2021 VCE study designs
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
ACCOUNTING STUDY DESIGN
Accreditation Period
2019–2024
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Accounting
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Accreditation Period
2020–2025
Victorian Certificate of Education
AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL STUDIES STUDY DESIGN
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Agricultural and Horticultural Studies
Victorian Certificate of Education
ALGORITHMICS(Higher Education Scored Study)
STUDY DESIGN
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Accreditation Period
2017–2022
Algorithmics (HESS)
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Accreditation Period
2017–2022
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
ART STUDY DESIGN
Art
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Accreditation Period
2018–2023
Victorian Certificate of Education
AUSTRALIAN AND GLOBAL POLITICSSTUDY DESIGN
Australian and Global Politics
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Accreditation Period
Units 1 and 2
2016–2021Units 3 and 4
2017–2021Victorian Certificate of Education
BIOLOGY STUDY DESIGN
Biology
Accreditation Period
2016–2021
Victorian Certificate of Education
BRIDGING ENGLISH AS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGESTUDY DESIGN
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Victorian Certificate of Education
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT STUDY DESIGN
Accreditation Period
2017–2022
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Victorian Certificate of Education
CHEMISTRY STUDY DESIGN
Accreditation Period
Units 1 and 2
2016–2022Units 3 and 4
2017–2022
Bridging English as an Additional Language
Chemistry
Business Management
Chinese First Language, Indonesian First Language, Japanese First Language, Korean First Language
Collaborative Curriculum and Assessment Framework for Languages (CCAFL)
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
ARMENIAN STUDY DESIGN
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Accreditation Period
Units 1 and 2
2002–2023Units 3 and 4
2002–2024
Bosnian, Punjabi, Yiddish
Chinese Language, Culture and Society
Armenian, Auslan, Croatian, Dutch, Filipino, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Khmer, Macedonian, Maltese, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
CHIN HAKHA STUDY DESIGN
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Accreditation Period
Units 1 and 2
2015–2023Units 3 and 4
2016–2024
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
KAREN STUDY DESIGN
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Accreditation Period
Units 1 and 2
2016–2023Units 3 and 4
2017–2024
Chin Hakha Karen
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Accreditation PeriodUnits 1 and 2
2017-2022Units 3 and 4
2018-2022Victorian Certificate of Education
CHINESE LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND SOCIETYSTUDY DESIGN
Vietnamese First Language
This chart provides a visual reference to the collection of accredited VCE study designs for 2021. For details of individual studies, please refer to the individual study pages on the VCAA website. newly accredited study design for 2021 Units
1 & 2 Units 1 and 2 only
Languages
Legal StudiesGeography
Victorian Certificate of Education
GEOGRAPHY STUDY DESIGN
Accreditation Period
2016–2021
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Literature
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT STUDY DESIGN
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Accreditation Period
2018–2023
Food Studies Mathematics
Accreditation Period
2016–2021
Victorian Certificate of Education
HISTORYSTUDY DESIGN
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Foundation English
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
INDUSTRY AND ENTERPRISESTUDY DESIGN
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Accreditation Period
2019–2024
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
LEGAL STUDIES STUDY DESIGN
Accreditation Period
2018–2023
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Health and Human Development
Victorian Certificate of Education
LITERATURE STUDY DESIGN
Accreditation Period
Units 1 and 2
2016–2022Units 3 and 4
2017–2022
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
History
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Victorian Certificate of Education
FOOD STUDIES STUDY DESIGN
Accreditation Period
2017–2022Accreditation Period
2016–2022
Victorian Certificate of Education
MATHEMATICSSTUDY DESIGN
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Industry and Enterprise
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
FOUNDATION ENGLISHSTUDY DESIGN
Accreditation Period
2020–2025
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Accreditation Period
2017–2022
Victorian Certificate of Education
RELIGION AND SOCIETY STUDY DESIGN
Physical Education
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Accreditation Period
2017–2022
