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Choosing a Year 9 Program
Compulsory Units
In Year 9, you study core units from Mathematics, English, Science and Humanities in both semesters, and you will also study one unit of Health and Physical Education.
All Year 9 Steiner Stream students will study a broad program which includes all core and several elective subjects. Please see page 72 for more information.
Elective Units
In Year 9, you can choose the other units in your program. These are called elective units.
There are two types of electives units you study: Project-based Learning electives and Discipline-based electives. You can only study ONE Project-based Learning elective unit each semester and will study at least one Discipline-based elective from the Arts and from the Technology domains.
Program Selection
Year 9s will study seven units each semester (fourteen units over the course of the year). To ensure that Year 9 students study a broad curriculum, meeting the requirements of the Victorian Curriculum, the following subjects are compulsory:
Mathematics - students must study two units of Mathematics for the whole year (one unit per semester)
English - students must study two units of English for the whole year (one unit per semester)
Science - students must study two units of Science for the whole year (one unit per semester)
Humanities - students must study two units of Humanities for the whole year
Health and Physical Education – students must study at least one unit of Health and PE
Languages — Students are strongly urged to consider continuing with their language, either French or Indonesian, into Year 9 and are encouraged to discuss this with their current Language teacher.
It is to be understood that the units offered as electives depend on viability related to student choice. If insufficient numbers of students select a unit, it may not run.
Subjects offered to Year 9 students at Castlemaine Secondary College
Note: {YL} = Year Long subjects which must be undertaken in both semesters if selected
{1} = Single Semester Subjects which may be undertaken in Semester One or Two
{2} = Single Semester Subjects offered in Semester Two with a prerequisite Semester One Subject
{1 / YL} = Some subjects are can be selected as either Year Long or Semester Long"
Compulsory subjects are in bold. The College reserves the right to withdraw any unit if insufficient students select it.
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