We welcome you to our VCE and VCE VM programs for 2024. This handbook has been designed to provide both parents/guardians and students with all the necessary information about the programs and opportunities that the school has to offer.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Use the “Table of Contents” page to easily locate the subjects you are most interested in.
Read the descriptions for each unit carefully.
Go over the information and discuss subjects with your family
Ask teachers questions about subjects; for example: I would like to choose History, but I am unsure. Ask the Humanities teachers the types of tasks/ what I will learn in History.
Choose subjects that align with your pathway
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Write the subjects that you would like to do in the subject selection form, from most important. Remember you will need to choose reserve subjects
2: VCE Important Information
2.1: Glossary of terms
2.2: VCE & VCE VM Regulations
2.3: VCE Units 1&2
2.4: VCE Units 3&4
2.5: Extension Program
3: VCE Curriculum
3.1: Accounting
3.2: Applied Computing
3.3: Data Analytics
3.4: Software Development
3.5: Art Making & Exhibiting
3.6: Biology
3.7: Business Management
3.8: Chemistry
3.9: Dance
3.10: Drama
3.11: English
3.12: EAL (English as a Second Language)
3.13: English Language
3.14: Literature
3.15: Food Studies
3.16: Health & Human Development
3.17: Language: Spanish
3.18: Legal Studies
3.19: Mathematics
3.20: Foundation Mathematics
3.21: General Mathematics
3.22: Mathematical Methods
3.23: Specialist Mathematics
3.24: Media
3.25: Modern History
3.26: History Revolutions
3.27: Music Performance
3.28: Music Contemporary
3.29: Music Composition
3.30: Outdoor Education Studies
3.31: Physical Education
3.32: Physics
3.33: Product Design & Technology: Wood
3.34: Psychology
3.35: Visual Communication Design
4: VCE Vocational Major (Formally VCAL)
4.1: VCE VM subject Information
4.2: VCE VM Literacy Unit 1-4
4.3: VCE VM Numeracy 1-4
4.4: VCE VM Personal Development Skills 1-4
4.5: VCE VM Work Related Skills 1-4
4.6: VET
4.7: VET Workplace Skills
Contact
Homestead Senior Secondary College
E-mail: homestead.senior.sc@education.vic.gov.au
Phone: (03) 7379 9600
Website: https://www.homesteadssc.vic.edu.au/
Rebecca Collins: Assistant Principal
rebecca.collins@education.vic.gov.au
Victoria Turner Craig: Assistant Principal
victoria.turner-craig@education.vic.gov.au
Brenton O'Callaghan: Transitions and Pathways
brenton.ocallaghan@education.vic.gov.au