Level 3 Design and Visual Communication
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Miss F. Ferguson.
Choose your own year-long design project and create concept drawings to exhibit to an audience.
This is a university-approved course and will best suit students who have achieved Level 2 DVC.
If students do not have previous DVC experience then they will need to demonstrate a keen interest in being creative and have some skills in drawing and presentation.
In this course, students will select a local location/situation to develop a spatial or product solution resolved through a design process. Students will learn new ways to generate original and creative ideas with some new techniques. The design process will involve looking at the wider considerations of the design situation; like history, environmental and social impact. The project involves in-depth research and development of ideas concluding in an exhibition of the final design.
The exhibition will challenge students to collate their range of skills collectively gained from continued learning within the subject.
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
A laptop is recommended.
Course Cost - $45
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.
External
NZQA Info
Design and Visual Communication 3.30 - Initiate design ideas through exploration
NZQA Info
Design and Visual Communication 3.31 - Develop a visual presentation that exhibits a design outcome to an audience
Optional Assessments
This course offers the following optional standards, which will be agreed upon in consultation with your teacher.
External
NZQA Info
Design and Visual Communication 3.32 - Resolve a spatial design through graphics practice
Pathway Tags
Animator/Digital Artist, Mining Engineer, Advertising Specialist, Copywriter, Sales and Marketing Manager, Patternmaker, Architect, Architectural Technician, Art Director (Film, Television or Stage), Film and Video Editor, Glazier, Tailor/Dressmaker, Biomedical Engineer, Biomedical Technician, Metal Worker, Boat Builder, Naval Architect, Print Finisher, Building and Construction Manager,