Course information
A Level Art & Design: Photography
Warlingham School - Surrey
01883624067
Tithepit Shaw Lane, Warlingham, CR6 9YB
Course summary

Why should I study A Level Photography? A Level Photography will teach you to look at the world in a creative way. The creative potential stimulated in this course will enable you to apply creative, analytical and critical thinking and problem solving, in order to visually communicate ideas through photography. This awareness can also be employed to any other course that you do. Course Overview This course enables students to explore and appreciate the visual world and respond in a creative and personal way. The skills students will develop will be varied, including knowledge of materials, processes and techniques. Students will be able to interpret and convey ideas and feelings through their work. They will also be more experimental and analytical and will learn how to document findings in different ways. They will develop a specialist vocabulary, build on their knowledge and understanding of the place of art, craft and design in history and contemporary society. A strong Art photography training can also develop highly valuable transferable skills, including creative ideas development, problem-solving, contextual interpretation, and visual communication, as well as organisational, presentation, and team-working skills. What can I do afterwards? Photography jobs are as vast as the medium is visible in the world. This course will make you a great creative thinker and you will be able to construct your photographic images so that they contain high visual appeal and visual communication. In this way you will be able to carve out your desired career in photography. Careers in photography include: Art careers, Advertising, Commercial work, Editorial, Fashion, Film, Food, Forensic, Industrial, Architectural, Ariel, Portraiture and Wedding photography, Sports and Travel etc.

Entry requirements

Course Entry Requirements This course requires a Grade 6 or above in GCSE Art & Design. Students not meeting the grade requirements can submit a portfolio of work which will be assessed.

How you'll be assessed

Assessment Format Personal Investigation – internally-assessed, externally moderated, worth 60% of A Level. Learners produce a portfolio of practical work and a related study, which is an extended response of a guided minimum of 1000 words. Externally-set task – internally-assessed, externally-moderated (15hrs) worth 40% of A Level. The early release paper will provide learners with a number of themes. Within the themes, there will be a choice of written and visual starting points, briefs and stimuli. A response should be based on one of these options.

School Info

About Education Provider

RegionSouth East
Local AuthoritySurrey
Ofsted RatingGood
Gender TypeMixed
AddressTithepit Shaw Lane, Warlingham, CR6 9YB