Victorian Certificate of Education
MUSIC STUDY DESIGN
Physics
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
PHILOSOPHYSTUDY DESIGN
Accreditation Period
2019–2024
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Media Product Design and Technology
Outdoor and Environmental Studies
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Victorian Certificate of Education
PHYSICAL EDUCATION STUDY DESIGN
Accreditation Period
Units 1 and 2
2017–2023Units 3 and 4
2018–2023
Religion and SocietyPsychologyPhilosophyMusic
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Victorian Certificate of Education
PHYSICSSTUDY DESIGN
Accreditation Period
Units 1 and 2
2016–2022Units 3 and 4
2017–2022
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
MEDIA STUDY DESIGN
Accreditation Period
2018–2023
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Victorian Certificate of Education
PRODUCT DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY STUDY DESIGN
Accreditation Period
2018–2023
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Victorian Certificate of Education
PSYCHOLOGYSTUDY DESIGN
Accreditation Period
Units 1 and 2
2016–2022Units 3 and 4
2017–2022
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Accreditation Period
2018-2023
Victorian Certificate of Education
OUTDOOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES STUDY DESIGN
Texts and Traditions
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Accreditation Period
2017–2022
Victorian Certificate of Education
STUDIO ARTS STUDY DESIGN
Visual Communication Design
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
SYSTEMS ENGINEERINGSTUDY DESIGN
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Accreditation Period
2019–2024
Sociology Studio Arts
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Accreditation Period
2018–2023
Victorian Certificate of Education
VISUAL COMMUNICATION DESIGN STUDY DESIGN
Systems Engineering Theatre Studies
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Accreditation Period
2018–2023
Victorian Certificate of Education
SOCIOLOGYSTUDY DESIGN
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Accreditation Period
2017–2022
Victorian Certificate of Education
TEXTS AND TRADITIONS STUDY DESIGN
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
THEATRE STUDIES STUDY DESIGN
Accreditation Period
2019–2024
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Classical Studies Environmental Science Extended Investigation
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
DRAMA STUDY DESIGN
Accreditation Period
2019–2024
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
DANCE STUDY DESIGN
Accreditation Period
2019–2024
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Victorian Certificate of Education
ECONOMICS STUDY DESIGN
Accreditation Period
2017–2022
Dance
Victorian Certificate of Education
ENGLISH AND ENGLISH AS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE STUDY DESIGN
Accreditation Period
Units 1 and 2
2016–2022Units 3 and 4
2017–2022
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
EconomicsDrama
Applied Computing
Victorian Certificate of Education
ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDY DESIGN
Accreditation Period
2016–2023
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
English/English as an Additional Language
English Language
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
CLASSICAL STUDIES STUDY DESIGN
Accreditation Period
2019–2024
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Accreditation Period
2020–2024
Victorian Certificate of Education
APPLIED COMPUTING STUDY DESIGN
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Victorian Certificate of Education
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE STUDY DESIGN
Accreditation Period
Units 1 and 2
2016–2021Units 3 and 4
2017–2021 Victorian Certificate of Education
EXTENDED INVESTIGATIONSTUDY DESIGN
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Accreditation Period
2019–2024
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
VCE study designs can be downloaded from the VCAA website: www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Pages/vce/studies/index.aspx
Classical Greek, Classical Hebrew, Latin
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
CLASSICAL GREEK STUDY DESIGN
Accreditation Period
2005–2021
Indigenous Languages of Victoria: Revival and Reclamation
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Victorian Certificate of Education
INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES OF VICTORIA: REVIVAL AND RECLAMATION STUDY DESIGN
Accreditation Period
2004–2022
Arabic, Chinese Second Language, Chinese Second Language Advanced, French, German, Greek, Indonesian Second Language, Italian, Japanese Second Language, Korean Second Language, Spanish, Vietnamese Second Language
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
ARABIC STUDY DESIGN
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Accreditation Period
Units 1 and 2
2019–2024Units 3 and 4
2020–2024
