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Christ’s College
Canterbury
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YEAR 12
Status
Optional
Prerequisites
It is envisaged that those opting
for Design and Visual
Communication at this level will
have completed at least one
year of study in this subject. It
would be preferable to have
completed courses at Year 10
and 11.
Periods per week
Five
Description
The course follows a similar format to the Level
1 NCEA course and with a similar balance of
internal and external standards. The focus is
again on the inter–related graphics learning
areas of graphics practice, design and visual
communication with design tasks based on
either spatial or product design briefs to provide
challenging and realistic problem solving
exercises. There is also a greater emphasis on the
use of computers for presentation and CAD work.
The course is structured to enable students to
extend their understanding and skills in designing
to specified needs, and graphic communication
from conceptual ideas to evaluation and
presentation.
Assessment
Assessment for the 2018 Level 2 course will be
based on a selection of achievement standards
from the list below. It is envisaged that a selection
of standards providing approximately 20 credits
will be offered.
External
AS 91337
Use visual communication techniques to generate
design ideas. (3 credits)
AS 91338
Produce working drawings to communicate
technical details of a design. (4 credits)
AS 91339
Produce instrumental perspective projection
drawings to communicate design ideas. (3 credits)
Internal
AS 91340
Use the characteristics of a design movement or
era to inform own design ideas. (3 credits)