Senior Visual Arts
Level 1 full year courses
ART100 - Art
Full year course
Students can work independently and collaboratively to construct meaning, produce works, and respond to and value others’ contributions. Through art making, students will explore tangata whenuatanga, their own cultures, and identities. We encourage students to pursue interests such as painting, printmaking, drawing, and photography.
Recommended Prior Learning: 10 Art or HOD approval
Contact Teacher: Kirsty Lewry
Outcomes
Endorsement available: Yes
Internal credits: 10
External credits: 10
Total credits: 20
L1 Literacy credits: 0
Numeracy credits: 0
Possible next steps: Level 2 Painting, Level 2 Photography
Level 2 full year courses
ARP200 - Art Painting
Full year course
Level 2 Painting is a senior specialist Visual Arts course. Students will generate and develop ideas in drawing and painting conventions. Learning will reflect established practice research and an understanding of art-making methods and ideas. The external two panel portfolio should demonstrate an understanding of painting conventions and ideas.
Recommended Prior Learning: Art 100 - 15 credits or HOD approval
Contact Teacher: Kate Stachurski
Outcomes
Endorsement available: Yes
Internal credits: 8
External credits: 12
Total credits: 20
UE Reading credits: 0
UE Writing credits: 0
Possible next steps: Painting 300, Photography 300
PHT200 - Photography
Full year course
Level 2 Photography is a senior specialist Visual Arts course. Through a mostly digital programme, students will learn to use DSLR and everyday digital cameras, Photoshop for manipulating images and printing methods. Students will also develop photography convention knowledge and investigate established practice to apply to their own work. The external two panel portfolio should demonstrate an understanding of photography conventions and ideas.
Recommended Prior Learning: Art 100 - 15 credits; Design & Visual Communication 100 or HOD approval
Contact Teacher: Kirsty Lewry
Outcomes
Endorsement available: Yes
Internal credits: 8
External credits: 12
Total credits: 20
UE Reading credits: 0
UE Writing credits: 0
Possible next steps: Photography 300
Level 3 full year courses
ARP300 - Art Painting
Full year course
Level 3 Painting is a senior specialist Visual Arts course. Students research established practice and use it to extend their ideas, investigating and using concepts and techniques in the context of painting and drawing studies. The external three-panel portfolio of original work should demonstrate a knowledge of art-making methods and ideas.
Please note: Some programmes, for example, fine arts, have additional requirements such as an audition, interview, portfolio of work or prerequisite subjects.
Recommended Prior Learning: Painting 200 - 12 credits or HOD approval
Contact Teacher: Kate Stachurski
Outcomes
Endorsement available: Yes
UE approved: Yes
Internal credits: 8
External credits: 14
Total credits: 22
UE Reading credits: 0
UE Writing credits: 0
Possible next steps: Visual arts courses; Tertiary study
PHT300 - Photography
Full year course
Level 3 Photography is a senior specialist Visual Arts course. Students will develop knowledge of established photography practice into original work. Students will use photographic drawings from subject matter as the central means of generating, analysing, clarifying and regenerating ideas for photography practice. The external three panel portfolio of original work should demonstrate a knowledge of photographic methods and ideas.
Recommended Prior Learning: Painting 200 or Photography 200 - 12 credits or HOD approval
Contact Teacher: Kirsty Lewry
Outcomes
Endorsement available: Yes
UE Approved: Yes
Internal credits: 8
External credits: 14
Total credits: 22
UE Reading credits: 0
UE Writing credits: 0
Approved subject for University Entrance
Possible next steps: Visual arts courses; Tertiary study