YEAR 10 | HUMANITIES OPTIONS

Running a Small Business (1 unit)

Humanities

Develop an understanding of the challenges and rewards that come from owning and operating a small business.

Working in collaboration with others, students will plan a schoolbased business, using market research to enable them to make sound business decisions to maximise their success.

After operating their business, students develop evaluation skills to identify strengths and weaknesses and areas for improvement.

This unit provides a suitable pathway for VCE Business Management and/or VCE Accounting.

Law and Economics (1 unit)

Humanities

This unit is designed for students with an interest in understanding the structures and processes that enable society to function.

Students develop a deeper understanding of Australia’s democracy, system of government and political and legal processes including elections, referendums, how laws are made and upheld and the principles of justice.

Students gain an understanding of what economics is, and the importance of budgeting on both a national and a personal level.

They also evaluate Australia’s economy and compare it to other countries, as well as investigating how governments manage the economy to improve living standards for citizens.

VCE Business Management (Whole year: 2 units)

Humanities

Unit 1: Planning a business

Students look at how and why business ideas are created, the personal motivations behind starting a business and the characteristics that allow managers and entrepreneurs to operate successful businesses.

Unit 2: Establishing a business

Students examine the legal and financial considerations that must be satisfied to establish a business. They investigate the essential features of effective marketing and consider the best way to meet the needs of the business in terms of staffing, recruitment and managing employees.

See page 34 of the Senior Subject Information Booklet for more details.

This unit provides a suitable pathway to VCE Legal Studies, VCE Economics and VCE Global Politics.

VCE Legal Studies (Whole year: 2 units) Humanities

Unit 1: The presumption of innocence

Investigate key concepts of criminal law and civil law and apply these to actual and hypothetical scenarios to determine whether an accused may be found guilty of a crime, or liable in a civil dispute. In doing so, develop an appreciation of the way in which legal principles are used in making reasoned judgement.

Unit 2: Wrongs and rights

Focuses on the enforcement of criminal law and civil law, the methods and institutions used to determine a criminal case or resolve a civil dispute, and the different types of sanctions and remedies.

It may be possible for highly capable and motivated students to accelerate to complete Units 1 and 2 VCE Business Management and VCE Legal Studies in Year 10. This will be subject to criteria and minimum standards achieved in Year 9. Further information regarding acceleration options can be found in the Senior Subject Information Booklet.

See page 39 of the Senior Subject Information Booklet for more details.