YEAR 10 | Academic Program Overview

Whole-year subjects (two units)

• English and Mathematics are whole-year subjects and count as two units each.

• Students must choose two units of Science.

• Each VCE Unit 1 & 2 subject is a whole-year subject and will count as two units.

• Language – Japanese or Indonesian – must be taken as a whole-year subject and thus count as two units.

• Year 10 VET is a whole-year subject and will count as two units.

Worldview options

• Students may choose multiple units in the Worldview domain in the following cases:

• Choosing to study VCE Religion & Society Units 1 & 2 OR

• Choosing from different disciplines. For example: one unit from Geography and one from Christian Education is valid. Two from Geography is not valid.

Experiential options

• Students may choose multiple units in the Experiential domain in the following cases:

• Choosing to study VCE Outdoor & Environmental Studies Units 1 & 2 OR,

• Choosing to study VCE Physical Education Units 1 & 2 OR,

• Choosing to study VCE Drama Units 1 & 2 OR,

• Choosing from different disciplines. For example: one unit from Drama and one from Physical Education is valid. Two from Physical Education is not.

Further criteria

• Students cannot choose two units from the same discipline unless it is an acceleration option.

• Students cannot choose both a Year 10 unit and its VCE Unit 1 & 2 equivalent. For example: Running a Small Business and VCE Business Management Units 1 & 2 is not valid.

Levies

Some subjects have additional costs that are not included in the normal College tuition fees and require upfront payment.

These include:

• Subjects with overnight excursions that involve accommodation expenses and other travel costs.

• Subjects that have significant resource and/or equipment purchases.

• Subjects that require a digital subscription.

Where a student enrols in a subject with a levy amount listed under the unit description, this cost is typically added to College tuition fees at the start of the relevant semester.

Time impact

Some subjects include excursions that run for a whole day or camps/trips that involve multiple days away from school.

Such experiences provide students with rich learning opportunities beyond the classroom. However, parents and students are encouraged to consider the impact that extended absences can have on learning in other subjects.

For this reason, we have identified those subjects in Year 10 that have a time impact.

Students need to be aware of their responsibility to keep pace with the learning and assessments in those subjects that they will have missed whilst absent from school. Having knowledge of this in advance can assist with student wellbeing and organisational management.