HALE SCHOOL YEAR 12 COURSE HANDBOOK 2021 CONTENTS Abbreviations used, WACE terminology ............................................................................................. 1 Introduction to Year 12, 2021 .............................................................................................................. 2 Courses Offered and Assessment Procedures ................................................................................. 2-4 School Assessment Policy ............................................................................................................... 3 Number of Courses to be studied in Year 12 ................................................................................. 4 Changing Courses ........................................................................................................................... 4 List of Courses for Year 12, 2021 ......................................................................................................... 5 Western Australian Certificate of Education ....................................................................................... 6 University Entrance Requirements, 2022 ...................................................................................... 7-10 Competence in English ................................................................................................................... 8 The Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) ............................................................................ 8 Unacceptable Subject Combinations ............................................................................................. 9 Deferral ........................................................................................................................................ 10 University Fees and Scholarships ................................................................................................. 10 Full Fee-Paying Overseas Students ............................................................................................. 10 Calculation for the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) ....................................................... 11 The Marks Adjustment Process ........................................................................................................ 12 Comparison of TEA/ATAR Scores ...................................................................................................... 13 University of Western Australia Course Structure ........................................................................... 14 Alternative Entry Pathways .......................................................................................................... 15-16 Year 12 Pathways at Hale School...................................................................................................... 17 Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Certificate Courses ................................................. 18-19 The CareerLink Programme, Vocational Education and Training (VET) .......................................... 20 WACE Awards ............................................................................................................................... 21-22 Hale School Academic Awards in Years 10, 11 and 12 ................................................................ 23-24 Essential Advice for All Students and Parents: A Summary ........................................... 25 Accounting and Finance ATAR Course......................................................................................... 26-27 Applied Information Technology ATAR and General Courses ..................................................... 28-29 Biology ATAR Course ..................................................................................................................... 30-31 Business Management & Enterprise General Course ....................................................................... 32 Career and Enterprise General Course .............................................................................................. 33 Chemistry ATAR Course ................................................................................................................ 34-35 Drama ATAR and General Courses ............................................................................................... 36-37 Economics ATAR Course .................................................................................................................... 38 Engineering Studies ATAR and General Courses .......................................................................... 39-40 English ATAR and General Courses ............................................................................................... 41-42 English as an Additional Language/Dialect (EAL/D) ..................................................................... 43-44 French – Second Language ATAR course...................................................................................... 45-46 Geography ATAR and General Courses ........................................................................................ 47-48 History: Ancient ATAR Course ...................................................................................................... 49-50 History: Modern ATAR Course ...................................................................................................... 51-52 Human Biology ATAR and General Courses ................................................................................. 53-55 Japanese - Second Language ATAR Course .................................................................................. 56-57 Literature ATAR Course ................................................................................................................ 58-59 Materials Design and Technology ATAR and General Courses .................................................... 60-61 Mathematics: Essential General Course ............................................................................................ 62 Mathematics: Applications ATAR Course .......................................................................................... 62 Mathematics: Methods ATAR Course .......................................................................................... 63-65 Mathematics: Specialist ATAR Course .......................................................................................... 63-65 Music ATAR Course ............................................................................................................................ 66 Outdoor Education General Course .................................................................................................. 67 Philosophy and Ethics ATAR Course ............................................................................................. 68-69 Physical Education Studies ATAR and General Courses ............................................................... 70-71 Physics ATAR Course ..................................................................................................................... 72-73 Politics and Law ATAR Course ....................................................................................................... 74-75 Visual Arts ATAR and General Courses ......................................................................................... 76-78 Student Destinations 2020 (Year 12, 2019).................................................................................. 79-80 Useful Internet Addresses ........................................................................................................... 81-82 Back to Contents Page ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS BOOK ACSF ............. Australian Core Skills Framework AQF .............. Australian Qualifications Framework AQTF ............ Australian Qualifications Training Framework ATAR ............ Australian Tertiary Admission Rank EALD ............. English as an Additional Language/Dialect EST ............... Externally Set Task NAPLAN ....... National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy OLNA ............ Online Literacy and Numeracy Assessment SCSA ............. School Curriculum and Standards Authority STAT ............. Special Tertiary Admissions Test TAFE ............. Technical and Further Education TEA ............... Tertiary Entrance Aggregate TISC .............. Tertiary Institutions Service Centre UMAT ........... Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test UPC .............. University Preparation Course UWA ............ The University of Western Australia VET ............... Vocational Education and Training WACE ........... Western Australian Certificate of Education WPL .............. Workplace Learning WACE TERMINOLOGY ATAR Courses: are suitable for students preparing for university study and culminate in a compulsory external examination, set and administered by the SCSA. Student results in ATAR courses are used by the Tertiary Institutions Service Centre (TISC) to calculate a student’s Australian Tertiary Admissions Ranking (ATAR) for the purpose of university selection. General Courses: are designed for students who are typically aiming to enter further training (such as TAFE), alternative pathways to university, or the workforce directly from school and do not require an ATAR. Students enrolled in General courses will not be required to sit external examinations but will complete externally set tasks (EST) as required by the SCSA. AQF Certificate II courses: