Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:

• Apply appropriate problem-solving skills relating to visual production within the disciplinary context (e.g. fashion and textiles, fine art, graphic design, or photography).
• Show application and interpretation of knowledge in a variety of visual problem solutions.
• Demonstrate lateral thinking in the generation of creative works.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2:

• Question, analyse and solve visual and communication problems as they relate to culture and diversity.
• Demonstrate an awareness of ethical and social issues in art and design production.
• Explain the importance of context as a primary response to addressing visual problem-solving.
• Use diverse bodies of knowledge to scrutinise and explore visual arts issues.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 3:

• Apply different problem-solving methodologies and thinking strategies.
• Challenge traditional views of creative representation and art and design practice.
• Question current creative approaches and experiment with alternative modes of creativity.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 4:

• Engage in discourse outside of the visual arts disciplines and show understanding of their relevance and interconnectedness within a worldview.
• Engage creatively with disciplines outside of the visual arts in collaborative real-world projects.
• Engage with other visual arts disciplines in interdisciplinary projects.
• Understand the complexity inherent in group work and the importance of tolerance and management skills as critical elements of professional practice.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 5:

• Realize that all creative outputs embody a social conscience.
• Understand that human-centeredness places the emphasis on creative solutions focused on the greater good.
• Consider the influence, importance, and relevance that culture, economics, environment, politics, and sustainability have on creative and written outputs.
• Demonstrate the primacy of sustainable and environmentally sound art and design practice.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 6:

• Show adequate crafting skills and technical facility for the chosen art or design discipline.
• Understand that crafting skills, technical facility, and technological competence result from practice and repetition.
• Demonstrate sufficient general business and discipline-specific technological competency to be able to practice as a professional.
• Apply own initiative in identifying shortcomings in skill sets and engage in remedial action to upskill.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 7:

• Produce a series of creative outputs in response to briefs that are given in a variety of formats.
• Employ self-criticism of and reflection on own production as aspects of the process towards a final artwork or design.
• Demonstrate competencies in visual, textual, and verbal research as it applies to art-making and designed responses.
• Demonstrate knowledge of theoretical constructs that define art and design practice.
• Use research to develop arguments, question values, criticise systems, and engage in discourse on issues pertinent to visual art and design.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 8:

• Apply forms of business communication effectively and clearly.
• Demonstrate knowledge of professional business practice.
• Resolve discipline-specific entrepreneurial challenges by employing appropriate discipline-specific solutions.
• Understand the rules, laws, and guidelines that govern entrepreneurial practice in South Africa.
• Understand the importance of codes of conduct, values, and formal structures upon which entrepreneurship is built.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 9:

• Produce a portfolio of work that exhibits an ability to function as a creative professional in visual art or design and presents a range of creative outputs.

Integrated Assessment:

• Formative assessment based on progressive process criticism, presentation, and motivation for artefacts and outputs generated.
• Formative assessment applied to written assignments through progressive drafting with written and verbal feedback.
• Summative assessment of studio work with comprehensive feedback.
• Process portfolio submission for panel criticism.
• Final portfolio submission and summative studio practice assessment in November.