GCE AS and A Level Subject Content For Art and Design
GCE AS and A Level Subject Content For Art and Design
GCE AS and A Level Subject Content For Art and Design
Introduction
1. AS and A level subject content sets out the knowledge, understanding and skills common to
all AS and A level specifications in art and design.
independence of mind in developing, refining and communicating their own ideas, their
own intentions and their own personal outcomes
an interest in, enthusiasm for and enjoyment of art, craft and design
knowledge and experience of real world contexts and, where appropriate, links to the
creative industries
knowledge and understanding of art, craft, design and media and technologies in
contemporary and past societies and cultures
Subject content
3. AS and A level specifications in art and design must specify that the student engages in
integrated critical, practical and theoretical study in art and design.
4. At A level, specifications must allow for greater depth of study than the AS specifications.
This might be achieved by, for example:
5. Students may enter for more than one title as described in paragraphs 9 and 10.
how ideas, feelings and meanings can be conveyed and interpreted in images and
artefacts
how images and artefacts relate to the time and place in which they were made and to
their social and cultural contexts
7. AS and A level specifications must require students to develop the skills to:
explore relevant resources; analyse, discuss and evaluate images, objects and artefacts;
and make and record independent judgements
use knowledge and understanding of the work of others to develop and extend thinking
and inform own work
generate and explore potential lines of enquiry using appropriate media and techniques
apply knowledge and understanding in making images and artefacts; review and modify
work; and plan and develop ideas in the light of their own and others’ evaluations
organise, select and communicate ideas, solutions and responses, and present them in a
range of visual, tactile and/or sensory forms
8. Students can work entirely in digital media or entirely in non-digital media, or in a mixture of
both, provided the aims and assessment objectives are met.
Titles
9. All art and design specifications must offer a broad-based course in:
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Art, craft and design: Exploring practical and critical/contextual work through a range of
2D and/or 3D processes and media
10. All art and design specifications may also offer one or more of the endorsed titles listed
below.
Art and design (fine art): for example painting, drawing, mixed-media sculpture,
ceramics, installation, printmaking and photography
Art and design (critical and contextual studies): for example areas of study across art,
craft and design
Art and design (textile design): for example fashion, printed and/or dyed fabrics,
constructed textiles and installed textiles and digital textiles
Art and design (graphic communication): for example illustration, web and app design,
advertising, packaging, design for print, multimedia, animation and game design.
Art and design (three-dimensional design): for example jewellery, body ornament,
ceramics, theatre design, exhibition design, film-set design, interior design, product
and/or environmental design, architectural design and 3D digital design
Art and design (photography): for example portraiture, landscape photography, still life,
documentary, photojournalism, fashion photography, experimental imagery,
photographic installation and moving image (video, film, animation)