Art and Design (Photography)

Course summary

The umbrella that is Art & Design encompasses a wide range of fields within it, namely the following titles: Art, Craft & Design (work must cover at least 2 of the specialist areas listed below) Fine Art Graphic Communication Textile Design Photography Three Dimensional Design You may produce work under any of these titles. If you have a preference for a particular strand of Art & Design as listed above, then you should consider specialising in that field at this level. If you prefer not to specialise then you should enter for the title: Fine Art or Art, Craft & Design where you can work with a range of specialisms. Your teachers and our departmental facilities are equipped to enable you to produce work in any title within Art & Design. Grade 6 or above at GCSE is advisable since the level of technical skill required at A-Level is much higher than expectations at GCSE. The course is similarly structured to GCSE but work produced explores ideas in greater depth and skills displayed are of a higher standard and quality.