Art & Design – Fine Art & Graphic Art Teachers in Charge of Subject: Mr Lee, Miss Ford and Mrs Donathy
Entry Requirements: You will need to have gained a Grade B or above in GSCE Art and Design or Technology Graphics. In certain cases a student not having taken Art will be considered on the basis of a suitable portfolio of work.
Course Details: Fine Art or Graphic Design The skills you will develop will be wide and varied with particular focus on visual and creative perception involving research, investigation, selection, development, experiment, analytical, decision making etc. A working knowledge of materials, techniques, processes and specialist vocabulary will be developed together with an understanding of critical and contextual studies involving artists, designers and crafts people from past and present.
Exams/Coursework: In both years the course is assessed both by coursework which runs from 1st September to 31st January and by an externally set assignment from 1st February to 1st May which is managed under exam conditions.
AS
50% Portfolio (Unit 1)
50% Externally-set assignment (Unit 2)
A2
50% Personal investigation (Unit 3)
50% Externally-set assignment (Unit 4)
Career Options: Direct entry to university studying a wide range of Art and Design courses. Entry to one year foundation course at Newcastle-under-Lyme College, or other BTEC Art and Design Courses.