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What next? This is the question on the lips of many students when they receive their GCSE results. A successful career is the ultimate objective but which path leads to that goal?

Lisnagarvey High School can provide a path to success in its excellent range of courses including Applied Business Studies, Applied ICT, Applied Art and Design, Applied Science, Design and Technology, and Moving Image Arts.

Course Overview : Lower Sixth

Module	Overview	Assessment
UNIT 1 2D and 3D Visual Language	This unit focuses on exploratory work, by means of which you develop your 2D and 3D visual language skills as you work in art, craft and design contexts. This unit centres on the fundamental visual skills and understanding that all artists, craftspeople and designers need for their work.	Internally Assessed
UNIT 2 Materials, Techniques and Technologies	This unit enables you to explore, experiment and understand the use of a wide range of specialist 2D and 3D materials, techniques and processes before selecting a specialist area. The intention is that this unit will give you a broad experience of a variety of materials, techniques and processes as a foundation to developing your work. You will have the opportunity to demonstrate your skills and understanding in both developmental work and the production of finished work. You will be encouraged to experiment with materials and techniques in order to explore their creative uses. This will be through in-depth study and self-directed	Internally Assessed
UNIT 6 Develop Set Ideas	This unit which is delivered through the externally set ‘Summative Project’ gives you the opportunity to work to a vocationally focussed brief and to research and develop ideas to prototype stage, e.g. 3D models, mock-ups, samples etc. The vocationally focused brief is set by the awarding body and is intended to be as flexible as possible. It gives you the opportunity to bring together the knowledge and skills.	Externally Set and Assessed

Upper Sixth

Module	Overview	Assessment
UNIT 9 Contextual Reference	In this unit you will become familiar with a wide range of his- torical and contemporary work created by artists, craftspeople and designers. You will carry out research and use the results to influence your own work. You will learn, e.g. about historical and contemporary art and craft and design work.	Internally Assessed
UNIT 12 Fine Art (Optional)	This unit enables you to develop specialist skills in fine art. The work produced will be the outcome of your personal experi- ences interpreted through your ideas, rather than a product for practical use. You will study traditional skills of fine arts such as: painting, drawing, printmaking and sculpture etc. You may decide to explore areas such as jewellery, ceramics textiles	Internally Assessed
UNIT 13 Design (Optional)	This unit will enable you to apply the process of design in re- sponse to a written brief. The design process starts by resolving the ‘needs’ of the brief. The ‘needs’ may be how a thing should look, how it should function and how it should be made. This will depend on the client and the proposed user. Good design fulfils the needs of the brief both aesthetically and functionally.	Internally Assessed
UNIT 14 Multimedia (Optional)	This unit encourages the possible interaction of traditional and a new technology to develop different creative visual outcomes. The choice of technologies as the mediums to use include tradi- tional technologies such as film and photography and the use of photocopy imagery. This unit will enable you to explore the many areas using a combination of traditional and new technol- ogy medias interactively when designing and producing	Internally Assessed
UNIT 11 Develop and Produce Own Ideas	This unit is the synoptic project which means that it brings to- gether the knowledge, skills and understanding acquired throughout the programme, the intention is that it allows you to demonstrate your achievement through your chosen special- ist units, Unit 12: Fine Art, Unit 13: Design, Unit 14: Multimedia. You may explore one or a combination of your specialist units. In this unit you will explore the skills and understanding in- volved in creating, developing, planning and producing ideas	Externally Assessed

A-Level Art & Design and Career Options

This qualification can be further enhanced in Higher Education by following a degree in the Art and Design sector. Careers in which a background of Art and Design is relevant include Architecture, Product Design, Illustration, Interior Design, Graphics/Packaging/Fashion Design many more.
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