Level 3 Design
Course Description
BIG QUESTION: Can my ideation sketches lead my design projects?
In doing this course, the students will have the opportunity to continue to develop design skills by exploring and refining their own designs. This course involves two major projects (an architectural and exhibition project) and an external. Students follow the Design Process to research and develop work on a range of personal projects of their choice, incorporating architectural knowledge.
Students will continue to learn skills to communicate information using visual methods. In response to a provided brief, students will develop design solutions for architectural projects. This course is aimed at passionate and motivated students, equipping them with resourcefulness and self-management skills which they will be able to draw upon for the rest of their life, whether in a job, at university or in starting their own business.
Recommended Prior Learning
This course is suitable for students who are looking towards a university pathway. Successful completion of the Design101 or Design202 course is strongly recommended. Students who have not completed any may be considered at the discretion of the Head of Department, Digi and Design Tech. Those who have no prior experience will struggle and will need to put in a lot of extra time and effort outside of the class time.
Assessment Information
This is an Achievement Standard course. There are two projects and three assessments. There are two internals and one external. Although it is an external, it is internally done and marked externally. There are 16 credits available.Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is approved for University Entrance.
External
NZQA Info
Design and Visual Communication 3.30 - Initiate design ideas through exploration
NZQA Info
Design and Visual Communication 3.31 - Develop a visual presentation that exhibits a design outcome to an audience
NZQA Info
Design and Visual Communication 3.32 - Resolve a spatial design through graphics practice
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 16
Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.