NCEA Level 3 Design and Visual Communication
Course Description
Head of Faculty - Kaihautuu: Mr S. Qureshi.
Level 3 Design and Visual Communication course teaches students to use Graphics to solve design problems. The course is focused on the student taking control of the content within the topics taught. The emphasis is on design and designers; using the information gathered to influence the student’s work. Topics covered are: “Develop and Resolve Spatial Design” and “Develop and Resolve Product design”. Incorporated in this is Exhibiting a Visual Presentation of their own Design.
Design and Visual Communication (DVC) Level 3 provides a range of study options that align with Spatial Design and Product Design related tertiary study and professions, as well as emerging Creative Industries.
Students at Level 3 mostly specialize and complete either Product Design or Architectural/Spatial Design specific Achievement Standards but can do two smaller projects that combine both if they wish. Students choose from a range of Achievement Standards that aligns with their interests and likely future tertiary goals (between 16 and 24 credits).
Students explore and refine design ideas through divergent drawings, writing, freehand sketching, design notation, instrumental drawing, 3D printing, laser cutting and a range of CAD software.
Course Overview
Term 1
Introduction to design brief
Initiate design ideas through extensive exploration using visual communication strategies t challenge thinking and extend and transform ideas to form design ideas.
Term 2
Interrogation and re-generation of ideas including abstraction, re-combination, tessellation, exaggeration, rotation, inversion, translation, deconstruction.
Resolve a spatial/product design through graphics practice
Term 3
Produce working drawings to communicate production details for a complex design.
Term 4
Compiling the design portfolio and develop a visual presentation that exhibits a design outcome to an audience
Recommended Prior Learning
3TDVC is complex, the completion of 2TDVC is vital to completing Level 3. If Level 2 has not been completed a written explanation of why they want to take this course is required and will be at the teachers discretion.
Pathway
It is highly recommended that you have done 2TDVC before choosing this course.
Assessment Information
The assessments are spatial and or product based portfolio with 16 - 22 credits in total. There are optional 1 - 2 externals and 2 internals to complete throughout the year.Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
External
NZQA Info
Design and Visual Communication 3.30 - Initiate design ideas through exploration
NZQA Info
Design and Visual Communication 3.32 - Resolve a spatial design through graphics practice
NZQA Info
Design and Visual Communication 3.33 - Resolve a product design through graphics practice
NZQA Info
Design and Visual Communication 3.34 - Produce working drawings to communicate production details for a complex design
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 22
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.
Pathway Tags
Software Developer, Architect, Architectural Technician, Boat Builder, Naval Architect, Surveyor, Urban/Regional Planner, Civil Engineer, Civil Engineering Technician/Draughtsperson, Interior Designer, Industrial Designer, Conservator, Quantity Surveyor, Systems Administrator, Information Technology Architect, Landscape Architect, Landscaper, Project Manager, Roofer, Network Administrator, Geospatial Specialist, Security Analyst, Penetration Tester, Security Consultant, Fire Engineer, User Experience Designer, Animator/Digital Artist, Patternmaker, Artist, Fashion Designer, Graphic Designer, Technical Writer, Graphic Pre-press Worker, Visual Merchandiser, Game Developer, Photographer, Printer, Signmaker,