Course Content: • Skills in a broad range of material areas including drawing, painting, printmaking, 3D, photography, digital, textiles, gallery-based learning and more. • One major extended project that meets all the assessment criteria. • Critical thinking studies, analysing and interpreting artists’ work. • Visits to galleries and museums. • 60% coursework, 40% exam with a minimum 8 weeks preparation. • Interim and final exhibitions of work. The course begins with a series of intensive teacher led workshops to introduce new skills and develop existing ones. Students will then be encouraged to work with increasing independence to initiate and investigate their own area of focus. Students will develop their practical skills as well as their thinking skills, demonstrating a visual language and personal response. Students will be taught through practical workshops, individual tutorials and target setting, group critiques, discussions, gallery and museum visits and lectures. In the second year, students are expected to take greater ownership of their work, negotiating individual targets and deadlines.