Community & Family Studies

Contact person: Mrs Brown

Units: 2 units

Prerequisites:

While this course builds on PDHPE and Child Studies courses in Stage 4 and 5, it also caters for students with an interest in diversity, equity and community wellbeing. You need to be self-motivated with an open mind to challenge your current values, knowledge and understandings.

Exclusions:

Projects developed for assessment in this course may not be used either in full or in part for assessment in another course.

Overview:

This course is designed to develop research skills in each student and an understanding of the diverse nature of how people, groups and families interact. It looks at our society, which is characterised by social and technological change, conflicting values and many social issues. This course offers a comprehensive approach to the study of relationships in society and investigates its interdependent nature. It allows students to explore all aspects of Australian life and provides opportunities to apply their knowledge.

Preliminary course learning opportunities focus:

Resource management
Individuals and groups
Family and community groups

HSC course learning opportunities focus:

Resource management
Individuals and groups
Family and community groups

Assessment procedures:

The assessment for this course is school based in the Preliminary year and a mix of school based assessments and the external HSC examination in the HSC course. Students are required to complete an Independent Research Project (IRP) as part of the HSC internal assessment. The focus of the IRP is on a student developed research topic, it must be related to the course content in one or more of the following areas; individuals, groups, families, communities, resource management. Other tasks include developing advanced literacy skills, various management strategies, examining groups in society and experiencing virtual parenting.

PDHPE Subjects

Stage 6 Subjects

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