Year 12

In English students analyse the interrelationship of author, text, and audience, with an emphasis on how language and stylistic features shape ideas and perspectives in a range of contexts. They consider social, cultural, economic, historical, and/or political perspectives in texts and their representation of human experience and the world.

Type: Compulsory – At Stage 1 students must complete 20 credits of Literacy through English subjects.

NTCET Credits: 20

Cost: None

Requirements:

To be successful in Stage 2 English students need to have successfully completed Stage 1 English or Pre-Literary Studies.

Content Areas:

• Responding to Texts
• Creating Texts
• Comparative Analysis

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Stage 2 English SACE minisite

English Literary Studies focuses on the skills and strategies of critical thinking needed to interpret texts. Through shared and individual study of texts, students encounter different opinions about texts, have opportunities to exchange and develop ideas, find evidence to support a personal view and learn to construct logical and convincing arguments. Students also consider a range of critical perspectives in the interpretation of texts.

Examinable: Yes – Electronic

NTCET Credits: 20

Cost: None

Requirements:

To be successful in Stage 2 English Literary Studies students need to have successfully completed Stage 1 Pre-Literary Studies.

Content Areas:

• Responding to Texts
• Creating Texts
• Comparative Text Study
• Critical Reading

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Stage 2 English Literary Studies SACE minisite

This subject provides students with a focus for informed and effective participation in cultural and/or social contexts. Students use language to establish and maintain effective connections and interactions with people in different contexts. They also read, respond to, and produce texts for a range of purposes.

Examinable: No

NTCET Credits: 20

Cost: None

Requirements:

To be successful in Stage 2 Essential English students need to have successfully completed any Stage 1 English subject

Content Areas:

• Responding to Texts
• Creating Texts
• Language Study

Assessment:

In this course students engage with dynamic real-world problems to identify and design, test, iterate and communicate viable business solutions. Topics covered include, designing business, sustaining business and transforming business.

Examinable: no

NTCET Credits: 10

Cost: None

Requirements:

Students need critical and creative thinking skills. Students must have good literacy skills.

Focus areas:

• Designing business
• Sustaining business
• Transforming business

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Stage 2 Business Innovation SACE minisite

Students develop an understanding of the spatial and interrelationships between people, places and environments. Topics include environmental change and social and economic change. This subject will include field trips that may incur some costs.

Examinable: Yes – Electronic

NTCET Credits: 20

Cost: Field trip costs

Requirements:

Students studying Stage 2 Geography should have studied at least one semester of at Geography at Stage 1 level. Students need critical and creative thinking skills.

Topics:

Theme 1:Environmental Change

• Topic 1: Ecosystems and people
• Topic 2: Climate change

Theme 2: Social and Economic Change

• Topic 3: Population change
• Topic 4: Globalisation
• Topic 5: Transforming global inequality.

Assessment:

Examination assesses problem solving and decision making skills and Topics 1 and 3

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Stage 2 Geography SACE minisite

This subject analyses the operation, principles, and processes of the Australian legal system. This subject explores rights and responsibilities, sources of law and dispute resolution processes. Students examine how laws are developed, and how the law controls, shapes, and regulates interactions between people, institutions, and government. Students analyse evidence and perspectives to make recommendations for reform to the legal system and laws.

Examinable: Yes – Electronic

NTCET Credits: 20

Cost: None

Requirements:

Students studying Stage 2 Legal Studies should have studied at least one semester of Stage 1 Legal Studies. Students need critical and creative thinking skills. Students must have good literacy skills.

Focus areas:

• Focus Area 1: Sources of Law
• Focus Area 2: Dispute Resolution
• Option Area 1: The Constitution
• Option Area 2: When Rights Colllide

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Stage 2 Legal Studies SACE minisite

The Modern History course covers topics including modern nations and the world since 1945. Students will apply inquiry skills to question and analyse historical sources and form arguments. Assessments in this subject are based around historical skills and historical study.

Examinable: Yes – Electronic

NTCET Credits: 20

Cost: None

Requirements:

Students studying Stage 2 Modern History should have studied at least one semester of Modern History for at Stage 1. Students need critical and creative thinking skills. Students must have good literacy skills.

Focus areas:

• Modern Nations
• The World since 1945

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Stage 2 Modern Hostory SACE minisite

Students learn about the factors that shape the behaviour and attitudes of individuals and groups in relation to healthy living, and caring for themselves and the environment. They develop skills to consider how changing social structures, community values, environmental issues and new technologies affect the health and well-being of individuals and communities.

