IGCSE Art & Design
IGCSE Art & Design
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The IGCSE Art & Design syllabus aims to encourage a personal response by stimulating imagination, sensitivity, conceptual thinking, powers of observation and analytical ability. Students gain confidence and enthusiasm as they develop technical skills in two and three dimensional form and composition, and are able to identify and solve problems in visual and tactile forms. They also learn how to develop ideas from initial attempts to final solutions.
Course Content
The areas of study listed below provide a framework of art and design practice and indicate an approach that encourages exploration. Students are not expected to produce work from all the areas of study. Students may use either traditional media or new media or a combination of both. Candidates are encouraged to produce a variety of creative responses through exploration with a range of materials, processes and techniques.
The broad areas of study are:
Painting and related media
Print- making
Three-dimensional design
Photography, digital and lens-based media
Graphic communication
Textiles and fashion.
Assessment
All students complete the same two assessment components in Art and Design, leading to a final grade. The assessments include coursework and a final exam.
Coursework is worth 50%. For the coursework students submit a portfolio of work and a final piece. This work and its focus is based on a student's interests and the themes they would like to explore.
The final exam is worth 50%. For the exam, students have to pick an exam question set by Cambridge. Students then produce supporting studies of preparatory work and then using this, they complete a final piece of work in exam conditions over an 8 hour duration.
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