SENIOR SUBJECTS – SNAPSHOTS FERNY GROVE STATE HIGH SCHOOL Year 10 into 11, 2022
SENIOR SUBJECTS – SNAPSHOTS
FERNY GROVE STATE HIGH SCHOOL Year 10 into 11, 2022
When considering subjects for Year 11, 2022
• Be sure to check the pre-requisites for general subjects (in OneNote)
• Are you considering tertiary study after school ? – check the QTAC pre-requisites guide (in OneNote)
• Talk to Heads of Department of the curriculum area you are interested in.
• Talk to your teachers about the subjects you are considering
• And most importantly discuss these with your parents.
BUSINESS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
FERNY GROVE SHS
Accounting (General)
What students will learn:
Real world accounting
Management effectiveness
Monitoring a business
Accounting – the big picture
Studying Accounting can lead to:
Accounting
Business
Management
Banking
Finance
Law
Economics
Commerce
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
Business (General)
What students will learn about:
Business creation
Business growth
Business diversification
Business evolution
Studying Business can lead to:
Business management
Business development
Entrepreneurship
Business analytics
Economics Business law
Accounting and finance
International business
Marketing
Human resources management
Business information
systems
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
Certificate III in BUSINESS (Vocational education)
What students will learn:
Finance and Budgeting
E-Learning
Workplace Health and Safety
Teamwork
Enterprise
Studying Certificate III in Business can lead to:
Small Business Owner
Business Manager
Binnacle RTO 31319
Digital Solutions (General)
What students will learn:
Creating with code
Application and data solutions
Digital innovation
Digital impacts
Studying Digital Solutions can lead to:
Science
Technologies
Engineering
Mathematics
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
SCIENCE
FERNY GROVE SHS
Agricultural Practices (Applied )
What students will learn to:
Rules, regulations and recommendations
Equipment maintenance and operation
Management practices
Animal industries
-Plant industries
Animal industries and Plant industries
Studying Agricultural Practices can lead to:
a basis for further education, training and employment in agriculture,
provides a basis for participating in and contributing to community associations,
contributing to community associations, events and activities, such as agricultural shows.
A vocational training and employment plan
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
Agricultural Science (General)
What students will learn:
Agricultural systems
Resources
Agricultural production
Agricultural management
Studying Agricultural Science can lead to:
Agriculture
Horticulture
Food Technology
Veterinary Science
Environmental Science
Equine Science
Biotechnology
Conservation
Marketing
Ecotourism
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
Biology (General)
What students will learn:
Cells and multicellular organisms
Maintaining the internal environment
Biodiversity and the interconnectedness of life
Heredity and continuity of life
Studying Biology can lead to:
Medicine
Forensics
Veterinary
Food and Marine Sciences
Agriculture
Biotechnology
Environmental rehabilitation
Biosecurity
Quarantine
Conservation
Sustainability
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
Chemistry (General)
What students will learn:
Chemical fundamentals —structure, properties and reactions
Molecular interactions and reactions
Equilibrium, acids and redox reactions
Structure, synthesis and design
Studying Chemistry can lead to:
Forensic science
Environmental science
Engineering
Medicine
Pharmacy
Sports science
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
Physics (General)
What students will learn:
Thermal, nuclear and electrical physics
Linear motion and waves
Gravity and electromagnetism
Revolutions in modern physics
Studying Physics can lead to:
Science
Engineering
Medicine
Technology
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
Psychology (General)
What students will learn:
Individual development
Individual behaviour
Individual thinking
The influence of others
Studying Psychology can lead to:
Psychology
Sales
Human resourcing
Training
Social work
Health
Law
Business
Marketing
Education
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
Science in Practice (Applied)
What students will learn:
Scientific literacy and working scientifically
Workplace health and safety
Communication and self-management
Studying Science in Practice can lead to:
Animal welfare
Food technology
Forensics
Health and medicine
Recreation and tourism
Research
The pharmaceutical industry
The resources sector
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
HUMANITIES
FERNY GROVE SHS
Ancient History (General)
What students will learn about:
Investigating the Ancient World
Personalities in their time
Reconstructing the Ancient World
People, power and authority
Studying Ancient History can lead to:
Archaeology History Education
Psychology Sociology Law
Business Economics Politics
Journalism The media Health and
social sciences
Writing Academia Research
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
Economics (General)
What students will learn about:
Markets and models
Modified markets
International economics
Contemporary macroeconomics
Studying Economics can lead to:
Economics Econometrics Management
Data analytics
Business Accounting
Finance Actuarial science
Law
Political science
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
Geography (General)
What students will learn about:
responding to risk and vulnerability in hazard zones
planning sustainable places
responding to land cover transformations
managing population change.