Examinable: No

NTCET Credits: 20

Cost: None

Requirements:

Students studying Stage 2 Health and Wellbeing are recommended to have studied at least one semester of Stage 1 Health. To be successful students will require strong literacy and ICT skills, critical and creative thinking, and research skills.

Content Areas:

• Health Literacy
• Health Determinants
• Health Promotion
• Social Equity

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Stage 2 Health and Wellbeing SACE Minisite

Students gain an understanding of human functioning and physical activity, and an awareness of the community structures and practices that influence participation in physical activity. They explore their own physical capacities and analyse performance, health and lifestyle issues. Students develop skills in communication, investigation and the ability to apply knowledge to practical situations.

Examinable: No

NTCET Credits: 20

Cost: None

Requirements:

Students studying Stage 2 Physical Education are recommended to have studied at least one semester of Stage 1 Physical Education. To be successful students will require strong literacy and ICT skills, critical and creative thinking, and research skills.

Focus Areas:

• Focus Area 1: In movement
• Focus Area 2: Through movement
• Focus Area 3: About movement.

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Stage 2 Physical Education SACE Minisite

In this course, students develop the ability to apply mathematical skills to practical problem-solving in everyday and workplace contexts. Students will solve problems in trigonometry, geometry, and measurement. They explore financial mathematics through investments and loans, taxation and business structure. Students use statistical skills to interpret and analyse real life data, ensuring they understand the validity and reliability of results.

This subject is intended for students planning to pursue a career in a range of trades or vocations.

Examinable: Yes – Written

NTCET Credits: 20

Cost: None. Students are expected to purchase their own calculator.

Requirements:

Stage 2 Essential Mathematics relies on knowledge of at least one semester of Stage 1 General Mathematics or strong results in two semesters of Stage 1 Essential Mathematics. Students must have good literacy skills to enable them to reason mathematically and write about interpretations and limitations in real-life contexts.

Topic Areas:

• Topic 1: Scales, plans, and models
• Topic 2: Measurement
• Topic 3: Business applications
• Topic 4: Statistics
• Topic 5: Investments and loans

Assessment:

All assessment at Stage 1 is school based

Examination assesses Topics 2, 4 and 5

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Stage 2 Essential Mathematics SACE minisite

In this course, students develop the ability to solve problems in linear programming, matrices, statistics, financial maths and discrete models. They explore how to optimise business costs, how to calculate sports team rankings based on matrices, and how to plan for retirement through researching superannuation. Students use algorithms and discrete models for finding optimal solutions for problems involving critical path analysis and assignment. They learn statistical techniques to investigate relationships between data sets and use this for making predictions in many social, industrial, and scientific contexts

Examinable: Yes – Written

NTCET Credits: 20

Cost: None, Students are expected to purchase their own calculator.

Requirements:

Stage 2 General Mathematics relies on successful completion of two semesters of Stage 1 General Mathematics at a C level or better. Students are required to be competent in the many areas of mathematics with a focus on the use of graphics calculators. Students must have good literacy skills to enable them to reason mathematically and write about interpretations and limitations in real-life contexts.

Topic Areas (Teacher chooses 3 topics per semester):

Topic 1: Modelling with linear relationships

• Topic 2: Modelling with matrices
• Topic 3: Statistical models
• Topic 4: Financial models
• Topic 5: Discrete models

Assessment:

Examination assesses Topics 3, 4 and 5

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Stage 2 General Mathematics SACE minisite

In this course, students learn to differentiate and integrate polynomial, trigonometric, logarithmic and exponential functions. They apply these techniques to problems involving kinematics, increasing and decreasing functions, and modelling real-world situations. They learn about probability distributions of discrete and continuous random variables, and use the normal distribution to describe and predict real world statistics.

Examinable: Yes – Written

NTCET Credits: 20

Cost: None, Students are expected to purchase their own calculator.

Requirements:

Stage 2 Mathematical Methods relies on successful completion of at least two semesters of Stage 1 Mathematics at a C level or above. Students are required to be competent in the many areas of mathematics in particular algebraic manipulation. Students must have good literacy skills to enable them to reason mathematically and write about interpretations and limitation in real-life contexts.

Topic Areas:

• Topic 1: Further differentiation and applications
• Topic 2: Discrete random variables
• Topic 3: Integral calculus
• Topic 4: Logarithmic functions
• Topic 5: Continuous random variables
• Topic 6: Sampling and confidence intervals.

