Year 12

Visual Arts

Students learn to study images and objects; Experiment with ideas and techniques, create artworks in a number of mediums. (for example; painting, sculpting, printmaking, collage and photography).

Higher school certificate (HSC) topics

• Informed points of view in using ‘The Frames'.
• Develop practice of artmaking and art history in selected areas of interest.
• Relationships between artist, artwork, world & audience within the art world.
• Developing meaning and focus in artmaking.

Assessment

School Assessment:

• A body of work in one or more forms and visual arts process diary.
• A broad investigation of ideas in art criticism and art history.

HSC Exam:

• A written paper — 50%
  
• submission of a body of work — 50%.
  

Music

Students will learn performing, composing, researching and listening to a wide variety of different types of music including music of the students' choice.

Course Topics

3 topics chosen from a list of 21 which cover a range of styles, periods and genres.

• Core performance — 10%.
• Core composition — 10%.
• Core musicology — 10%.
• Core aural — 25%.
• Elective 1 — 15%.
• Elective 2 — 15%.
• Elective 3 — 15%.

Higher school certificate (HSC) exam:

• Core performance (one piece) — 10%.
• 45 minute – 1 hour aural exam — 30%.
• Three electives from any combination of:
• performance (one piece) — 20%
• composition (and submitted composition) — 20%
• musicology (one viva voce) — 20%.