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Key Facts: Bac STD2A Exam
The STD2A baccalaureate has two terminal speciality exams, AMD and CCDMA, each carrying a coefficient of 16 (Ministere de l'Education nationale).
The Analyse et methodes en design (AMD) exam lasts 4 hours and is a written-and-graphic paper, not multiple-choice.
The two STD2A specialities together represent 32 of the 100 coefficient points, almost a third of the final mark.
Terminal exams count for 60% of the STD2A bac and continuous assessment (controle continu) for 40%.
The Bauhaus was founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar in 1919 and closed under Nazi pressure in 1933.
The term Art Deco derives from the 1925 Exposition internationale des arts decoratifs et industriels modernes held in Paris.
Helvetica, emblem of the Swiss Style, was designed in 1957 by Max Miedinger with Eduard Hoffmann.
STD2A graduates most commonly continue to the DN MADE, a three-year (bac+3) art and design degree.
A French technological bac in design and applied arts whose two terminal specialities, AMD and CCDMA, are each 4-hour, coefficient-16 exams marked out of 20 and centred on the analytical note de synthese and a creative design project.
Sample Bac STD2A Practice Questions
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1In which city and year was the Bauhaus school founded by Walter Gropius?
2The English designer and theorist most associated with founding the Arts and Crafts movement, who declared 'Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful', is:
3The name 'Art Déco' derives from which event held in Paris?
4The Dutch movement De Stijl, founded in 1917, is most associated with which painter and his use of primary colours and rectilinear grids?
5The functionalist maxim 'form follows function' is most directly attributed to which figure?
6Which designer founded the Memphis Group in Milan in 1981, famous for its playful, colourful and anti-functionalist postmodern objects?
7In the STD2A speciality 'Analyse et methodes en design' (AMD), the written exam requires the candidate to produce which deliverable from a corpus of documents?
8What is the coefficient of each terminal speciality exam (AMD and CCDMA) in the STD2A baccalaureate?
9Which of the following is NOT one of the principal design domains studied in STD2A?
10Which architect, born Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, defined the house as 'une machine a habiter' (a machine for living in)?
About the Bac STD2A Exam
The STD2A baccalaureate (Sciences et technologies du design et des arts appliques) is the French technological track for students drawn to design and craft. In terminale, students sit two coefficient-16 speciality exams: Analyse et methodes en design (AMD), a 4-hour written and graphic paper, and Conception et creation en design et metiers d'art (CCDMA), a 4-hour practical exam. The AMD paper asks candidates to analyse a thematic corpus of documents (images, texts, objects, spaces) and produce a note de synthese combining a written commentaire compare with analytical sketches, mobilising knowledge of design history, art history and technique. Teaching is organised around poles such as 'arts, techniques et civilisations', 'demarche creative', 'arts visuels' and 'technologies', within a project-based method. The track prepares students for the DN MADE and art schools. Although a design track, its terminal exams are demanding analytical and creative papers rather than multiple-choice tests.
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Questions
100 questions
Time Limit
4 hours per terminal speciality exam (AMD and CCDMA)
Passing Score
Each subject is marked out of 20; each speciality counts with coefficient 16 toward an overall bac average of at least 10/20.
Exam / Certification Fees
No separate exam fee; the baccalaureat is part of free public education in France.
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Our practice resources: topics covered
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History of design and art movements
Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, Werkbund, Bauhaus, De Stijl, Art Deco, Constructivism, modernism, Streamline, Italian and Scandinavian design, postmodernism and Memphis.
Design domains
Design graphique, design d'espace, design de produit, design de mode, metiers d'art and interaction design.
Methodology and note de synthese
Demarche de projet, cahier des charges, prototyping, the AMD note de synthese method, critical distance and contextualisation.
Design culture and theory
Form and function, fonction d'usage and d'estime, functionalism, semiotics, Gestalt, ecodesign, proportion and key thinkers.
Colour theory
Additive and subtractive synthesis, the chromatic wheel, hue, value, saturation and colour harmonies.
Typography
Serif and sans-serif, type anatomy, the grid system, kerning and leading, the New Typography and Swiss Style.
Materials, processes and visual analysis
Materials and texture, printing processes, drawing types, composition and visual analysis of works.
Preparing for the Bac STD2A Exam
What You Need to Know
- Passing score: Each subject is marked out of 20; each speciality counts with coefficient 16 toward an overall bac average of at least 10/20.
- Exam length: 100 questions
- Time limit: 4 hours per terminal speciality exam (AMD and CCDMA)
- Exam / certification fees: No separate exam fee; the baccalaureat is part of free public education in France. Official sources
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Bac STD2A: Suggested Study Strategy
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the two terminal speciality exams in STD2A?
Analyse et methodes en design (AMD), a 4-hour written and graphic paper, and Conception et creation en design et metiers d'art (CCDMA), a 4-hour practical exam. Each carries a coefficient of 16.
What is the note de synthese in the AMD exam?
Candidates analyse a thematic corpus of documents and produce a note de synthese that articulates a written commentaire compare with analytical sketches (croquis analytiques), mobilising design and art-history references.
How heavily do the design specialities count?
Each speciality counts with a coefficient of 16, so the two together represent 32 of the 100 coefficient points, almost a third of the final mark.
Is the real STD2A exam multiple-choice?
No. The real terminal exams are an analytical written paper (AMD) and a practical design exam (CCDMA). This practice bank uses multiple-choice questions to drill the underlying design history, theory and method.
How is the bac graded?
Every subject is marked out of 20. Marks are weighted by coefficient, and the baccalaureate is awarded with an overall average of at least 10/20.
What can STD2A students study afterwards?
Most progress to the DN MADE (Diplome national des metiers d'art et du design), a three-year bac+3 degree, or to public and private art schools.
Is there a fee to take the exam?
No. The baccalaureat is part of free public secondary education in France, and even candidat libre candidates register without an exam fee.