Art & Design

(PEARSON Specification Code 9ADO Fine Art 9FA0)

Course details: -

6 lessons a week - 5 hours of teaching time

Coursework practical and contextual unit (60%)

One examination (40%) at the end of Year 13

Overview of course content:

Year 12 Topics 1. Experimentation with techniques and materials. 2. Practical Unit: Surfaces

Personal Study resulting in supporting studies, practical work and a final outcome Year 13 Topics 3. Personal investigation- contextual unit 3,000-word essay 4. Personal investigation - practical unit 5. Externally set assignment

Skills acquired and future prospects: -

Studying A Level Art and Design will help you develop a wide range of skills including creative use of materials, problem solving and communication skills. Students may progress to a foundation course in Art and Design or onto a degree course; leading to a diverse range of career opportunities from architecture to film prosthetics and special effects. The creative industries are now worth £87 billion a year to the UK economy. In fact, the sector is growing at almost twice the rate of the wider UK economy. They are the UK’s second biggest employer after banking, accounting for 16% of employment within London.