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Stage 2 Mathematical Methods SACE minisite

In this course, students further their knowledge and understanding of cell biology including cell structure and function and cell processes essential to all life. They explore the concept of homeostasis by examining the human nervous and endocrine systems. Students learn about our genetic code through DNA structure and replication, protein synthesis and mutations. They delve into gene expression, DNA profiling, and genetic engineering. Students look at how organisms evolve to ensure the survival of the species and explore the interaction between biology and society.

Examinable: Yes – Electronic

NTCET Credits: 20

Cost: None

Requirements:

Stage 2 Biology relies on knowledge of at least one semesters of Stage 1 Biology. To be able to write scientific reports, students must have good literacy skills. Students are required to be competent in the interpretation and drawing of graphs.

Topic Areas:

• Topic 1: DNA and proteins
• Topic 2: Cells as the basis of life
• Topic 3: Homeostasis
• Topic 4: Evolution

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Stage 2 Biology SACE minisite

In this course, students further their knowledge and understanding of chemistry through exploring methods of analytical chemistry such as titration and atomic absorption spectroscopy. They examine the management of chemical processes through the means of rates of reaction and equilibrium systems in the context of the Haber and contact processes. Students look at the physical properties and reactions of organic molecules and perform experiments including identification of unknown substances, saponification and silver coating.

Examinable: Yes

NTCET Credits: 20

Cost: None

Requirements:

Stage 2 Chemistry relies on knowledge of two semesters of Stage 1 Chemistry. Students are required to be competent in the many areas of mathematics including substitution, rearrangement of formulas, scientific notation, and the interpretation and creation of graphs. To be able to write scientific reports, students must have good literacy skills.

Topic Areas:

• Topic 1: Monitoring the environment
• Topic 2: Managing chemical processes
• Topic 3: Organic and biological chemistry
• Topic 4: Managing resources

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Stage 2 Chemistry SACE minisite

In this course, students extend their knowledge and understanding of motion in two dimensions, they investigate projectile, circular, and gravitational motion and are introduced to the special theory of relativity. Students examine electric and magnetic fields and how these can be modelled, modified, and used in a variety of applications. The properties of light are explored through both wave and particle models, and students explore applications including lasers, X-rays, spectroscopy and the photoelectric effect. Students are introduced to the Standard Model of matter. Experiments are used to demonstrate Physics theory in real life and students explore the interaction between physics and society through research of current advancements in science.

Examinable: Yes – Written

NTCET Credits: 20

Cost: None. Students are expected to purchase their own calculator.

Requirements:

Stage 2 Physics relies on successful completion of two semesters of Stage 1 Physics. Students are required to be competent in many areas of mathematics including substitution, rearrangement of formulas, scientific notation, and the interpretation of graphs. To be able to write scientific reports, students must have good literacy skills.

Topic Areas:

• Topic 1: Motion and relativity
• Topic 2: Electricity and magnetism
• Topic 3: Light and atoms

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Stage 2 Physics SACE minisite

Physics classroom

PHET

In this course, students extend their understanding of their own behaviours and the behaviours of others. They explore how psychological knowledge can improve outcomes and the quality of experience in various areas of life, such as education, intimate relationships, child-rearing, employment, and leisure. Students develop skills in the collection and analysis of qualitative and quantitative data, analytical and critical thinking, and in making inferences by employing evidence-based procedures.

Examinable: Yes – Electronic

NTCET Credits: 20

Cost: None

Requirements:

Stage 2 Psychology relies on knowledge of at least two semesters of any Stage 1 Science. Students are required to be competent in the many areas of mathematics including substitution, rearrangement of formulas and the interpretation and creation of graphs. To be able to write scientific reports, students must have good literacy skills.

Topic Areas:

• Topic 1: Psychology of the Individual
• Topic 2: Psychological Health and Wellbeing
• Topic 3: Organisational Psychology
• Topic 4: Social Influence
• Topic 5: The Psychology of Learning

Assessment:

Examination assesses Science Inquiry Skills, Topic 4 and 5

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Stage 2 Psychology SACE minisite

In this course, students focus on observations, questioning and thinking scientifically. Students will investigate and respond to challenges whilst identifying links between science and society. The content of this subject is chosen in discussion with the subject teacher. The class of 2023 will focus on food and agricultural sciences.

Examinable: No

NTCET Credits: 20

Cost: None

Requirements:

Stage 2 Scientific Studies relies on knowledge of at least one semester of any stage 1 Science subject. Students are required to be competent in the many areas of mathematics interpretation of graphs. To be able to write scientific reports, students must have good literacy skills.

Topic Areas:

• Understanding of Scientific
• Concepts Science as a Human Endeavour
• Science Inquiry Skills

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Stage 2 Scientific Studies SACE minisite