Advanced Higher Art and Design
Advanced higher Art and Design usually builds on prior knowledge, skills and experience successfully gained from the Higher course. However, at this level allows pupils to work in a more specialised area in far greater depth. At the start of the year pupils will have a discussion with their teacher on which area they would like to specialise in (Design or Expressive Enquiry). Based on these discussions pupils will determine an area of personal interest which they will create work around to submit for their SQA portfolio. This is a fantastic opportunity for pupils who are wishing to pursue a career in the creative industries to use this time to create a body of work that will also form as a folio submission to prospective Creative Industry courses pupils are hoping to apply to.
Course content:
The main area of study will be EITHER;
Design Enquiry
This involves identifying and selecting a design brief on a theme of the pupils choice and creating pieces that also work around any Design problems which may arise and evaluate this. During this process pupils will be expected to study Designers’ work and practice to help inform their own studies.
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Expressive Enquiry
This involves identifying a theme which will have enough depth to sustain them for the entirety of the course and evaluate their work. During this process pupils will be expected to study Artists’ work and practice to help inform their own studies.
What happens for the exam?
Marks are allocated as follows:
Section 1 — practical design work 64 marks Section 2 — contextual analysis 30 marks Section 3 — evaluation 6 marks = 100 marks
Pupils will submit a portfolio of work which will be externally marked by SQA.
Please note a minimum of 8 single sided A1 sheets or equivalent and a maximum of 16 single sided A1 sheets or equivalent must be submitted to the SQA.
If the practical work exceeds the maximum, a penalty is applied.
The contextual analysis has a maximum of 2,000 words. If the word count exceeds the maximum by more than 10%, a penalty is applied
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