Year 10 Subject Guide 2020

CONTENTS Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 3 Key Staff Contacts ...................................................................................................................................... 4 College Philosophy ...................................................................................................................................... 5 Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) ............................................................................................... 6 Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) ........................................................................................... 6 International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) .......................................................................... 7 International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (MYP) ............................................................. 8 - 9 Subject Selection for Year 10 in 2019 ...............................................................................................10 – 11 Subject Articulation from Year 9 to 12 ................................................................................................... 12 Careers Connections .........................................................................................................................13 – 14 Year 10 Subjecta - Readiness Criteria ...................................................................................................... 15 General Mathematics Preparation ..................................................................................................... 17 - 18 Mathematics Standard ...................................................................................................................... 19 - 20 Mathematics Extended ..................................................................................................................... 21 - 23 Language and Literature .................................................................................................................. 24 - 25 Language Acquisition: French ........................................................................................................ 26 - 27 Language Acquisition: German ....................................................................................................... 28 - 29 Language Acquisition: Japanese ....................................................................................................... 30 - 31 Business and Entrepeneurship .......................................................................................................... 32 - 33 Economics ......................................................................................................................................... 34 - 35 Geography ......................................................................................................................................... 36 - 37 Global Politics ................................................................................................................................... 38 - 39 History ............................................................................................................................................. 40 - 41 Legal Studies .................................................................................................................................... 42 - 43 Philosophy ....................................................................................................................................... 44 - 45 Biology ............................................................................................................................................. 46 - 47 Chemistry ......................................................................................................................................... 48 - 49 Physics ............................................................................................................................................. 50 - 51 Performing Arts - Drama .................................................................................................................. 52 - 53 Performing Arts - Music ................................................................................................................... 54 - 55 Visual Arts ......................................................................................................................................... 56 - 57 Media Arts ........................................................................................................................................ 58 - 59 Digital Design ................................................................................................................................... 60 - 61 Engineering and Design .................................................................................................................... 62 - 63 Physical and Health Education ........................................................................................................... 64 - 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