This course is no longer in the option forms and is only offered to pupils who fail to meet the Higher Design & Manufacture Course standards.
National 4/5 Design and Manufacture |
Course Descriptor
Design plays a vital role within our world and the products we use on a daily basis to make our lives easier.
This course is practical, exploratory and experimental in nature to harness and further develop knowledge from S1-S3. Learners have the opportunity to be creative and inventive in providing design solutions that have considered the life cycle of a product from its inception through design, manufacture and use, including its disposal or re-use.
The course allows learners to engage with and to consider the impact that design & manufacturing technologies have on our environment.
The aim of the course is to enable learners to develop:
Course structure: At National 5 level the course consists of 2 units, Design and Materials and manufacturing and a course assignment worth 60% of the overall mark. A final exam is combined to give an overall grade, graded A-D. To pass at this level, both units and a successful combined result in the assignment and exam is required. However units are awarded individually.
This course is practical, exploratory and experimental in nature to harness and further develop knowledge from S1-S3. Learners have the opportunity to be creative and inventive in providing design solutions that have considered the life cycle of a product from its inception through design, manufacture and use, including its disposal or re-use.
The course allows learners to engage with and to consider the impact that design & manufacturing technologies have on our environment.
The aim of the course is to enable learners to develop:
- Knowledge of design factors such as Aesthetics, function, economics and the environment.
- The ability to read drawings/diagrams and communicate design ideas.
- Skills in being creative in designing and manufacturing models, prototypes and products.
- Knowledge and understanding of manufacturing processes and of materials.
Course structure: At National 5 level the course consists of 2 units, Design and Materials and manufacturing and a course assignment worth 60% of the overall mark. A final exam is combined to give an overall grade, graded A-D. To pass at this level, both units and a successful combined result in the assignment and exam is required. However units are awarded individually.
Leads On To:
This course will prepare pupils to undertake the following courses
- Higher Design and Manufacture Course
- NPA Lvl 5 Furniture Manufacture Course
- N4/5 Practical Wood Work Course
- N4/5 Practical Metal Work Course
- Higher Design and Manufacture Course
- NPA Lvl 5 Furniture Manufacture Course
- N4/5 Practical Wood Work Course
- N4/5 Practical Metal Work Course
Why Choose To Do Design & Manufacture?
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