3TDVC

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

Pathway

It is highly recommended that you have done 2TDVC before choosing this course.

Career Pathways

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.

Total Credits Available: 22 credits.
Externally Assessed Credits: 10 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 12 credits.

Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 91627 v3
NZQA Info
Design and Visual Communication 3.30 - Initiate design ideas through exploration
4
4
4
4
4
Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91629 v3
NZQA Info
Design and Visual Communication 3.32 - Resolve a spatial design through graphics practice
6
6
6
Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 6
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91630 v3
NZQA Info
Design and Visual Communication 3.33 - Resolve a product design through graphics practice
6
6
6
Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 6
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91631 v3
NZQA Info
Design and Visual Communication 3.34 - Produce working drawings to communicate production details for a complex design
6
6
6
6
Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 6
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 22
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Total Numeracy Credits: 0

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.

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