Art and Design (Graphics)

Course summary

During your A level course you will extend your knowledge and skill in key graphical areas such as promotional design, packaging and typography. In the first two terms of Year 12 you will cover a core range of graphical techniques including packaging and net design, typography, photography, graphic illustration, Photoshop and CAD. In the final terms of Year 12 you will set your own personal brief in response to an exam style theme, to create a more in-depth body of coursework that continues into Year 13. This will include an extended written assignment of 1000-3000 words supporting your theme and profiling your ideas alongside artists’ and designers’ work