12ARCH

NCEA Level 2 Architecture

Course Description

Teacher in Charge:


Extend your creative skills to design buildings and products.

You'll improve your skills in freehand sketching, computer model-making, and physical modelling to create architecture and product designs.  You will learn more complex ways of solving real-world problems with your designs. Select this course to take your design thinking to the next level.

Contributions and Equipment/Stationery

Course Contribution: $20
Stationery Requirements:

Pathway

Career Pathways

Credit Information

You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.

This course is eligible for subject endorsement.

This course is approved for University Entrance.

Total Credits Available: 26
Internal Assessed Credits: 19
External Assessed Credits: 7
Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 91337 v3
NZQA Info

Design and Visual Communication 2.30 - Use visual communication techniques to generate design ideas


Level: 2
Internal or External: External
Credits: 3
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91340 v4
NZQA Info

Design and Visual Communication 2.33 - Use the characteristics of a design movement or era to inform own design ideas


Level: 2
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 3
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91341 v4
NZQA Info

Design and Visual Communication 2.34 - Develop a spatial design through graphics practice


Level: 2
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 6
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91342 v4
NZQA Info

Design and Visual Communication 2.35 - Develop a product design through graphics practice


Level: 2
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 6
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91343 v4
NZQA Info

Design and Visual Communication 2.36 - Use visual communication techniques to compose a presentation of a design


Level: 2
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91358 v3
NZQA Info

Generic Technology 2.5 - Demonstrate understanding of how technological modelling supports risk management


Level: 2
Internal or External: External
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 26
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Total Numeracy Credits: 0

Disclaimer

Standards shown on courses are only an indication and not all may be offered at the time of study.