Visual design 11-12

The content endorsed course of visual design provides opportunities for students to use frames to explore visual design, its development and history.

Students develop their knowledge and skills in a broad range of art making techniques and use a process diary as they develop their ideas. The HSC course involves both a written exam and submitted artworks, all marked internally.

Teaching and learning resources

Brand it

The HSC visual design unit 'Brand it' provides students with opportunities to design and make logos and associated publications. It is informed by a critical and historical study of key graphic designers that link to the units theme. It addresses the NSW stage 6 visual design syllabus module GD1: Publications and Information. This unit encourages students to use a variety of expressive forms in their art making practice and develops students’ knowledge and understanding of visual design in their critical and historical accounts.

This unit can be used as one of the three modules taught in year 12 visual design. Provided is the HSC visual design program, yearly assessment schedule, scope and sequence, practical assessment task and stage 6 visual arts life skills modified assessment tasks for practical work.

Syllabus

The NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) Visual Design Stage 6 Syllabus (2000) contains the syllabus and helpful materials including a sample assessment schedule, HSC advice, specimen exams, HSC marking guidelines, standards materials, past papers additional support information.

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