Design and Technology – Advanced Subsidiary GCE and Advanced GCE
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USEFUL FOR:
Engineering; Architecture; Product Design; 3D Design; Industrial Design;
Manufacturing; Fashion Design; Multi Media (Advertising, Graphic Design)
Course Synopsis
Design and Technology is a wide reaching subject that incorporates the
skills and techniques of a number of different subjects. To enable you to
choose a direction that suits your personal strengths, the course is
directed towards the Product Design route. This particular course has been
designed to encourage you to take a broad view of technology and design, to
develop your capacity to design and make products and to appreciate the
complex relations between design, materials, manufacture and marketing.
Studying Design and Technology offers you an opportunity to gain personal
satisfaction and a positive experience from working with a variety of
materials. The practical solving processes in this course will encourage
independent learning, creativity and innovation. At both levels you will be
encouraged to:
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Develop and sustain your
own innovation, creativity and design technology capability
2.
Apply essential knowledge
of the skills of production processes to a range of technological activities
and understand industrial practices
3.
Use ICT to enhance your
design and technological capability
4.
Recognize the social,
moral and cultural values inherent in design and technological activities
5.
Develop as discerning
consumers able to make informed choices
6.
Develop positive attitudes
of co-operation and to work collaboratively.
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Syllabus Summary |
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Year 12 – AS Level (AQA) |
Year 13 – A2 Level (AQA) |
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Unit 1
Materials, Components & Application; 2 Hour Written Paper
(50% of AS marks, 25% of A Level marks)
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Fabrication methods
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Forming methods
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Redistribution
methods
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Wasting processes
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Finishing materials
and processes
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Health and Safety
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Quality Control |
Unit 3
Design and Manufacture: 2 Hour Written Paper (25% of A Level
marks)
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Product lifecycles
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Influence of design
and technology in society
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Design methods and
processes
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Safety and safety
legislation
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Communication
methods
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Design in human
context
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Quality assurance
and quality control
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Sustainability and
environmental concerns
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ICT applications in
processes and manufacture
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Manufacturing
systems
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Systems and control
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Unit 2
Coursework Portfolio (50% of AS marks, 25% of A Level marks)
You will be required to submit a portfolio of work based on
a real life situation put forward by your teacher. Following
the design process you will develop and produce a solution
that could be marketable and/or produced using industrial
processes.
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Unit 4
Coursework Portfolio (25% of A Level marks)
This involves an
increased emphasis on the commercial and industrial aspects
of designing and making a product, awareness of a wider
range of users and sensitivity to the wider effects of their
work on society and the environment. This time, the topic of
study is chosen by yourself, in conjunction with
consultation with your teacher. |
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Entry Requirements:
Grade B at GCSE |
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