Design & Technology

Costs
Preliminary: $100
HSC: $80 (for consumables) plus students must supply their own materials for their individual Major Design Project

Stage 6: Design & Technology

Design and Technology is inclusive of the needs, interests and aspirations of all students. It provides opportunities for students to develop design projects in areas of individual interest (such as; food, fashion, electronics, timber, interior design, information technology, timber or metal to name a few), to discuss equity issues related to design, production and manufacturing in the Australian society and to consider careers in the fields of design and manufacturing.

Preliminary Course Structure
The Preliminary course will involve a minimum of two design projects. The projects will develop the students skills and knowledge to be further developed in the HSC course. Each project will place emphasis on the development of different skills and knowledge in designing and producing.

Students will participate in hands-on, practical activities to achieve the outcomes of this course. Class activities will develop knowledge and skills in designing and producing. Students will also develop their knowledge of the activities within industrial and commercial settings which support design and technology and relate these processes to the processes used in their own designing and producing.

Take a look through the projects that the students have created in Stage 6 Design and Technology.

HSC Course Structure
The HSC course includes the development and realisation of the major design project, a case study of an innovation and other teaching and learning activities. The comprehensive study of design and the processes of designing and producing that were studied in the Preliminary course are synthesised and applied.

The major design project involves students selecting and applying appropriate design, production and evaluation skills to a product, system or environment which satisfies an identified need or opportunity. Students have developed a wide range of skills and knowledge in the Preliminary course and in the HSC course are able to select and use those skills and knowledge appropriate to their selected project. The students relate the techniques and technologies used in industrial and commercial settings to those used in the development of design projects.

Future careers

The study of Design and Technology Stage 6 provides students with knowledge, understanding and skills that form a valuable foundation for a range of courses at university and other tertiary institutions.

In addition, the study of Design and Technology Stage 6 assists students to prepare for employment and full and active participation as citizens. In particular, there are opportunities for students to gain recognition in vocational education and training.

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