Courses offered in 2008 for Years 11 and 12
Further is a list of all the courses offered at Shearwater in 2008. For a detailed content of each of these courses, please download the Senior School Handbook on the right hand of the page.Courses for the Higher School Certificate
This section lists Preliminary and HSC courses which the NSW Board of Studies has developed. Courses may be of one or two years in duration. Two-year courses may have both Preliminary and HSC components. One-year courses may count as either Preliminary or HSC courses.
Board Developed Courses (BDC’s) are courses developed by the Board of Studies NSW.
A syllabus is available for each of these. Schools must use the current syllabus for any Board Developed Preliminary or HSC course they teach.
+ Indicates courses offered at Shearwater. Please be aware however that it is not because the course exists that you will be able to combine it as you wish, as some of these courses’ timetables overlap. So always check first with the Senior Studies Co-ordinator, the current year’s course combination.
The entire list of BDC’s is
Subjects Courses Extension Courses
Aboriginal Studies Aboriginal Studies
Agriculture Agriculture
Ancient History Ancient History HSC Extension History
+ Biology Biology
+ Business Studies Business Studies
Chemistry Chemistry
Community & Family Studies Community & Family Studies
Dance Dance
+ Design & Technology Design & Technology
+ Drama Drama
Earth and Environmental Science Earth and Environmental Science
Economics Economics
Engineering Studies Engineering Studies
+ English English (Standard)
+ English (Advanced)
+ Prelim English Ext (Yr 11)
+ HSC English Ext 1 (Year 12)
+ HSC English Ext 2 (Year 12)
English as a Second Language (ESL)
Fundamentals of English 2
Food Technology Food Technology
+ Geography Geography
+ History Modern History
Modern History HSC History Extension 1
+ Industrial Technology Industrial Technology
Information Processes Information Processes
& Technology & Technology
+ Legal Studies Legal Studies
+ Mathematics Mathematics
+ Mathematics – General
+ Prelim Maths Extension
+ HSC Maths Extension 1
HSC Maths Extension 2
+ Music Music I
Music II HSC Music Extension
+ Personal Development, Personal Development,
Health & Physical Education Health & Physical Education (P.D.H.P.E.)
+ Philosophy Philosophy – General
+ Physics Physics
Senior Science Senior Science
+ Society & Culture Society & Culture
Software Design & Development Software Design & Development
Studies of Religion Studies of Religion I (1 Unit)
Studies of Religion II (2 Unit)
Textiles & Design Textiles & Design
+ Visual Arts Visual Arts
Languages
Arabic, Armenian, Chinese, Classical Greek, Classical Hebrew, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Estonian, Filipino, French, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Modern Greek, Modern Hebrew, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese.
VET (Vocational Education & Training) Curriculum Frameworks
Subjects Courses Extension Courses
Business Services Business Services Business Services
(120 hrs) Extension (60 or 120 hrs)
Business Services
(240 hrs)
Construction Construction (120 hrs)
Construction (180 hrs)
Construction (240 hrs)
+ Entertainment Entertainment (120 hrs)
Entertainment (240 hrs) Construction Specialist
Studies (60 or 120 hrs)
Information Tech Information Technology (120 hrs)
Information Technology (240 hrs)
Information Technology *(240 hrs)
Information Tech
Specialisation Studies
(60 or 120 hrs)
Metal and Engineering Metal and Engineering (120 hrs)
Metal and Engineering (180hrs)
Metal and Engineering *(240 hrs)
Metal and Engineering
Specialist Studies
(60 or 120 hrs)
Primary Industries Primary Industries (120hrs)
Primary Industries (180 hrs)
Primary Industries *(240 hrs)
Primary Industries
Extension (60 or 120 hrs)
Retail Retail Operations (120 hrs)
Retail Operations (60 hrs)
Retail Operations *(240 hrs)
Tourism & Hospitality Hospitality Operations (120 hrs)
Hospitality Kitchen Operations (120 hrs)
Hospitality Operations *(240 hrs)
Hospitality Extension (60 hrs)
Tourism (120 hrs)
Tourism (240 hrs)
Content Endorsed Courses
Ceramics
Computing Applications
Drama and Theatre (Final HSC 2002)
Introduction to Electro technology
Exploring Early Childhood
Furnishing
+ Marine Studies
+ Photography, Video and Digital Imaging
Sport Lifestyle and Recreation Studies
+ Visual Design
Work Studies
*All courses may be studied as 1 or 2 units and as Preliminary and/or HSC courses.
