Course Objectives The course is designed for students who have a passion for Art or Design and wish to study at the university level or pursue a career based on these areas. Art is about making links and connections to the world around you thinking on a conceptual level. It also involves problem-solving and requires the student to work through a process and learn how to sustain ideas in a visual format. You will be able to explore a range of art forms such as digital photography, drawing, painting and the various facets of printmaking. Design is about problem-solving, making things better for people. It is about changing what is, into what ought to be. As a BTEC Design student, you will identify and solve problems by designing and making functional products using both traditional and modern manufacturing techniques. Depending on your areas of interest you can work with woods, metals, textiles or graphic media. You will develop skills in problem-solving, resilience and independence. The skills you will gain are directly relevant to university courses in the Visual Art, Product Design, Fashion Design, Interior Design, Architecture, Animation, Illustration and many more. Course Outline BTEC Art and Design can be studied as a subsidiary or full diploma course. All the assessment units include the five common areas: • Informing ideas • Problem solving • Technical skills • Professional practice • Communication These areas can be pursued through the disciplines/approaches of:
Textiles/Fashion
Product Design
Interior Design
Graphics and user experience
Fine Art
Entry Requirements Students must have a passion for Art or Design and a desire to make physical outcomes. Students will also need to have a good standard of written communication skills. Assessment Both Subsidiary and Diploma students complete projects that respond to briefs. Diploma students also explore a range of career opportunities and advance their practical, critical and reflective skills by producing work in response to an industry brief. There are no examinations however, students do need to engage in written annotations and visual analysis. Students do need to articulate their ideas in written form. All work is continuous through a series of engaging and flexible assignments that are submitted according to specific deadlines.