{"id":3440,"date":"2026-04-12T17:02:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T07:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/academic-guide-years-11-12\/visual-arts-2-unit\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T21:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:48:10","slug":"visual-arts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/academic-guide-years-11-12\/hsc\/hsc-subjects\/visual-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Arts 2 unit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Course Description<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Preliminary Course<\/strong>&nbsp;[Board Developed] 2 units<br><strong>HSC Course<\/strong>&nbsp;[Board Developed] 2 units<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Exclusions:&nbsp;Exclusions between Content Endorsed Courses and the Board Developed Visual Arts course:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ceramics \u2013 Visual Arts HSC Ceramics Body of Work<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Photography \u2013 Visual Arts HSC Photography Body of Work<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visual Design \u2013 Products developed cannot be used as a Body of Work in Visual Arts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Visual Arts involves students in the practices of art making, art criticism and art history. Students develop their own artworks, culminating in a \u2018Body of Work\u2019 in the HSC course. This reflects the students\u2019 knowledge and understanding about the practice and demonstrates their ability to resolve a conceptually strong body of work. Students evaluate works of art, critics, historians and artists from Australia, as well as those from other cultures, traditions and times.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:150}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">While the course builds on Visual Arts courses in Stages 4 and 5, it also caters for students with more limited experience in Visual Arts. \u202fStudents do not need to have completed Visual Art courses in Stage 4\/5 as a prerequisite to select Visual Arts in Year 11 and 12. The Preliminary course is broad, while the HSC course provides for deeper, increasingly more independent investigations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Main Topics Covered<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>PRELIMINARY COURSE (Y11)<\/strong><\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>HSC COURSE (Y12)<\/strong><\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><br><p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Preliminary Course learning opportunities focus on:<\/span><\/p><ul><br><li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The nature of practice in art making, art criticism and art history investigated through case studies<\/span><\/li><br><li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The role and function of artists\u2019 artwork, the world and audiences in the art world<\/span><\/li><br><li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The frames and how students might develop their own informed points of view<\/span><\/li><br><li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">How students may develop meaning and focus and interest in their work<\/span><\/li><br><li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Building understandings over time through various investigations and working in different forms<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/td><td><br><p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">HSC Course learning opportunities focus on:<\/span><\/p><ul><br><li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">How students may develop their own informed points of view in increasingly more independent ways using the frames<\/span><\/li><br><li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">How students may develop their own practice of art making, art criticism, and art history applied to selected areas of interest<\/span><\/li><br><li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">How students may learn about the relationships between the artist, artwork, the world and the audience within the art world<\/span><\/li><br><li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">How students may further develop meaning and focus in their work<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Particular Course Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>PRELIMINARY COURSE (Y11)<\/strong><\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>HSC COURSE (Y12)<\/strong><\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><ul><br><li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Artworks in at least 2 forms and use of a process diary<\/span><\/li><br><li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">A broad investigation of ideas in art criticism and art history<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/td><td><ul><br><li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The development of a body of work and use of a process diary<\/span><\/li><br><li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">A minimum of 5 Case Studies (4-10 hours each)<\/span><\/li><br><li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Deeper and more complex investigations of ideas in art criticism and art<\/span><\/li><\/ul><br><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Assessment \u2013 HSC course only<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>WEIGHTING<\/strong><\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>INTERNAL ASSESSMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>WEIGHTING<\/strong><\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">A written paper<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Submission of a body of work<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td><td>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">50<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">50<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td><td>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Development of the body of work<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Art Criticism and Art History<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td><td>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">50<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">50<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">100<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">100<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Course Description Preliminary Course&nbsp;[Board Developed] 2 unitsHSC Course&nbsp;[Board Developed] 2 units Exclusions:&nbsp;Exclusions between Content Endorsed Courses and the Board Developed Visual Arts course: Visual Arts involves students in the practices of art making, art criticism and art history. Students develop their own artworks, culminating in a \u2018Body of Work\u2019 in the HSC course. 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