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Cambridge O Level Art and Design (6090)

Syllabus overview

Available to school candidates in Bangladesh and Pakistan only. Not available to private candidates.

Cambridge O Level Art & Design encourages a personal response by stimulating imagination, sensitivity, conceptual thinking, powers of observation and analytical ability.

The syllabus allows learners to:

develop confidence and enthusiasm as they practice technical skills in two- and three-dimensional form and composition
identify and solve problems in visual and tactile forms
develop ideas from initial attempts to final solutions
develop an awareness of the role played by the visual arts in society and history
broaden cultural horizons and individual experience.

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The syllabus year refers to the year in which the examination will be taken.

Syllabus updates

Summary of the changes
- The syllabus now has two components. Component 3 (Design) has been removed.
  
  Component 1 (Coursework) and Component 2 (Externally Set Assignment) are now compulsory and are both weighted at 50% of the qualification.
  
  For full details of the changes, please see the 2026 syllabus above.

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Important notices

Syllabus availability
- Available to school candidates in Bangladesh and Pakistan only. See our Guide to making entries for full details. Schools in other countries are advised to enter students for Cambridge IGCSE Art & Design (0400), a popular course with schools worldwide, providing students with an ideal foundation for further study.
Grade descriptions
- For some subjects, the syllabus states that grade descriptions will be made available after first assessment in 2020, 2021 or 2022.
  
  Publication of grade descriptions was paused in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the temporary changes to the grading standard that have been in place for 2020, 2021 and 2022. We are currently working on producing these grade descriptions. This work will make sure that grade descriptions reflect examination outcomes appropriately and are based on the more stable grading standard that we expect to have in place for June 2023 onwards.

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