Design and Visual Communication (Dvx - Half year)

This course is available for Year 9 students in 2024

Course Description: As well as teaching students to express themselves through freehand sketching and rendering techniques, this course aims to introduce students to basic draughting techniques and the design process used to solve everyday problems. Students also gain understanding of accuracy and neatness, work from a design brief and present solutions incorporating their own ideas.

A major part of the course is problem solving using design briefs and methods used in presentation drawing, including use of computers as a design tool.

Contact Person: Mr McIntosh amm@shirley.school.nz