Qualification:

This qualification has been developed to enhance self-reliant learning, creative production, and to prepare learners to progress onto further qualifications or employment. It builds on learners’ prior experience in art design and media, linking previously acquired skills with ideas that will challenge learners’ critical independence and provide them with a full understanding of the career opportunities available within the sector. Learners will complete this qualification with a comprehensive and full understanding of the following:

• Contemporary and historical cultural contexts in the field of art, design and media
• The importance of visual language for recording and responding
• The potential and limitations of a variety of media and processes
• How to identify personal progression routes and present work effectively to others
• How to identify and develop creative intentions, and subsequently plan and realise outcomes
• How to use and evaluate a range of media and materials