NCEA Level 1 Art, Design and Photography
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Rogan James.
NCEA Level 1 Art: Design & Photography
At Level 1 you can only choose one Visual Arts course.
Level 1 Art: Design & Photography is a practical course exploring digital photography and design and is suitable for students who have not previously taken Art. You will explore ideas, technical processes and artist models, while expanding your design and photography visual vocabulary.
Across the year you will create a large body of work that visually explores and reflects our whakapapa and local environment, the Waitākere Ranges / Te Wao Nui o Tiriwa. You will learn to use a digital SLR camera to express yourself and use your images as a resource base for an exploration of design ideas.
You will develop skills using the Adobe Creative Suite software and use the design process to create solutions to design problems. You will also look at established design and photography artists to interpret how and why art is made.
This course helps students develop core thinking skills across a wide range of cross-curricular activities using digital media.
The creative and technical techniques covered in this programme will be directly beneficial for NCEA Level 2 Visual Art subjects - Photography, Design and Art History.
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Recommended Prior Learning
Successful completion of Year 10 Art and/or Year 10 Photography is an advantage.
Course Costs
This Course Contribution covers the purchase of specialist take-home materials, and is an APPROXIMATE figure.
Students will have access to digital SLR cameras and lenses during class time, but having their own camera would be an advantage.
Description | Type | Value |
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Course Contribution (approximate) | Contribution | $30.00 |
$30.00 |
Pathway
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is eligible for subject endorsement.
External
NZQA Info
Visual Arts 1.1 - Use practice-based visual inquiry to explore an Aotearoa New Zealand Māori context and another cultural context
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Visual Arts 1.3 - Explore Visual Arts processes and conventions to inform own art making
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Visual Arts 1.4 - Create a sustained body of related artworks in response to an art making proposition
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Disclaimer
Course availability is dependent on numbers and staffing, and course entry cannot be confirmed until the beginning of the 2025 school year.