appropriate to visual arts cultural context (internally assessed 5 credits)
- Produce a systematic body of work that shows understanding of art making conventions and ideas within design. (externally assessed 12 credits)
Course
Requirements: Students
will require access to their own laptop. Adobe Creative Suite software will be
included as part of the course costs take home component for the year.
Entry Requirements: Nil,
however, entry into Level 2 Design will be aided by the completion of Level 1
Digital Art. Where places are limited preference will be given to students who
have taken Level 1 Digital Art and gained 12 external credits.
Level Three
Design – 13VDS
Course Content: Students
work throughout the year to complete an external folio of work and two
internals, which requires them to demonstrate their ability to successfully
solve design problems. Some students will be encouraged to enter the
Scholarship examination.
Students new to the subject in Year 13 will be taught the principles of design
and how to apply these to graphic design problems. They will also be instructed
in the use of computer programmes to enable them to produce work that reflects
contemporary technology. In preparing work for their folio submission, students
select a topic and carry out a design brief: that enables them to research
information, generate, develop and refine ideas and resolve the solution in
finished design. Students will typically attempt design problems that involve
corporate identity, typographic layout and graphic design. Students wishing to
pursue a career in any of the fields of design, (graphic, industrial, fashion,
typographic, illustration, architecture and interior design), are prepared for
tertiary study and given guidance and advice to enable them to have the best
chance of achieving a place in these limited entry courses. Level 3 Design is
an approved subject for University Entrance.
Assessment: Level 3 Design is an 18 credit course offering two
Achievement Standards.
- Systematically clarify ideas using drawing informed by established design practice (internally assessed 4 credits)
- Produce a systematic body of work that integrates conventions and regenerates ideas within design practice (externally assessed 14 credits)
Course
Requirements: Students will require
access to their own laptop. Adobe Creative Suite software will be included as
part of the course costs take home component for the year.
Entry Requirements: Entry into Level 3 Design will be aided by the
completion of Level 2 Design. Where places are limited preference will be given
to students who have taken Level 2 Design and gained 12 external credits.
