HUMANITIES FACULTY
Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest or your souls.
Jeremiah 6: 16
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Business Management
Economics
Geography
History
Legal Studies
BUSINESS MANAGMENT
UNIT 1Â & 2
In Unit 1 students understand that business of all sizes are major contributors to the economic and social well-being of a nation. They investigate how businesses are formed and the fostering of conditions under which new business ideas can emerge and be vital for a nation's well-being. Students explore the factors affecting business ideas and the internal and external environments within which businesses operate and the effect of these on planning a business.
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In Unit 2 students focus on the establishment phase of a business’s life. Establishing a business involves complying with legal requirements as well as making decisions about how best to establish a system of financial record keeping, staff the business and establish a customer base. In this unit students examine the legal requirements that must be satisfied to establish a business. They investigate the essential features of effective marketing and consider the best way to meet the needs of the business in terms of staffing and financial record keeping. Students analyse various management practices in this area by applying this knowledge to contemporary business case studies from the past four years.
BUSINESS MANAGMENT
UNIT 3 & 4
In Unit 3 students explore the key processes and issues concerned with managing a business efficiently and effectively to achieve the business objectives. Students examine the different types of businesses and their respective objectives. They consider corporate culture, management styles, management skills and the relationship between each of these. Students investigate strategies to manage both staff and business operations to meet objectives. Students develop an understanding of the complexity and challenge of managing businesses and through the use of contemporary business case studies have the opportunity to compare theoretical perspectives.
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In Unit 4 students consider the importance of reviewing key performance indicators to determine current performance and the strategic management necessary to position a business for the future. Students study a theoretical model to undertake change, and consider a variety of strategies to manage change in the most efficient and effective way to improve business performance. They investigate the importance of leadership in change management. Using a contemporary business case study from the past four years, students evaluate business practice against theory.
ECONOMICS
UNIT 1 & 2
Economics is the study of how resources are allocated to meet the needs and wants of society. It attempts to explain how and why individuals behave the way they do and the consequences of their decision making. Studying Economics as a social science enables students to gain valuable insight into the economic problems that they may face on an individual basis and collectively as a society to meet the needs and wants of citizens and may therefore assist them in making more informed and responsible decisions.
GEOGRAPHY
UNIT 1Â & 2
In Unit 1 students examine the processes involved with hazards and hazard events, including their causes and impacts, human responses to hazard events and interconnections between human activities and natural phenomena. The unit investigates how people have responded to specific types of hazards, including attempts to reduce vulnerability to, and the impact of, hazard events.
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In Unit 2 students investigate the characteristics of tourism, with particular emphasis on where it has developed, its various forms, how it has changed and continues to change and its impacts on people, places and environments. Students select contrasting examples of tourism from within Australia and elsewhere in the world to support their investigations.
GEOGRAPHY
UNIT 3 & 4
In Unit 3 students focuses on two investigations of geographical change: change to land cover and change to land use. Change to land use focuses on the way in which humans impact the use of land and the consequences of these endeavours. Land cover investigates how global land cover is changing with the rapid increase in climate change, the effects on the land as a result of this and the responses to managing these processes.
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In Unit 4 students investigate the geography of human populations. They explore the patterns of population change, movement and distribution, and how governments, organisations and individuals have responded to those changes in different parts of the world. Students also study population dynamics before undertaking an investigation into two significant population trends arising in different parts of the world. They examine the dynamics of populations and their economic, social, political and environmental impacts on people and places.
HISTORY (TWENTIETH CENTURY)
UNIT 1Â & 2
In Unit 1 students explore the political, social and cultural changes during the interwar period. Geographical borders were redrawn as prominent ideologies competed against each other. The 1920s and 1930s was a period of significant social and cultural change. The Russian Revolution imposed communism and controlled the way people lived. In the USA, the consumerism and material progress of the 1920s was tempered by the Great Depression of 1929.
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In Unit 2 students explore the nature and impact of the Cold War and challenges and changes it imposed to the existing political, economic and social structures in the second half of the twentieth century. This period was dominated by the competing ideologies of democracy and capitalism versus communism, setting the backdrop for the Cold War. Old conflicts also continued with the rise of social movements that challenged existing values and traditions, such as the African-American civil rights movement and the end of Apartheid in South Africa.
HISTORY (REVOLUTIONS)
UNIT 3 & 4
In Unit 3, students develop an understanding of the causes and consequences of the French Revolution. They construct arguments about the past using primary sources as evidence and evaluate the extent to which the revolution brought changes. They consider how perspectives give an insight into the continuity and change experienced by those who lived through the events. Students evaluate historical interpretations about the causes and consequences of the revolution and the effects of change instigated by the new order created in France.
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In Unit 4, students develop an understanding of the causes and consequences of the Russian Revolution. They construct arguments about the past using primary sources as evidence and evaluate the extent to which the revolution brought changes. They consider how perspectives give an insight into the continuity and change experienced by those who lived through the events. Students evaluate historical interpretations about the causes and consequences of the revolution and the effects of change instigated by the new order created in Russia.
LEGAL STUDIES
UNIT 1Â & 2
In Unit 1 students develop an understanding of legal foundations, such as the different types and sources of law and the existence of a court hierarchy in Victoria. Students investigate key concepts of criminal law and civil law and apply these to actual and/or hypothetical scenarios to demonstrate their understanding. In doing so, students develop an appreciation of the way in which legal principles and information are used in making reasoned judgments and conclusions about the culpability of an accused, and the liability of a party in a civil dispute.
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In Unit 2 students examine the rights that are protected by civil law, as well as the obligations that laws impose. Students build understanding by focusing on the enforcement of criminal law and civil law, the methods and institutions that may be used to determine a criminal case or resolve a civil dispute, and the purposes and types of sanctions and remedies and their effectiveness.
LEGAL STUDIES
UNIT 3 & 4
In Unit 3 students focus on examining the methods and institutions in the justice system and consider their appropriateness in determining criminal cases and resolving civil disputes. Students consider the Magistrates’ Court, County Court and Supreme Court within the Victorian court hierarchy, as well as other Victorian legal institutions and bodies available to assist with cases.
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In Unit 4 students explore how the Australian Constitution establishes the law-making powers of the Commonwealth and state parliaments, and protects the Australian people through structures that act as a check on parliament in law-making. Students develop an understanding of the significance of the High Court in protecting and interpreting the Australian Constitution. They investigate parliament and the courts, and the relationship between the two in law-making, and consider the roles of the individual, the media and law reform bodies in influencing law reform.