A-Level Art & Design

'I found I could say things with colour and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.'

Georgia O'Keeffe

Course Details

Award: A-Level

Awarding Body: AQA

Specification Code: 7202

Specification Website: AQA Art & Desgin

Institution: Bayside, Westisde

Entry Requirements

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Course Introduction

Fine art offers opportunities to use your creativity to express yourself. You will develop your understanding of creative processes, your ability to observe and to think, to solve problems and to communicate in a visual way. It will enable you to work independently and to make your own discoveries by exploring ideas, other artists’ work and different materials and techniques. Fine art gives you the skills and knowledge to create personal and imaginative work. If you have an adventurous, creative and enquiring mind and are excited by shaping and determining the visual world around us, there is a career opportunity waiting for you.

Programme of Study

Practical course

The A-level is a practical course in which you learn by doing, so you will be able to create imaginative personal work. You will find out about a whole range of media, techniques and processes. You will develop your creativity and independent thought, learn to express yourself visually and let your imagination flourish. Fine Art is a great companion to all other subjects as creativity, imagination and problem solving skills can give you great ideas for your other subjects.

Fine Art A-level builds on the skills, knowledge and understanding developed through study at GCSE. At the end of the A-level course you will have the skills, knowledge and understanding needed for higher education.

Fine Art course content

- Drawing
- Painting
- Mixed-media (including collage and assemblage)
- Sculpture
- Ceramics
- Installation
- Printmaking
- Moving image (film and video).

Assessment

Component 1: Personal Investigation

Non-exam assessment (NEA) set and marked by the centre and moderated by AQA during a visit to the centre. Visits will normally take place in June.
No time limit
96 marks
60% of A-Level

Component 2: Externally Set Assignment

Non-exam assessment (NEA) set and marked by the centre and moderated by AQA during a visit to the centre. Visits will normally take place in June.
Preparatory period + 15 hours supervised time
96 marks
40% of A-level

Future Options

Possible degree options

- 2D and 3D animation
- 3D design
- Applied arts
- Architecture
- Art history
- Art therapy
- Ceramics
- Digital media
- Fine art painting
- Fine art printmaking
- Fine art sculpture
- Game design
- Illustration
- Industrial design
- Interior architecture and design
- Visual communication
- Visual effects for film and television

Possible career options

Studying a fine art related degree at university can give you all sorts of exciting career opportunities including:

- Architect
- Art technician
- Art therapist
- Art valuer
- Artist in residence
- Arts administrator
- Community arts worker
- Illustrator
- Lecturer
- Multimedia artist
- Mural artist
- Museum/gallery curator
- Painter
- Printmaker
- Sculptor
- Teacher

Subject Taster Presentation

Westside Art Department - Year 12 A Level Portfolio Sculpture workshop: Food Link: Look at examples of work from the Year 12 sculpture workshop food portfolio. (Look at how they have presented and developed their ideas).

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