Year 11 Subject Guide 2020

CONTENTS Introduction and Subject Selection for Year 11 in 2020 .................................................................... 4 - 5 Additional Fees Payable for Optional Courses and Visa students ............................................................. 5

Introduction to the QCAA Senior QCE Programmes from 2020:

Senior Education Profile______________________________________________________ 7 Statement of results...................................................................................................................................... 7 Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) ................................................................................................ 7 Queensland Certificate of Individual Achievement (QCIA)........................................................................ 7 Senior subjects ______________________________________________________________ 7 Underpinning factors.................................................................................................................................... 7 Vocational education and training (VET) .................................................................................................... 8 Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) eligibility............................................................................. 8 General syllabuses ___________________________________________________________ 9 Structure....................................................................................................................................................... 9 Assessment............................................................................................................................................ 9 - 10 Applied syllabuses __________________________________________________________ 11 Structure..................................................................................................................................................... 11 Assessment................................................................................................................................................. 11 Senior External Examinations.................................................................................................................... 12 Assessment................................................................................................................................................. 12 QCAA senior syllabuses _____________________________________________________ 13 Mathematics ........................................................................................................................................ 14 - 21 English ............................................................................................................................................... 22 - 31 Humanities .......................................................................................................................................... 32 - 45 Technologies ....................................................................................................................................... 46 - 49 Health and Physical Education............................................................................................................ 50 - 51 Science ................................................................................................................................................ 52- 59 Languages ........................................................................................................................................... 60 - 66 The Arts ............................................................................................................................................. 67 - 77 Diploma of Business (external VET course).................................................................................78 – 79 Career Connections to Subjects ..................................................................................................................... 80 – 81 Subjects Offered ........................................................................................................................................................ 82

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