Art and design: BTEC Level 2 First certificate

On this course you engage in a wide range of activities and produce assignments in response to ‘scenarios’ taken from employment-based opportunities.  You have the opportunity to develop skills that are specific to art and design and skills that will be useful for the rest of your life. This qualification will give you the knowledge, understanding and competency needed when entering employment in the art and design sector. 

Course structure

Edexcel’s BTEC First certificate in Art and Design (two GCSE grades A*—C ) is made up of three units of work and you must show evidence of all learning outcomes to achieve this qualification.
Unit 1, Contextual references in art and design
Unit 2, 2D visual communication
Unit 3, 3D visual communication
Unit 13, Working with visual arts briefs
All work is internally marked and assessed

Outline teaching schedule: Year 10

Assignment 1  Natural History Museum, Magnification (Unit 2)
Assignment 2  Something sweet (Unit 2)
Assignment 3  Pop art (Unit 1)
Assignment 4  Different points of view (Unit 1)
Assignment 5  CD design (Unit 1)
Assignment 6  Mood and emotion, part I (Unit 1)
Assignment 7  Animals, part II (Unit 2)
Assignment 8  Representing sound (Unit 1)
For a detailed teaching schedule, visit the Art VLE area.

Outline teaching schedule: Year 11

Assignment 8  Representing sound (Unit 1)
Assignment 9  Surrealism (Unit 1)
For a detailed teaching schedule, visit the Art VLE area.