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Art & Design
Course Breakdown
Course Summary
• Exam board is AQA
Paper Content Marks Duration Weighting
Component 1 Personal Investigation
(An extended unit of practical work) 96 8 months 60%
Component 2 External Assignment
(practical exam) 96 8 weeks preporatory
studies, 15 hours
final outcome 40%
Summary of Content
A highly practical subject, work is evaluated using
the formal assessment objectives stipulated by the
exam board which are communicated to students
from the outset.
Disciplines such as drawing, printmaking, painting
sculpture, textiles work, are integral to the course,
with critical and contextual studies supporting all
investigations.
The starting point should be clear with a creative
progression towards an unaided final outcome, which
again may be in any medium.
Suggested Preparation for September
Students should visit as many galleries and exhibitions
as possible, making notes whilst there of things that
inspire and excite you. Visiting the Art and Design
Degree Shows, which take place in May and June each
year, is also good preparation.
Component 1 – Personal Investigation
An extended unit of practical work, based either on a
subject initiated by the student, or inspired by a list of
starting points provided by the department.
The work is supported by a written and illustrated
‘journal’ analysing the techniques and methods of
appropriate artists, discussing the impact and influence
of their work on the student’s own. Preparatory studies
in support of the final outcome will be informed by
knowledge acquired in the initial part of the course,
when a series of ‘workshops’ and mini projects will
extend existing skills and impart new ones. During this
period, emphasis on creative thinking will be paramount.
The personal investigation will run from April of the
first year until the end of January in the second, an
extensive period of time where ideas, techniques,
materials and processes can be explored in depth.
Component 2 (External Assignment)
Students are presented with an ‘exam paper’ containing
a series of specific questions. A practical exam, students
produce a set of preparatory studies over an eight week
period, in response to their chosen question. Work
should be informed by appropriate critical studies and
may be produced in any medium or combination thereof
using skills and techniques acquired throughout the course.
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