Year 9 Subjects

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. 

Elective Units

In Year 9 you must also choose other 'elective' units to make up the rest of your program. 

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 (one unit per semester)

• 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 (French or Indonesian) into Year 9 and are encouraged to discuss this with their current Language Teacher.

Elective units may or may not run dependent upon how many students choose them. 

Guidelines for choosing Year 9 Programs