The WJEC Eduqas A level in Art and Design has been designed to provide engaging and innovative creative learning experiences, where art, craft and design practice is meaningfully integrated with theoretical knowledge and understanding. This specification provides learners with opportunities to develop a broad foundation of critical, practical and theoretical skills that offers learners a holistic understanding of a range of practices and contexts in the visual arts, crafts and design fields, culminating in greater specialism and achievement. Whichever title or combination of endorsed titles is followed, the specification encourages creativity, sustained investigation and analysis, experimentation, and design and making as a means of developing technical and expressive skills. It gives learners the opportunity to follow a programme of study which extends experience and personal response as well as developing imagination and critical and reflective thinking. The ability to innovate, adapt and work independently, which underlies all aspects of the specification, is valued by higher education and employers alike.

Three-Dimension Design covers a particularly wide range of activities;

• Furniture design
• Prototyping with mixed materials
• Metal fabrication
• Computer aided design and manufacture
• Product design
• Environmental design
• Architectural design

Students are assessed using the Assessment Objectives provided by the exam board.

The WJEC Eduqas A level in Art and Design has been designed to provide engaging and innovative creative learning experiences, where art, craft and design practice is meaningfully integrated with theoretical knowledge and understanding. This specification provides learners with opportunities to develop a broad foundation of critical, practical and theoretical skills that offers learners a holistic understanding of a range of practices and contexts in the visual arts, crafts and design fields, culminating in greater specialism and achievement. Whichever title or combination of endorsed titles is followed, the specification encourages creativity, sustained investigation and analysis, experimentation, and design and making as a means of developing technical and expressive skills. It gives learners the opportunity to follow a programme of study which extends experience and personal response as well as developing imagination and critical and reflective thinking. The ability to innovate, adapt and work independently, which underlies all aspects of the specification, is valued by higher education and employers alike.

Possible areas of study within Textile Design include;

• Fashion
• Costume
• Digitally or traditionally printed and/or dyed fabrics, garments and materials
• Interior design
• Constructed textiles (knitted, woven, embellished or combined with other materials)
• Textile installation
• Accessories

Students are assessed using the Assessment Objectives provided by the exam board.

The WJEC Eduqas A level in Design and Technology offers a unique opportunity in the curriculum for learners to identify and solve real problems by designing and making products or systems. Design and technology is an inspiring, rigorous and practical subject. This specification encourages learners to use creativity and imagination when applying iterative design processes to develop and modify designs, and to design and make prototypes that solve real world problems, considering their own and others’ needs, wants, aspirations and values.

• Be open to taking design risks, showing innovation and enterprise whilst considering their role as responsible designers and citizens
• Develop intellectual curiosity about the design and manufacture of products and systems, and their impact on daily life and the wider world
• Work collaboratively to develop and refine their ideas, responding to feedback from users, peers and expert practitioners
• Gain an insight into the creative, engineering and/or manufacturing industries
• Develop the capacity to think creatively, innovatively and critically through focused research and the exploration of design opportunities arising from the needs, wants and values of users and clients
• Develop knowledge and experience of real world contexts for design and technological activity
• Develop an in-depth knowledge and understanding of materials, components and processes associated with the creation of products that can be tested and evaluated in use
• Be able to make informed design decisions through an in-depth understanding of the management and development of taking a design through to a prototype/product
• Be able to create and analyse a design concept and use a range of skills and knowledge from other subject areas, including mathematics and science, to inform decisions in design and the application or development of technology
• Be able to work safely and skilfully to produce high-quality prototypes/products
• Have a critical understanding of the wider influences on design and technology, including cultural, economic, environmental, historical and social factors
• Develop the ability to draw on and apply a range of skills and knowledge from other subject areas, including the use of mathematics and science for analysis and informing decisions in design

Students are assessed using the Assessment Objectives provided by the exam board.