- Units
- 2 units — 240 hours over Year 11 and Year 12, 6–12 modules (Content Endorsed Course)
- Course type
- Content Endorsed
- Exclusions
- Projects developed for assessment in one subject are not to be used, either in full or in part, for assessment in any other subject
- Group
- Elective — choose three — One elective discontinues in Year 12 for all students
Visual Design is a NESA Content Endorsed Course. Modules are selected from the four broad fields of design — Graphic Design, Wearable Design, Product Design and Interior/Exterior Design — and an Occupational Health and Safety module is mandatory in every course structure.
Sport, Lifestyle and Recreation, Work Studies, Visual Design or Marine Studies will discontinue in Year 12 for all students.
Course description
Visual Design gives students the opportunity to explore the links between art and design by designing and making images and objects in which aesthetic qualities and symbolic meanings are as important as utilitarian function. It encourages students to explore the practices of graphic, wearable, product and interior/exterior designers, and to develop increasing independence in representing ideas across these fields.
Course structure
Year 11 Preliminary · 2027
- Occupational Health and Safety (compulsory, for new starters)
- Graphic Design modules
- Wearable Design modules
Year 12 HSC · 2028
- Occupational Health and Safety (compulsory, for new starters)
- Product Design modules
- Interior/Exterior Design modules
- Individual/Collaborative Project (extension)
What students learn
- Modules are selected from any of the four broad fields of design: Graphic Design, Wearable Design, Product Design, and Interior/Exterior Design.
- An optional Individual/Collaborative Project module extends students’ learning, allowing them to specialise in one field or explore connections between fields.
- Students are required to keep a design diary throughout the course.
Assessment
Visual Design is a Content Endorsed Course — there is no external HSC examination and it does not count towards an ATAR. Assessment is school-based, using the NESA performance descriptions for HSC Board Endorsed Courses.
HSC examination
No HSC examination. The course does not count towards an ATAR.