13ADE

Level 3 Art Design

Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Ms L. Murphy.

The Level 3 Art Design is a creative, highly engaging course. Level 3 students work independently (with teacher guidance) to generate their own proposal or investigation for a 14 credit - three board folio submission. Students can decide on any proposal ranging from a children's book story and design, through to social, environment campaigns, or corporate and business designs.

Students start the year working on their logo designs and refreshing their typography, Adobe software and layout skills. From there, students are able to carry on and work to their own strengths as they develop their folio board work; with a focus either on graphic design (layout, typography) or illustration based design (hand done or digital). All students work on a poster design and a layout design for their Term Two submission.

Students decide on what they will design and present in their folio submission. For example, they might choose from: illustrated books and graphic novels, websites, app design, animations, comics, magazines,  tickets, packaging and/or 3-D objects, depending what suits their design idea and proposal.

Students will develop and deepen their understanding of key design skills including:

  • Adobe software skills (Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign)
  • Typography and Logo design skills
  • Illustration/Image making, 
  • Digital Illustration methods
  • Layout design skills 

Creative thinking, critical thinking and independent work habits are important skills that students develop in Art Design. 

Students are encouraged to use paper and digital design journals to develop their ideas and thinking skills throughout the year. Creative experimentation. practice with computer skills and regular visual research looking at designers and artists are all important to help students to extend their ideas and skills.

There are two major assessments, one internal and one external.

Course Overview

Term 1
Getting started - Adobe Skills Refresher
Writing your design proposal and researching to develop your ideas.
Researching design models
Logo and logotype design
Image and Illustration production
Getting started on your poster and layout designs (students decide what form of layout they will do)

Term 2
Poster and layout designs.
Deciding on your folio layout.

Internal Assessment: A.S. 91450 (3.3) Systematically clarify ideas using drawing informed by established design practice (4 credits)

Term 3
Working on self selected folio briefs
Refining and improving logo and layout designs.
Scholarship journals.

Formative Assessments: A.S.91455 (3.4) Folio Boards (Produce a systematic body of work that integrates conventions and regenerates ideas within design practice)

Term 4
Finishing, editing, printing your 3.4 folio board for external submission.

Final Submission for: AS 91455 Produce a systematic body of work that integrates conventions and regenerates ideas within design practice (14 credits)

Recommended Prior Learning

Year 12ADE, Year 12 PHO and/or other Yr 12 Visual Art Subjects are recommended prior learning. Students who have gained Achieved or better in Year 12DVC can gain entrance after discussion with the TIC of Design (Ms Murphy). Practice with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator will be useful ahead of starting the course, particularly if you have not taken 12ADE this year.

Course Costs and Equipment/ Stationery requirements

There is a $60 Take Home Component, which includes external folio submission costs. Students advised to purchase a USB, and/or Hard drive, and additional individual equipment listed as stationery.

Description Type Value
Take Home Component Non-Voluntary $60.00
$60.00

Pathway

Architecture, Bachelor of Design, Bachelor of Fine Art, Variety of Diploma studies in Design and Visual Arts including Spatial, Digital, Multi-Media, Moving Image, Interior, Jewellery, Media, Fashion, Film, Publishing, Web Development, Advertising, Marketing.

Credit Information

You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.

This course is eligible for subject endorsement.

This course is approved for University Entrance.

Total Credits Available: 18 credits.
Externally Assessed Credits: 14 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 4 credits.

Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 91450 v2
NZQA Info
Design 3.3 - Systematically clarify ideas using drawing informed by established design practice
Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91455 v2
NZQA Info
Design 3.4 - Produce a systematic body of work that integrates conventions and regenerates ideas within design practice
Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 14
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 18
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Total Numeracy Credits: 0

Approved subject for University Entrance

Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 18

Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.

Disclaimer

We aim to enable every student to have the course that they prefer, however, some courses have limited places or pre-requisits that may restrict the student's choice.