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Table of Contents
Key Personnel ...........................................................................................................................................................4
Academic Board.................................................................................................................................................................. 4
Heads of Faculty/Department ........................................................................................................................................... 4
Heads of Year Level ........................................................................................................................................................... 4
Important Dates .........................................................................................................................................................5
Glossary of Terms .....................................................................................................................................................6
The Victorian Certificate of Education Structure and Regulations ............................................................................7
Administration of the VCE ................................................................................................................................................. 7
Policy Making ...................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Successful Completion of the VCE .................................................................................................................................. 8
Assessment ......................................................................................................................................................................... 8
School Assessed Coursework (SAC) *Units 3 & 4 only ............................................................................................... 9
School Assessed Task (SAT) *Units 3 & 4 only ............................................................................................................ 9
Examinations ....................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Performance & Oral Examinations ................................................................................................................................... 9
General Achievement Test (GAT) .................................................................................................................................. 10
Satisfactory Completion of a VCE Unit.......................................................................................................................... 10
Extensions ......................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Resubmission of work ...................................................................................................................................................... 11
Lost or Damaged Work .................................................................................................................................................... 11
Special Provision .............................................................................................................................................................. 12
Special Examination Arrangements ............................................................................................................................... 12
Derived Examination Score (DES) ................................................................................................................................. 12
Consideration of Disadvantage (Units 1 and 2 only) ................................................................................................... 13
Record Keeping ................................................................................................................................................................ 14
Authentication ................................................................................................................................................................... 14
Attendance Policy ............................................................................................................................................................. 15
Unauthorised Absences .................................................................................................................................................. 16
Reporting and Interviews ................................................................................................................................................. 16
Study Scores ..................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Distance Education .......................................................................................................................................................... 17
Selecting VCE Units ......................................................................................................................................................... 17
Changes and withdrawal from VCE studies ................................................................................................................. 18
VCE Study Options .......................................................................................................................................................... 19
Study Descriptions ...................................................................................................................................................20
Accounting Units 1-4 ........................................................................................................................................................ 20
Biology Units 1-4 ............................................................................................................................................................... 21
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Business Management Units 1-4 ................................................................................................................................... 22
Chemistry Units 1-4 .......................................................................................................................................................... 23
Computing Units 1-2 ........................................................................................................................................................ 24
Drama Units 1-4 ................................................................................................................................................................ 25
Economics Units 1-2 ........................................................................................................................................................ 27
English/EAL Units 1-4 ...................................................................................................................................................... 28
English Language Units 1-2 ............................................................................................................................................ 29
Environmental Science 1-4 ............................................................................................................................................. 30
Food Studies Units 1-4 .................................................................................................................................................... 31
Geography Units 1-4 ........................................................................................................................................................ 32
Global Politics Units 3-4 .................................................................................................................................................. 33
Health and Human Development Units 1-4 .................................................................................................................. 34
History Units 1-4 ............................................................................................................................................................... 35
Languages: Japanese (Second Language) Units 1-4 ................................................................................................ 37
Legal Studies Units 1-4 .................................................................................................................................................... 38
Literature Units 1-4 ........................................................................................................................................................... 39
Mathematics ...................................................................................................................................................................... 4
