COURSES

Art & Design (Photography)
Course outline
AS
Coursework consists of a portfolio of practical
exploratory work with supporting sketchbooks,
which is developed over two terms.
A five hour externally set assignment is undertaken
in the spring or summer term, and is based on one of
five themes set by the Exam Board.
A2
Coursework consists of a two-term Personal
Investigation project. It will require greater breadth
and depth of study, and pupils have to incorporate a
substantial written element which supports their
practical study – this can be from 1,000 - 3,000
words long.
A fifteen hour externally set assignment is
undertaken in the summer term, which provides the
opportunity for pupils to respond in their own way
to one of eight themes set by the Exam Board.
Further information
Photography can be matched with a range of other
A level subjects. If you wish to study Photography
A level, then you should normally have achieved at
least four C grades at GCSE, with a grade B being
desirable. Pupils who have not studied photography
before should ideally be conversant with a SLR
camera and would benefit from having access to one.
If a pupil wishes to pursue Photography into Higher
Education, they would normally follow a one-year
Foundation course before going on to a degree
course, although this is not always the case with
certain universities. A broad range of degree courses
are available together with many related subjects
such as television and video.
The specification numbers are:
1206F (AS); 2206F (A2)
Full course details can be found at:
www.aqa.org.uk
For further information, please contact:
Head of Art, Design & Technology, Mr P Maxfield,
plm@millfieldschool.com
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