Society and culture
Number of Units: 2
ATAR Category: A
Course Fee: $30 per annum
Description:
This course provides students with opportunities to develop social and cultural literacy and understand how interactions shape human behaviour. Drawing on cross-disciplinary concepts and social and cultural research methods, students undertake research in an area of particular interest to them and present their findings for external assessment in the Personal Interest Project (PIP).
Course requirements:
Course must be studied with: Nil
Course cannot be studied with: or Nil
Major work: Students will complete a Personal Interest Project (PIP) which is worth 40% of their HSC mark and marked externally by NESA. The PIP requires students to conduct primary research which is analysed and synthesised with secondary research to write a detailed report. The PIP has a number of mandatory checkpoints which must be completed throughout the year.
Other course requirement(s): Nil
Course fee will cover: eLearning subscriptions, consumables, equipment
Additional resourcing requirements for the course: Nil
Year 11
The Social and Cultural World
Personal and Social Identity
- Intercultural Communication
Year 12
Personal Interest Project
Social and Cultural Continuity and Change
Popular Culture
Belief Systems and Ideologies
Social Inclusion and Exclusion
Social Conformity and Nonconformity
Contact: Mr Philip Branson - Head Teacher Human Society and Its Environment.