Choosing Your Senior Years Program

How to choose subjects

Year 11

Students at Year 11 are required to study six Unit 1 and 2 subjects or their equivalent (such as five VCE subjects and one VET course). One of the Unit 1 and 2 subjects must include English or English Language.

Students are strongly encouraged to select the six subjects in Year 11 that they intend to study in Year 12. It is possible to make some subject changes up to the completion of Unit 2, but these need to be carefully considered to ensure they don’t affect the student’s eligibility to meet the minimum requirements for the pathway or senior secondary qualification they are enrolled in.

The six highest priority preferences of Year 11 students will be collated and timetabled in ‘blocks’ that are created to enable as many students as possible to study their chosen subjects. Whilst ‘blocking’ aims to minimise the incidence of subject clashes, it is inevitable that some clashes will occur, and a small number of students may be allocated their reserve subject preferences. In this instance, College staff will discuss the options with the student. Before choosing subjects, students should review the “Choosing Senior Subjects” section in this guide.

Year 12

Students at Year 12 are required to study five Unit 3 and 4 subjects, which includes the English study that they completed in Year 11 and four additional subjects.

There are two exceptions to the above minimum subject requirement at Year 12:

• Students who successfully completed VET Certificate III Chinese and an accelerated Unit 3-4 VCE Study in Year 11 may study a total of four Unit 3 and 4 subjects, including English.

• Students who have chosen an unscored VCE pathway may also study four Unit 3 and 4 subjects, including English. This is conditional upon students also completing several self-chosen vocational education online micro-credential qualifications.

Access to over 1500 vocational courses will be provided by the College to support students to achieve this.

Compulsory Religious Education

In addition to the requirements above, students in Years 11 and 12 must also choose a Religious Education preference – either ‘Religion and Society’ or the Catholic Action Program (CAP), which is offered by application only (see subject information over page for further details).