Stage 2 – Year 12

SACE Credits

20

Does this subject include an exam?

No

Prerequisite(s)

Successful completion of at least one semester of Stage 1 Visual Art – Art at a minimum B grade.

Course Content

Consists of three areas of study:

  • Visual thinking
  • Practical Resolution
  • Visual Arts in Context

Learning Requirements

In this subject, students are expected to:

  • conceive, develop, and make work(s) of art or design that reflect individuality and the development and communication of a personal visual aesthetic
  • 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, technologies, and processes to solve problems and resolve works of art or design
  • communicate knowledge and understanding of their own works and the connections between their own and other practitioners works of art or design
  • analyse, interpret, and respond to visual arts in cultural, social, and/or historical contexts
  • develop inquiry skills to explore visual arts issues, ideas, concepts, processes, techniques and questions

Pathways

Tertiary Visual Art and/or other humanities/arts/design courses.