Subject Code: 2VAD10 Length of course: Semester Credit points and TAS Status:10 Credit TAS Recommend Background: Satisfactory completion of Stage 1 Visual Arts –Design
Precluded combinations with current MHS SACE subjects: Visual Arts – Art (10) and Visual Arts - Art (20)
Course Outline:
Students research, analyse, explore and experiment with media and technique, and resolve and produce practical work.
They use visual thinking and investigation to develop ideas and concepts, refine technical skills, and produce imaginative solutions.
Students learn to communicate personal ideas, beliefs, values, thoughts, feelings, concepts and opinions, and provide observations of their lived or imagined experiences in visual form.
Topics Covered
For a 10 credit subject, with a focus on either art or design, the following three areas of study must be covered:
Visual Thinking
Practical Resolution
Visual Arts in Context.
Assessment School Assessment (70%) Assessment Type 1: Folio (40%) Students produce one folio that documents their visual learning, in support of their one work of design. As a guide, there should be a total of thirty A3 sheets (or equivalent) of visual and written and/or oral evidence to support one resolved practical work or a body of resolved work. Assessment Type 2: Practical (30%) All practicals are resolved from visual thinking and learning documented in the folio. The practical assessment consists of two parts:
Design Practical Work - Students produce one practical, which must be a single resolved work or a body of resolved work.
The Practitioner’s Statement - Students prepare a written practitioner’s statement for one resolved practical.
External Assessment (30%) Assessment Type 3: Visual Study (30%) Students produce one visual study. Students should submit a maximum of ten A3 pages (or equivalent) of visual study, integrated with a maximum of 1000 words of written text (source references not included) or a maximum of 6 minutes of recorded oral explanation.
Additional Costs:
Large complex pieces or expensive materials may incur a cost and will be negotiated with parents. Costs for excursions and workshops, that include entry fees and transport
Length of course: Semester
Credit points and TAS Status:10 Credit TAS
Recommend Background: Satisfactory completion of Stage 1 Visual Arts –Design
Precluded combinations with current MHS SACE subjects:
Visual Arts – Art (10) and Visual Arts - Art (20)
Course Outline:
Students research, analyse, explore and experiment with media and technique, and resolve and produce practical work.
They use visual thinking and investigation to develop ideas and concepts, refine technical skills, and produce imaginative solutions.
Students learn to communicate personal ideas, beliefs, values, thoughts, feelings, concepts and opinions, and provide observations of their lived or imagined experiences in visual form.
Topics Covered
For a 10 credit subject, with a focus on either art or design, the following three areas of study must be covered:
Assessment
School Assessment (70%)
Assessment Type 1: Folio (40%) Students produce one folio that documents their visual learning, in support of their one work of design. As a guide, there should be a total of thirty A3 sheets (or equivalent) of visual and written and/or oral evidence to support one resolved practical work or a body of resolved work.
Assessment Type 2: Practical (30%) All practicals are resolved from visual thinking and learning documented in the folio. The practical assessment consists of two parts:
- Design Practical Work - Students produce one practical, which must be a single resolved work or a body of resolved work.
- The Practitioner’s Statement - Students prepare a written practitioner’s statement for one resolved practical.
External Assessment (30%)Assessment Type 3: Visual Study (30%) Students produce one visual study. Students should submit a maximum of ten A3 pages (or equivalent) of visual study, integrated with a maximum of 1000 words of written text (source references not included) or a maximum of 6 minutes of recorded oral explanation.
Additional Costs:
Further information on post school pathways: