Year 11 & 12 Curriculum Outline
Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE)
To be eligible for the award of VCE, students must satisfactorily complete 16 units, including at least 3 units from English 1 & 2, English 3 & 4, Literature 3 & 4 or English Language 3 & 4.
1. VCE Studies
Unit 1 & 2 Sequences
Year 11 students choose 6 subjects across Units 1 & 2, or 5 subjects of Units 1 & 2 in conjunction with a Year 12 Unit 3 & 4 sequence.
Units 3 & 4 Sequences
Each Unit 3 & 4 study must be taken as a sequence. Accordingly, because students at Montmorency Secondary College have undertaken 12 units at Unit 1 & 2 level in one calendar year, they will normally take only 10 units in the second year (i.e. 5 sequences).
2. Career Guidance
The Careers Teacher will see all students to ensure that they have some idea of a career suited to their interests and abilities. Careful consideration will be given to prerequisite and recommended subjects, so that a wide range of career options is catered for.
3. Course Selection
When choosing their preferred area of study, students should carefully assess not only the subjects related to a particular career, but also their own academic strengths and weaknesses.
4. The Subject Selection Process
- Information Night, for parents and students, will be held in the College auditorium early during Term 3. General information about the organisation of the VCE and VCAL will be provided and teachers, representing each subject area, will be available for interview. This Information Booklet should be brought along to this meeting.
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Students/parents should read the details of the VCE studies carefully to ensure that studies selected are correct and appropriate.
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Parents/students who experience difficulty selecting subjects should discuss these problems in early August and arrange to see the Head of Senior School, Year 12 Coordinator, Year 11 Coordinator or the Careers Counsellor.
Victorian Certificate of Education -Vocational Major (VCE VM)
To be eligible for the award of VCE VM, students must satisfactorily complete 16 units, including at least 3 units from Literacy or VCE English including a 3 & 4 sequence. Students are required to complete 3 other 3 & 4 sequence units from the Vocational Major units or VCE units. Students need to meet the required Vocational streams completing two units of Personal Development, Work Related
Skills, Industry Specific (VET 180hrs) and Numeracy or VCE mathematics over the 2 years.
- The Vocational Major is an applied learning program and does not have subject study scores or external exams that go towards an ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admission Rank).
1. Vocational Major Studies
Unit 1 & 2 Sequences
Units 3 & 4 Sequences
Each Unit 3 & 4 study must be taken as a sequence. Accordingly, because students at Montmorency Secondary College have undertaken 10 units at Unit 1 & 2 level in one calendar year, they will normally take 10 units in the second year (i.e. 5 sequences).
2. Career Guidance
3. Course Selection
4. The Subject Selection Process
- Information Night, for parents and students, will be held in the College auditorium early during Term 3. General information about the organisation of the VCE will be provided and teachers, representing each subject area, will be available for interview.
- Students/parents should read the details of the VCE studies carefully to ensure that studies selected are correct and appropriate.
- Parents/students who experience difficulty selecting subjects should discuss these problems in before the subject database closes in late July and arrange to see the Head of Senior School, Year 12 Coordinator, Year 11 Coordinator or the Careers Counsellor.
- Every effort will be made to provide the requested combinations of subjects when the timetable grid is drawn up, but some minor adjustments may be necessary. Insufficient demand for a subject may make it unavailable. Students affected by such a change will be contacted immediately to allow them to adjust their courses.
- All students enrolling in a VCE or VCE VM course are required to attend orientation sessions in late November of this year. Attendance at these sessions is compulsory.