Life Skills Courses
English English Life Skills
Mathematics Mathematics Life Skills
Personal Development, Personal Development
Health & Physical Education Health & Physical Education Life Skills
Citizenship and Society Citizenship and Society Life Skills
Science Science Life Skills
Creative Arts Creative Arts Life Skills
Technological and Applied Studies Technological and Applied Studies Life Skills
Work and the Community Work and the Community Life Skills
Correspondence Courses
General
Should there be subjects you wish to study that Shearwater does not offer, correspondence courses are available through The Southern Cross School K – 12, Distance Education Centre, Ballina, and The Open High School, Sydney.
These course providers supply:
– A unit of work per week
– Assessment tasks
– Marked responses
– Trial exams
Subject supervisors are available for personal consultation by phone from school. Students will have a member of staff as a mentor for their distance education subjects. Often these will be able to assist with coursework.
Choose Your Correspondence Courses Carefully! To successfully complete these courses self-motivation and steady perseverance are required. You are largely on your own.
Correspondence Course Supervisor
April Galetti is the Course Supervisor for students studying by Correspondence. She ensures students receive their assignments, and return their assessments through the post. She acts as the Liaison Teacher with Southern Cross School of Distance Education and will help with administrative details. It is not her role to chase up students who are late or behind in submitting their work, but April will keep Class Guardians informed of the students’ progress.
Fees
At present, for those students studying by distance education, the full cost per subject, per year is $800 for Preliminary and HSC study. However, the School undertakes to subsidise 50% of the cost of these courses. The School also purchases textbooks and recording equipment necessary for the completion of course work. These remain the property of the School, and must be returned upon completion of the course.
Parents or guardians of students enrolling for courses through Southern Cross Distance Education Centre or The Open High School, Sydney, are required to give an undertaking that, should their child discontinue the course, they will bear the full cost of the course, including the cost of textbooks.
Notes:
1. Students studying both Ancient History and Modern History may undertake one HSC History Extension course only.
2. Fundamentals of English is a Preliminary course and is not examinable for the Higher School Certificate. It can only be studied in conjunction with either English (Standard) or English (ESL). It may be studied in Year 11 or Year 12 or both Years 11 and 12 (see Section 11.10.2).
3. Courses in the VET Curriculum Frameworks can be studied as Preliminary and/or HSC course. The VET courses marked with an asterisk (*) have an optional written examination for the Higher School Certificate.
4. Retail Operations (60 hours) Extension is a Board Endorsed VET course. Schools must follow the procedures set out in Section 10.2.5 for endorsement. In addition, the course requires approval from the system before delivery and is available only for students undertaking school-based part-time traineeships or who have significant workplace experience.
5. Board Developed and Content Endorsed VET Courses – minimum length
The minimum length of ‘stand alone’ Board Developed and Content Endorsed VET courses, including those delivered by TAFE, is 120 hours. Students who complete only 60 hours of a 120-hour VET Framework course or of a VET Content Endorsed Course will not be accredited for one ‘stand alone’ unit within their pattern(s) of study for Higher School Certificate eligibility. Such students will, however, receive recognition within the Australian Qualifications Framework for units of competency achieved. Schools delivering 120-hour VET Framework course or Content Endorsed Courses over two years must ensure that students are fully aware of these credentialing implications.
