01ADP

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.


For useful/interesting videos and further information, see the links at the bottom of this page.

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
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.

Total Credits Available: 15
Internal Assessed Credits: 5
External Assessed Credits: 10
Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 91912 v4
NZQA Info

Visual Arts 1.1 - Use practice-based visual inquiry to explore an Aotearoa New Zealand Māori context and another cultural context


Level: 1
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91914 v4
NZQA Info

Visual Arts 1.3 - Explore Visual Arts processes and conventions to inform own art making


Level: 1
Internal or External: External
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91915 v3
NZQA Info

Visual Arts 1.4 - Create a sustained body of related artworks in response to an art making proposition


Level: 1
Internal or External: External
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 15
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Total Numeracy Credits: 0

Disclaimer

Course availability is dependent on numbers and staffing, and course entry cannot be confirmed until the beginning of the 2025 school year.