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OCR Product Design: Graphics A Level
AS & A2 Course Outlines
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| This exciting course will enable students to
develop their design skills and will allow a reasonable degree of choice
within the course. Almost any aspect of graphic design that interests the
student, can be made the focus of a personal project in units 2, 4 & 5. |
The Advanced Subsidiary (AS) is the first half of the
Advanced GCE course and contributes 50% of the marks for the full A-Level
qualification.
WHAT ARE THE MODULES?
YEAR 1 - AS
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| Unit One (2518) |
System Case Study. This will
involve the study of a system from within a theme set each year by the OCR
Examination Board. |
| Unit Two (2519) |
Product Study: Analysis and
Development. This is an interesting module that requires you to
analyse an existing graphic product, compare it to similar products, and
then design and test an improvement to the product. |
| Unit Three (2520) |
Product Design 1. This is a two
hour examination designed to test knowledge and design skills. |
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The Advanced Subsidiary can be awarded at this stage
to those students not choosing to study the second part of the course for
the full award.
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YEAR 2 - A2
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| Unit Four (2522) |
Designing. This is the first
part of a major design project where you are able to design a graphic
product with the guidance of a real client. The folio will require 40 hours
of intensive work. |
| Unit Five (2523) |
Making and Evaluating. This
module allows you to make and evaluate the product you designed in unit one
above. Again, you have 40 hours available to produce your graphic product. |
| Unit Six (2524) |
Product Design 2. This is a two
and a half hour written examination designed to test knowledge and design
skills at a higher level. |
Success in this subject does constitute a significant
academic achievement, and while the subject offers a unique opportunity to
reflect achievement in portfolios of work, these folios are often cited by
university admissions tutors as an important factor when making the offer of
a place to students.
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The areas where this A-Level will be of use are many
and varied, ranging from product design to interior design, from fashion to
illustration and from architecture to engineering. Elements of the course
can be tailored to suit the particular interests of students.
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