Syllabus = OCR 1910 ART AND DESIGN

Art and Design GCSE is a course aimed at developing your visual perception and understanding. You will be encouraged in your creative, imaginative and practical skills and you will work in a wide variety of different media including drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, printing, photography and many others. You will also study the work of other artists who are important in their fields of work.

The end of course exam is in two parts. The main requirement is a coursework portfolio in which pupils must submit two units of coursework. There is also a terminal examination.

Students will be required to offer work relating to two or more areas of study (Drawing and Painting, Graphics, Photography, Textiles and Three-dimensional Studies). The units of work may be independent of one another or inter-related.

The purpose of coursework is to provide pupils with an opportunity to demonstrate their ability to investigate, explore, modify, develop, and realise their ideas in a variety of different media.

Students will complete a number of projects during the course, from which the selection will be made for assessment.

A project is anything produced from the conception to the submission of the final item. All studies in support of the project in any form such as sketchbooks, study sheets, experiments, maquettes, must also be included in each project.

The end of course examination asks each student to produce a set project. You are given several weeks to prepare an idea and then have to produce your final idea under exam conditions. The terminal examination paper containing 12 open ended starting points will be provided by the examinations board OCR. Candidates will have 10 hours in which to complete their final piece.

If you are considering a career in any area that involves creative visual thinking, such as architecture, designing, theatre, TV, computer software, or you just love drawing and painting, then a GCSE in Art and Design is for you.