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Courses
Criminology
Design and
WJEC (Applied Diploma in Criminology)
Technology:
WHY CHOOSE CRIMINOLOGY?
You will develop a range of subject specific
and more generic skills by doing this course.
You will be assessed on your ability to apply,
analyse and evaluate a broad range of
information linked to theories and case studies.
You will also develop a range of transferable
skills, including report writing, project
management, presentation skills and group
work. For example, you will plan, design and
evaluate your own campaign for change.
HOW IS THE COURSE TAUGHT AND ASSESSED?
This course is not an A level; it is a Level 3
diploma. However, it is equivalent to and
graded in the same way as an A level and it
carries the same number of UCAS points. It is
assessed using a combination of exams and
controlled assessments.
Year 1:
• Unit 1 - Changing Awareness of Crime. This
unit is assessed by an 8 hour controlled
assessment over 3 days. It involves writing
a report analysing different types of crime,
comparing a range of campaigns for change
and planning, designing and evaluating your
own campaign for change in response to an
unseen brief.
• Unit 2 - Theories of Crime. This unit is
assessed by a 1 hour 30 minute exam in May
of the first year.
Year 2:
• Unit 3 - Crime Scene to Court Room. This
unit is assessed by an 8 hour controlled
assessment over 2 days. It involves writing a
report in response to an unseen brief.
• Unit 4 - Crime and Punishment. This unit is
assessed by a 1 hour 30 minute exam in June
of the second year.
SPECIFIC ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
• Grade 4 in GCSE English Language
Product Design
A Level OCR
WHY CHOOSE PRODUCT DESIGN?
You will study a range of materials and
develop a technical understanding of how
products function and how they are made
to appropriately support the design and
manufacture of your own design solutions. You
will learn about wider design principles and
the effect of design on users and the world
we live in. You will identify market needs and
opportunities for new products, initiate and
develop design solutions, and make and test
prototypes/ products. You will look at how a
product can be developed through the stages
of prototyping, realisation and commercial
manufacture. Finally we hope that you will
develop a critical mind through enquiry and
problem solving, exploration, creation and
evaluation of iterative designs.
HOW IS THE COURSE TAUGHT AND ASSESSED?
Modules of work will include communication
and modelling skills, various design and make
challenges, 3D computer aided design and
manufacture, a product study and a team
challenge. Your final NEA coursework task will
be a substantial design, make and evaluate
project, centred on the iterative processes of
explore, create and evaluate. You will identify
a design opportunity or problem from a context
of your own choice, and create a portfolio of
evidence to demonstrate your competence.
Assessment is split 50% coursework and 50%
Exam.
SPECIFIC ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
• Grade 5 in GCSE Technology
(a grade 6 is recommended)
• Grade 4 in GCSE Maths.
This course has enabled me to
consider the balance of functionality
and aesthetics in design, and how we can
create an idea to function in challenging
environments but also have astonishing
beauty to keep up with our ever changing
environment. Helena
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