Design Technology - A level

Course summary

This course is ideally suited to students who want to strengthen their critical thinking and problem-solving skills within a creative environment, enabling you to develop and make prototypes that solve real world problems, considering your own and others’ needs, wants, aspirations and values . This course will cover This creative and thought-provoking qualification gives you practical skills, theoretical knowledge and confidence to succeed in a number of careers. Especially those in the creative industries • you will develop intellectual curiosity for the design and manufacture of products and systems, and their impact on daily life and the wider world, making you a more discriminating purchaser • it will help you to be creative in your approach to work and develop your sketching ability and use of digital technologies in designing and creating quality products • you will gain an insight into the creative, engineering and/or manufacturing industries and learn about the iterative design practices and strategies they use • you will learn about important issues that affect design in the wider world such as sustainability, globalisation and inclusive design; in order to become an empathetic and successful designer who can consider the wider social implications of products This course will cover practical skills, theoretical knowledge and confidence to succeed in a number of careers. Especially those in the creative industries