Stage 1 – Year 11

SACE Credits

10 per semester

Does this subject include an exam?

No

Prerequisite(s)

Successful completion of one semester of Year 10 Visual Art. A strong interest in Art is essential.

Course Content

Students will undertake learning and assessment in the following areas:

  • Visual thinking – Developing an A3 Folio of drawing and ideas
  • Practical Resolution – A high quality finished Artwork
  • Visual Arts in Context – Theoretical Research and Art History

Learning Requirements

In this subject, students are expected to:

  • conceive, develop, and make work(s) of art or design that reflect the development of personal visual ideas
  • demonstrate visual thinking through the development and evaluation of ideas and explorations in technical skills with media, materials and technologies
  • apply technical skills in using media, materials, and technologies to solve problems and resolve work(s) of art or design
  • communicate knowledge and understanding of their own and other practitioners’ works of art or design
  • analyse, interpret, and respond to visual arts in cultural, social, and/or historical contexts

Pathways

Stage 2 Visual Art. Further study options at tertiary level in Arts and/or other humanities, design courses.