Level 3 Design
L3DES Course DescriptionTeacher in Charge: Whaea R. Clemence.
Why study Art Design at Level Three?
Art Design is the exact method you would work in if you chose to be a graphic designer as a career. It is the design process and based on the real world of being a graphic designer. If you want to study graphic design at university of polytechnic, this is a required course. It is a preferred course for the future study of Architecture also.
Art Design is a University Entrance course. That means 14 credits earned here will be one-third of your main university course credit requirements covered. If you are good at it, then it is sensible to use it to help you gain that extra qualification layer.
Arts help train the eye and engage the brain differently from other academic subjects. Hand-to-eye coordination in this manner is fine motor-skill based and is shown to develop a part of our brain no other field would achieve. Visual Arts are not only supporting courses for many other aspects of society but a stand-alone aspect of careers and pathways in tertiary training; visual communication, design, spatial design, fashion design, product design, photography, fine arts, visual arts, ceramics, jewelry design, for instance.
Course Overview
Term 1
Developing your brief - who are you designing for, what is your 'company' or campaign all about? This is your Art Kaupapa in Design. Learning skills in Adobe Illustrator AND handmade techniques will be a big part of this term. You will work on 3.1 (research - four internal credits for UE Literacy) and 3.2 (four internal credits, using design principles) simultaneously over term one. All work must be documented on your blog.
Term 2
During term two, you begin to develop the rest of the items you will need to fulfill your brief. Your practical work will be geared towards achieving 3.3 (four internal credits) this term and beginning your external folio (3.4) worth 14 credits this year. All work must be documented on your blog.
Term 3
During this term, you are putting your folio together using the best work from your research, logo, and poster design on board one and developing web page or other web-based or social media and sometimes three-dimensional product design or packaging. All work must be documented on your blog.
Term 4
The externally assessed folio (3.4 worth 14 credits) is due in week five of this term. Following this, there is a short window to resubmit any internal standards you might not have achieved.
Career Pathways
Software Developer, Baker, Sewing Machinist, Trainer, Artist, Fashion Designer, Interior Designer, Industrial Designer, Jeweller, Graphic Designer, Animator/Digital Artist, Advertising Specialist, Copywriter, Sales and Marketing Manager, Patternmaker, Architect, Architectural Technician, Art Director (Film, Television or Stage), Film and Video Editor, Glazier, Tailor/Dressmaker, Boat Builder, Naval Architect, Tattoo Artist, Print Finisher