Design & Technology - Product Design
Specific Course Entry Requirements | Grade 4 in Design and Technology |
Examination Levels Offered | A-Level (7552) |
Examination Board | AQA |
This creative and thought-provoking qualification gives students the practical skills, theoretical knowledge and confidence to succeed in a number of careers. Especially those in the creative industries. They will investigate historical, social, cultural, environmental and economic influences on design and technology, whilst enjoying opportunities to put their learning in to practice by producing prototypes of their choice. Students will gain a real understanding of what it means to be a designer, alongside the knowledge and skills sought by higher education and employers.
Course Content
- Technical principles
- Designing and making principles
- Additional specialist knowledge
- Develop and sustain their own innovation, creativity and Design and Technology capability, to recognise constraints and to produce high quality products
- Develop a critical understanding of the influences of the processes and products of design and technological activity from a historical perspective and in current practice
- Apply essential knowledge, understanding and skills of design production processes to a range of technological activities and develop an understanding of industrial practices
- Use Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to enhance their design and technological capability
- Develop an understanding of the social, moral, spiritual and cultural values inherent in design and technological activity and to develop critical evaluation skills in technical, aesthetic, economic, environmental, social and cultural contexts
- As discerning consumers, to make informed choices; develop positive attitudes of co-operation and citizenship and work collaboratively
Units
Paper 1- Technical principles:
Written exam: 2 hours and 30 minutes, 120 marks, 30% of A-level
Paper 2- Technical principles:
Written exam: 1 hour and 30 minutes, 80 marks, 20% of A-level
Non-exam assessment (NEA) (50%) (100 marks) - Practical application of technical principles, designing and making principles. Single project context chosen by student. Students have 35 hours to complete. Written or digital design portfolio and photographic evidence of final prototype. Recommended 35 pages
Staff Contact:
Miss D Sebe-Ankra - davinia.sebe-ankra@oxted.thpt.org.uk