Art and Design (Photography)

Course summary

Explore photographic skills and techniques and develop your creativity with a Photography A-Level. On successful completion of the course, along with other A Level qualifications, you may progress directly into higher education or to an Art Foundation Diploma. You will be given a summer project designed to be used at the start of the academic program. You will require a range of basic art equipment and materials. Further advice about equipment and materials will be provided during the course. First year (AS)AC Unit 1: Coursework (60% of AS-level; 30% of full A-level). Skills building in experimental approaches to drawing, painting, and mixed media tasks followed by an internally-set art project. Unit 2: Externally set assignment (40% of AS-level; 20% of full A-level). Externally-set project with theme provided by Edexcel. The timed final outcome under exam conditions. Second year (A2) Unit 3: Coursework – Personal study (60% of AS-level; 30% of full A-level) Students self-select a topic/ theme to investigate. Extensive artists’ research, together with a written essay of between 1,000 and 3,000 words, is required, plus a significant body of practical artwork as a creative response to the theme. Unit 4: Externally set assignment (40% of AS-level; 20% of full A-level). Externally-set project with theme provided by Edexcel. The timed final outcome under exam conditions.