Senior Subject Guide v1.1

CONTENTS

Introduction and Subject Selection for Year 11 in 2019 .................................................................... 4 - 5

Additional Fees Payable for Optional Courses and Visa students ............................................................. 5

Introduction to the new QCAA Senior QCE Programmes from 2019:

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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