Visual Art - Design Level 3	Enquiries: Ms L Koehn
Prerequisites
Completing Level 2 design is a prerequisite for this course.

This course is assessed using:			This course is:
	●	Achievement Standards		●	Internally assessed
		Unit Standards		●	Externally assessed

Course Information

This course offers students the opportunity to continue following their personal interests as a continuation from their Level 2 study in greater depth. They are required to explore design issues that relate to a chosen area of interest and as a result, formulate their own brief. The majority of the year is spent generating, analysing and clarifying design work that meets the needs of the tasks delineated in their brief.

Course Cost

$220. This includes drawing materials, workbook, A3 clearfile, 4GB memory stick. $160 of the fee is allocated to the students printing account to cover the cost of both A4 and A3 sized colour printing done throughout the year. Students are required to monitor their accounts to ensure that their design fee is used strictly for this subject area.

Standard	Title	Credits	Int/Ext
AS90515	Research and analyse approaches within established design practice	4	Internal
AS90516	Investigate and use ideas and methods in the context of a drawing study in design	6	Internal
AS 90517	Produce original work within design to show extensive knowledge of art making methods and ideas	14	External
Maximum Credits Available		24

Why this course?

Any students considering tertiary study in the Visual Arts, Architecture or Design Courses are recommended to take at least one art course. Further, research suggests that art education is important for developing thought processes and perceptual awareness which is helpful in developing creative thinking. This of course can be applied to any field of endeavour.