National 4 Art and Design
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Mandatory information
Course Specification
This explains the overall structure of the Course, including its purpose and aims and information on the skills, knowledge and understanding that will be developed.
- N4 Art and Design Course Specification
Sept 2014
Unit Specifications
These provide an outline of what each Unit will cover within the following Unit Specifications and detail the Outcomes and Assessment Standards.
Added Value Unit Specification
These define the mandatory requirements for the Added Value Unit, including the Outcomes and Assessment Standards.
They also include the further mandatory information on Course coverage for the National 4 Course and include information on the assessment method to be used and the conditions of assessment.
Advice and guidance
Course and Unit Support Notes
These provide advice and guidance for teachers/lecturers on learning, teaching and assessment within the Course and its Units.
Assessment support
Past Papers and Marking Instructions
Added Value Unit Assessment
The Art and Design Added Value Unit assessment is a practical activity. While describing what candidates must do, the published assessment offers considerable flexibility in the choice of a context for the assessment.
In the assessment, candidates select one expressive and one design development idea from their previous work, which they use as the basis for planning and producing a finished piece of expressive art work and a design solution. Candidates will then evaluate the final piece of expressive art work and the design solution.
Centres can access the assessment through their SQA Co-ordinator.
As with all SQA Unit assessments, Added Value Unit assessments must be internally verified by centres.
Unit Assessment Support
These documents contain details of Unit assessment task(s), show approaches to gathering evidence and how the evidence can be judged against the Outcomes and Assessment Standards. Teachers/lecturers can arrange access to these confidential documents through their SQA Co-ordinator.
Verification and Course Reports
In 2019, a single qualification verification summary report replaced the verification key messages.
- Art and Design Verification Key Messages Round 2
June 2018 - Art and Design Verification Key Messages Round 1
March 2018 - Art & Design Verification Key Messages Round 1 March 2017
- Art and Design Verification Key Messages October 2016
- Art and Design Verification Key Messages October 2015
- Art and Design Verification Key Messages July 2014
