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Graphic Products

Course Title: GCSE Graphic Products

Examination Board: OCR

Entry Requirements (if appropriate): Students must achieve an Attainment Target Level6 in Design Technology to be considered for this course.

Contact: Mr Jepson

Course Aims:

This course provides opportunities for candidates to develop an awareness of the nature and significant importance of Design and Technology in a rapidly changing society. It enables candidates to develop their application of knowledge, skills and understanding of Graphic Products within an overall design and make based approach.

Course Description:

This GCSE focuses on designing for the world we live in. Students will develop their technical skills using Computer Designing software and graphic materials. The specification consists of 60% internal assessment (coursework) and 40% examination. Candidates take two examination papers.

For internal assessment candidates will be expected to produce a graphic product that can be marketed. The underlying influence on the project should be that the product would be the first of a batch of 50, realised in school with the facilities that are available. The candidate will realise the first, or the prototype of the product.

How will I learn:

A folio of development work and the production of presentation models / prototypes is vital to the coursework element of this broad based, creative and highly interesting technology GCSE. Students will plan work and confirm working arrangements, plan and try out ways of solving problems and evaluate all work.

Possible Career Pathways:

Graphics Designer
Design Engineer
CAD Technician
Designer

Subject summary:

During this year students will have worked in a couple of areas within Design:

Students have been taught a range of basic skills which are common to all the areas as well as specialist knowledge, understanding and techniques from the individual subjects.

Subject summary:

During this year students will have worked in three areas within Design:

Students have been taught a range of basic skills which are common to all the areas as well as specialist knowledge, understanding and techniques from the individual subjects.

Subject summary:

Throughout Key Stage 3 the students will follow a balanced Engineering and Technology curriculum from the following areas:

Students have been taught a range of basic skills which are common to all the areas as well as specialist knowledge, understanding and techniques from the individual subjects.

This report has been written after consultation with all the department staff