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
CHINESE SECOND LANGUAGE STUDY DESIGN
Accreditation Period
Units 1 and 2
2019–2024Units 3 and 4
2020–2024
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
CHINESE SECOND LANGUAGE ADVANCED STUDY DESIGN
Accreditation Period
Units 1 and 2
2019–2024Units 3 and 4
2020–2024
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
FRENCH STUDY DESIGN
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Accreditation Period
Units 1 and 2
2019–2024Units 3 and 4
2020–2024
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
GERMAN STUDY DESIGN
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Accreditation Period
Units 1 and 2
2019–2024Units 3 and 4
2020–2024
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
GREEK STUDY DESIGN
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Accreditation Period
Units 1 and 2
2019–2024Units 3 and 4
2020–2024
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
INDONESIAN SECOND LANGUAGE STUDY DESIGN
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Accreditation Period
Units 1 and 2
2019–2024Units 3 and 4
2020–2024
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
ITALIAN STUDY DESIGN
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Accreditation Period
Units 1 and 2
2019–2024Units 3 and 4
2020–2024
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
JAPANESE SECOND LANGUAGE STUDY DESIGN
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Accreditation Period
Units 1 and 2
2019–2024Units 3 and 4
2020–2024
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
KOREAN SECOND LANGUAGE STUDY DESIGN
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Accreditation Period
Units 1 and 2
2019–2024Units 3 and 4
2020–2024
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
SPANISH STUDY DESIGN
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Accreditation Period
Units 1 and 2
2019–2024Units 3 and 4
2020–2024
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Accreditation Period
Units 1 and 2
2019–2024Units 3 and 4
2020–2024Victorian Certificate of Education
VIETNAMESE SECOND LANGUAGE STUDY DESIGN
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
CLASSICAL HEBREW STUDY DESIGN
Accreditation Period
Units 1 and 2
2005–2021Units 3 and 4
2006–2021
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
LATINSTUDY DESIGN
Accreditation Period
2005–2021
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
BOSNIAN STUDY DESIGN
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Accreditation Period
Units 1 and 2
2005–2023Units 3 and 4
2006–2024
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
PUNJABI STUDY DESIGN
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Accreditation Period
Units 1 and 2
2002–2023Units 3 and 4
2005–2024
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
YIDDISH STUDY DESIGN
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Accreditation Period
Units 1 and 2
2005–2023Units 3 and 4
2006–2024
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
AUSLAN STUDY DESIGN
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Accreditation Period
Units 1 and 2
2002–2023Units 3 and 4
2002–2024
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
CROATIAN STUDY DESIGN
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Accreditation Period
Units 1 and 2
2002–2023Units 3 and 4
2002–2024
Victorian Certificate of Education BENGALI Study Design
Accreditation Period
Units 1 & 2
2021–2023 Units 3 & 4
2022–2024
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Bengali
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
CHINESE FIRST LANGUAGESTUDY DESIGN
Accreditation Period
2005–2021
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
INDONESIAN FIRST LANGUAGESTUDY DESIGN
Accreditation Period
2005–2021
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
JAPANESE FIRST LANGUAGESTUDY DESIGN
Accreditation Period
2005–2021
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
KOREAN FIRST LANGUAGESTUDY DESIGN
Accreditation Period
2005–2021
It is imperative that the 2020 Adjusted VCE Study Designs are not used in the delivery of the
VCE in 2021.
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
DUTCH STUDY DESIGN
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Accreditation Period
Units 1 and 2
2002–2023Units 3 and 4
2002–2024
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
FILIPINO STUDY DESIGN
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Accreditation Period
Units 1 and 2
2002–2023Units 3 and 4
2002–2024
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
HEBREW STUDY DESIGN
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Accreditation Period
Units 1 and 2
2002–2023Units 3 and 4
2002–2024
V I C T O R I A N C U R R I C U L U MA N D A S S E S S M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
Victorian Certificate of Education
HINDI STUDY DESIGN
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Accreditation Period
Units 1 and 2
2002–2023Units 3 and 4
2002–2024
Units
1 & 2
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