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Programme includes: |
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IGCSE Design and Technology (Technology) Cambridge CIE 0445 |
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Standard 10 and 11 follow the Cambridge IGCSE syllabus in Design
and Technology, 0445 having two double periods (2 x 80 minutes). Group
size varies but is normally about 10 students. |
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This course is a predominantly engineering orientated featuring such
topics as:
- Mechanisms
- Structures
- Electronics
- Common core (graphics, materials, manufacturing processes, energy,
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- Design principles
Assessment
- Design course work 0445/5
- Technology exam paper 0445/4
- Common core, design exam paper 0445/1
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| Std. 12 & 13 |
AS/A2 Level Design and Technology Cambridge CIE 9705 |
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The Design and Technology course is primarily concerned with the
Process of Designing and Making and how this relates to the manufactured
world around us. The Process of Design is central to the course and
students will develop their knowledge, understanding and skills by
working through a range of practical projects and briefs. This will
entail developing their initial design ideas from concept through to
the making of the final product in a designerly manner. |
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The course will include:
- Identification and research of needs/problems
- Communication of design ideas through sketching, rendering, modelling,
technical graphics, CAD, reprographic techniques.
- Graphic, Product , Packaging, Architectural Design
- Case studies relating to products and product designers
- Materials, technologies and processes for manufacture
- Role of designers, legal ramifications.
Assessment
Internal assessment ranges through mini projects, classwork, preps,
tests and past paper exercises
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Career Prospects
The course will be of value to anyone who wishes to pursue a university
or higher education course leading to a career in a creative field.
For example:
| Architecture |
Interior Design |
Industrial Design |
| Product Design |
Town Planning |
Engineering Design |
| Graphic Design |
Environmental Design |
Cartography |
Please note: This syllabus is likely to change within the next year. |