GCSE Design Online Course | Study Design iGCSE

The course is tutored through weekly live interactive sessions, with the option to study independently through recorded lessons. Our iGCSE Design course is currently taught by an energetic and qualified art teacher, alongside a tutor team of practising artists and designers. Students are encouraged to contact members of the tutor team for feedback and advice.

The course takes place over two years. Year one will give students a solid understanding of drawing, painting, sculpture, and artist research. The second year of study will use the skills used from the first year of study to help students with a themed project that forms part of an end of year two assessment. The second year also features a 1500-2000 word essay about an artwork or art movement of your choice.

Entry requirements

Students must be 14 years or older, and no previous art or design qualifications are necessary. A computer with a good internet connection and access to elementary art materials are required.

Study Options

Our iGCSE Design course is designed so that it works for students no matter their availability. We offer both:

Full time study (starting December-January or September-October) or,

Part time study (available all year round).

Accreditations

Our iGCSE Design course follows the 0400 programme designed by CIE (Cambridge International Examinations Board).

Additional Course Information

Progression: to a Foundation in Art & Design or A-Level Design.

Students receive access to their own online studio where they can work through their course. Units and assignments are listed along with supporting resources, video tutorials for skills development, step by step guides etc. Photographs of students’ completed work are uploaded to their college e portfolio for assessment and constructive, friendly written feedback on how to progress. Additionally students are invited to LIVE interactive online lessons at timetabled times. If students can’t make the lessons they can watch them in their own time so they won’t miss any of the course content. The fully qualified and experienced school art teacher is available for feedback via email and messager. Students are invited to discuss their progress and receive face to face verbal feedback, encouragement and support. Students may also benefit from relationships with their fellow online students as they can view profiles and comment on each others’ art work if they wish.

Additional optional LIVE enrichment classes are offered most weeks during term times. These fun classes are enjoyed by students but are not required to complete the course. When purchasing this course you are not paying for these FREE classes – they are a FREE GIFT! The teacher has to strike a balance between providing enrichment and fun for students and supporting them through essential units on their course. This may mean live lessons are postponed from time to time. The teacher reserves the right not to run these optional free lessons.

Students’ final grades are based on their essay and final exam project grades in year two. Students’ work is assessed externally.

Students will complete one critical and historical assignment (1500-2000 words) and one project based, 8 hour practical exam.

After registration, our examination centres will issue students an exam schedule which details dates and deadlines for submitting paperwork and relevant information for the exam weekend. The examination board will also forward a copy of your exam paper to both you and your tutor. The exam paper will ask you to conceptualise an art project based on a specific theme, to be worked on over six weeks. At the end of the six weeks, you will be allocated 8 hours (2x 4 hour slots) to create a final piece.

If candidates would rather enrol on a coursework based course, see our Level 2 Certificate in Art & Design.

This exciting course has been designed to ensure you produce a stimulating and rewarding art & design project (s) which allow you to develop your knowledge, skills, understanding and confidence in developing your interests and ideas in an artistic way.

The first part of the course takes you through a programme of developing skills in drawing, painting, mixed media (collage), digital art and 3d (sculpture).

In the second part of the course you will be asked to make an art project that is related to a theme which is of personal interest to you. Previous themes have included:

“Identity”

“Natural Forms”

“My Manga World”

“I Me & Mine”

‘Bully’

“Success’

“Acceptance’

“Delicate”

“Overhead and Underneath’

“Surfaces’

“Precious”

“Through The Keyhole’