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24 NCEA SELECTION HANDBOOK | YEARS 11 | 2021 – 2022 The achievement standards listed for each subject have been chosen carefully, but are subject to change. VISUAL ARTS – LEVEL 1 Recommended Previous Study Completion of Year 10 Visual Arts or approval by Deputy Principal – Teaching and Learning. Course Description This is a broad practical course in which each student will undertake a range of school-developed units of work. These will provide experiences in drawing, painting, photography, printmaking and ceramics. The course gives students the opportunity to develop their perceptual, imaginative, technical and critical skills through making Art. Also included is the study of contemporary artists and their methods. The course is recommended as a prerequisite for both the Year 12 IB Visual Arts and Year 12 NCEA Art disciplines as it provides students with all the necessary visual and technical knowledge and skills to successfully pursue further study in the specialist Visual Arts. Access to a SLR Access digital camera is required and the Adobe Creative Cloud suite will be installed at school. Contributions: • There is a consumables fee of approximately $75, which will be charged to the student’s school account. • Students in this course are required to purchase the Adobe Creative Cloud suite for approximately $32. This gives them a one-year subscription to industry standard software such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. This will be installed at school and charged to students' school accounts. Achievement Standard Title Standard Number Version Lit Num Credits Int/ Ext Use drawing conventions to develop work in more than one field of practice. AS90915, 1.3 2 N N 6 I Produce a body of work informed by established practice, which develops ideas, using a range of media. AS90916, 1.4 3 N N 12 E Produce a finished work that demonstrates skills appropriate to cultural conventions. AS90917, 1.5 3 N N 4 I ASSESSMENT Image source: Pixabay NCEA : YEAR 11