UK · Subject guide
Art and Design
A-Level Art and Design (AQA 7201-7206), against the DfE/Ofqual subject content.
01 · Overview
Art and Design
A-Level Art and Design (AQA 7201-7206), against the DfE/Ofqual subject content.
- Subject guide
- A-Levels
- Topics mapped
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02 · Complete topic map
Complete topic map
Every topic recorded for this subject in the curriculum is reproduced below in its full hierarchy. The descriptions reflect the mapped scope without implying additional exam rules.
- 01
Materials, processes and technologies
Building practical and theoretical knowledge of relevant materials, processes, technologies and resources used across art, craft and design, working in digital, non-digital or mixed media.
- 02
Communicating ideas, feelings and meanings
Understanding how ideas, feelings and meanings are conveyed and interpreted through images and artefacts.
- 03
Contextual and cultural understanding
Studying how images and artefacts relate to the time, place, and social and cultural contexts in which they were made.
- 04
Genres, styles and traditions
Examining continuity and change across different genres, styles and traditions in the history of art and design.
- 05
Specialist vocabulary and terminology
Developing a working vocabulary and specialist language to discuss, analyse and write about art and design.
- 06
Recording, research and observation
Recording experiences and observations through drawing and other visual forms, and gathering, selecting and organising visual and other information.
- 07
Analysis and critical judgement
Exploring resources and analysing, discussing and evaluating images, objects and artefacts to make and record independent critical judgements.
- 08
Developing ideas from the work of others
Using knowledge and understanding of the work of others to extend thinking and inform the development of one's own work.
- 09
Generating and exploring lines of enquiry
Generating and exploring potential lines of enquiry using appropriate media, techniques and processes.
- 10
Making, reviewing and refining work
Applying knowledge in making images and artefacts, then reviewing, modifying and refining ideas in light of one's own and others' evaluations.
- 11
Presenting outcomes and personal response
Organising, selecting and communicating ideas, solutions and personal responses, presenting them in visual, tactile and/or sensory forms.
- 12
Art, craft and design (broad-based study)
Exploring practical and critical/contextual work across a range of 2D and/or 3D processes and media spanning the disciplines.
- 13
Fine Art
Specialising in fine art practices such as painting, drawing, mixed-media, sculpture, ceramics, installation, printmaking, photography and moving image.
- 14
Graphic Communication
Specialising in graphic disciplines including illustration, advertising, packaging, design for print, branding, multimedia, animation, and web, app and game design.
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Textile Design
Specialising in textiles such as fashion and costume design, printed/dyed fabrics, constructed, digital, art and installed textiles, and interior textiles.
- 16
Three-dimensional Design
Specialising in 3D disciplines including ceramics, sculpture, jewellery, product, interior, exhibition, theatre/film-set, environmental and architectural design.
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Photography
Specialising in lens- and light-based media including portraiture, landscape, still life, documentary, photojournalism, fashion, experimental imagery and moving image.
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Personal Investigation and Externally Set Assignment
The two A-level assessment components: a self-directed practical and written personal investigation, and a sustained response to an externally set theme.
03 · Where this subject applies
Where this subject applies
These pathways and regions are explicitly connected to the subject in the curriculum.
Pathways and specifications
AS-Level
Advanced Subsidiary — the first year of A-Level study (standalone or first half of the full A-Level).
A-Level (A2)
The full Advanced Level — AS content plus the second-year A2 content.
Nations and regions
All registered regions
04 · Official sources
Official sources
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Public references
UK · EuraStudy Guides
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