Mercy College : Subjects available Yr 7-12

Introduction:

The College reserves the right to discontinue any of the listed courses/subjects if there are not enough students in the subject to make them viable.

Year 7

All students study the following subjects: Religious Education, English, Mathematics, Science, Society and Environment, Health and Physical Education, Art, Dance, Drama, Italian, Kitchen Kids, Music, Systems Technology.

Year 8

All students study the following subjects for the whole year:

Religious Education, English or English as a Second Language, Mathematics, Science, Society and Environment, Health and Physical Education.

In addition, students study two elective subjects for two periods each in Semester One, and a different two elective subjects for two periods each during Semester Two.  The elective subjects come from the Arts, Health and Physical Education, Technology and Enterprise and the Science Learning Areas

Year 9

All students study the following subjects for the whole year:

Religious Education, English or English as a Second Language, Mathematics, Science, Society and Environment, Health and Physical Education.

In addition, students study two elective subjects for two periods each in Semester One, and a different two elective subjects for two periods each during Semester Two.  The elective subjects come from the Arts, Health and Physical Education, Technology and Enterprise, and the Science Learning Areas.

If students choose the elective subjects Italian or Music, they study only three electives for the year.

Year 10

All students study the following subjects for the whole year:

Religious Education, English or English as a Second Language, Mathematics, Science, Society and Environment and Physical Education.

In addition, students choose two of the following elective subjects which are studied for three periods each for the whole year:

Art, Accounting and Finance 1A/1B, Computer Assisted Drawing, Dance, Drama, Design and Technology, Hospitality Studies, Media and Production Analysis 1A/1B, Applied Information Technology 1A/1B, Music, Outdoor Education 1A/1B, Soccer.

Year 11 and 12 courses

Mercy College offers a selection of Curriculum Council courses. 

• Courses are offered at 3 stages of difficulty:  Stage 1 (Easiest), Stage 2 (More difficult) and Stage 3 (Most difficult). Each course at each stage consists of a pair of course units.
  
  
• Unless exempt, students studying courses at Stage 2 or Stage 3 in Year 12 are required to sit the end-of-year WACE examinations in that course in order to achieve their WACE certificate. 

Year 11

All Year 11 courses have minimum Year 10 subject pre-requisites which students must have achieved during Year 10. Students with their parents/guardians select their Year 11 courses during an interview with a member of College Curriculum Committee. These interviews take place in the second half of third term. Year 11 students must choose their courses carefully. As Year 11 & Year 12 is generally a two-year academic program, all students are expected to continue each course in Year 12.

All Year 11 students study a total of six (6) courses as follows:

Compulsory:

• Religious Education (Religion and Life 1A/1B) and
  
  
• One of the following English courses: English 1A/1B, 1C/1D or 2A/2B, English as an additional Language/Dialect 1C/1D, or Literature 2A/2B.

Students choose their remaining four (4) courses to maximise their chances of qualifying for entry to TAFE or University from the following list.

Courses

Accounting and Finance 2A/2B, Applied Information Technology1C/1D, Biological Sciences 2A/2B, Business Management and Enterprise 1A/1B, Chemistry 2A/2B, Child, Family and Community 1A/1B, Dance 1A/1B, Drama 1A/1B or 2A/2B, Economics 2A/2B, Food Science & Technology 1A/1B, Geography 2A/2B, History 2A/2B, Human Biological Science 2A/2B, Integrated Science 1A/1B, Materials Design and Technology (Metal) 1A/1B, Materials Design and Technology (Wood) 1A/1B, Mathematics 1A, 1B/1C, 2A/2B, 2C/2D or 3A/3B, Mathematics Specialist 3A/3B, Media Production and Analysis 2A/2B, Music 1A/1B, Outdoor Education 1C/1D, Physical Education Studies1A/1B, Physics 2A/2B, Religion and Life 1A/1B, Visual Arts 1A/1B, Workplace Learning.

TAFE Certificate Subjects
Certificate II (Business), Certificate II (Information Technology)

School Apprenticeship Link Program / School Based Traineeship
Some Year Eleven students are invited to take up places in the School Apprenticeship Link Program, or school-based traineeships.  Such students enrol in one fewer subject in Year Eleven.

Year 12

All Year 12 subjects have minimum Year 11 subject pre-requisites which students must have achieved during of Year 11. Students with their parents/guardians select their subjects during an interview with a member of College Curriculum Committee. These interviews take place towards the middle of third term.

All Year 12 students study a total of 6 subjects as follows:

Compulsory:

• Religious Education (Beliefs and Values) and
• One of the following English courses: English 1C/1D 2A/2B, or 3A/3B, English as an additional Language/Dialect 2A/2B, or English Literature.

Students choose their remaining subjects to maximise their chances of qualifying for entry to TAFE or University from the following list.

Subjects:

Accounting, Applicable Mathematics, Art and Design, Beliefs and Values, , Calculus, Chemistry, Discrete Mathematics, Early Childhood Studies, Economics, Food Production, Geography, History, Human Biology, Modelling with Mathematics, Music in Society, Physics, Outdoor Education, Senior Science.

Courses

Applied Information Technology2A/2B, Business Management and Enterprise 2A/2B (Not a University scoring course in 2009), Drama 2A/2B, Materials, Design and Technology 1C/1D (Metal and Wood), Physical Education Studies 1A/B or2A/2B, Workplace Learning.

TAFE Certificate Subjects
Certificate II (Business), Certificate III (Business), Certificate III (Information Technology), Certificate II (Outdoor Education)

School Apprenticeship Link Program / School Based Traineeships
Some Year Twelve students are invited to take up places in the School Apprenticeship Link Program, or school-based traineeships.  Such students enroll in one fewer subject in Year Twelve.

Year 8 to 12 Mercy College Assessment Policy