Studying Geography can lead to:
emergency response and
hazard management
urban and environmental
design, planning and management
global security
oceanographybiological and environmental
science
conservation and land management
Business Law Economics
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
Legal Studies (General)
What students will learn about:
Beyond reasonable doubt
Balance of probabilities
Law, governance and change
Human rights in legal context
Studying Legal Studies can lead to:
Law
Law enforcement
Criminology
Justice studies
Politics
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
Modern History (General)
What students will learn about:
Ideas in the Modern World
Movements in the Modern World
National experiences in the Modern World
International experiences in the Modern World
Studying Modern History can lead to:
History Education Psychology
Sociology Law Business
Economics Politics Journalism
The media Writing Academia
Strategic analysis
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
Social and community studies (Applied)
What students will learn:
Personal Skills
Citizenship skills
Australia's place in the world
Identity
Studying Social and Community Studies can lead to:
Further education and employment
Workplace skills
A more informed global citizen
Community services
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
Tourism (Applied)
What students will learn:
Tourism as an industry
The travel experience
Sustainabletourism
Studying Tourism can lead to:
Government and industry organisations
Meeting and events coordination
Marketing
Tour operations
Cultural liaison
Tourism and leisure industry development
Transport and travel
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
ENGLISH
FERNY GROVE SHS
English (General)
What students will learn:
Perspectives and texts
Texts and culture
Textual connections
Close study of literary texts
Studying English supports:
Pathways beyond school that lead to
tertiary studies, vocational
education or work
Open-mindedness, imagination,
critical awareness and intellectual flexibility – skills
that prepare students for local
and global citizenship
Lifelong learning across a wide
range of contexts
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
Essential English (Applied)
What students will learn:
Language that works
Texts and human experiences
Language that influences
Representations and popular culture texts
Studying Essential English supports:
Pathways beyond school
that lead to vocational
education or work
Lifelong learning
across a wide range of contexts
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
Literature (General)
What students will learn:
Introduction to literary studies
Texts and culture
Literature and identity
Independentexplorations
Studying Literature supports:
Pathways beyond school that lead to
tertiary studies, vocational
education or work
Open-mindedness, imagination,
critical awareness and intellectual flexibility – skills
that prepare students for local
and global citizenship
Lifelong learning across a wide
range of contexts
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
HEALTH & PHYSICAL ECUATION
FERNY GROVE SHS
Certificate III in Fitness (VET Course)
What students will learn:
Anatomy and physiology
Healthy eating
Health and fitness screening
Deliver instruction for fitness and training
Working in the Sport and Recreation Industry
Studying Certificate III in Fitness can lead to:
Fitness industry
Personal training
Binnacle RTO 31319
Health (General)
What students will learn:
Resilience as a personal health resource
Peers and family as resources for healthy living
Community as a resource for healthy living
Respectful relationships in the post-schooling transition
Studying Health can lead to:
Health Science
Public Health
Allied health profession
Health Education
Nursing
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
Physical Education (General)
What students will learn:
Motor learning, functional anatomy, biomechanics and
physical activity
Sport psychology, equity and physical activity
Tactical awareness, ethics and integrity, and physical activity
Energy, fitness and training, and physical activity
Studying PE can lead to:
Exercise science
BiomechanicsAllied health profession
Psychology TeachingSport
journalism
Sport marketing and management
Sport promotion
Sport development
Coaching
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
Sport and Recreation (Applied)
What students will learn:
Sport and recreation in the community
Sport, recreation and healthy living
Health and safety in sport and recreation activities
Personal and interpersonal skills in sport and recreation
activities
Studying Sport and Recreation can lead to:
Fitness
Outdoor recreation
Education
Sports administration
Recreation
Sports performance
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
DESIGN TECHNOLOGY
FERNY GROVE SHS
Building and Construction Skills(Applied )
What students will learn to:
Industry practices
Construction processes
Trades such as tiler, painter, carpenter
and others
Studying Building and Construction Skills can lead to:
a basis for further education and employment
civil, residential or commercial building and construction fields
A vocational training and employment plan
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
Engineering (General)
What students will learn to:
Engineering fundamentals and society
Emerging Technologies
Machines and mechanisms
Statics of structures and environmental considerations
Studying Engineering can lead to:
electrical, aerospace,
civil, mechanical, mechatronic
chemical, marine, biomedical,
micro-nano and systems
telecommunications, environmental
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
Engineering Skills(Applied )
What students will learn to:
Industry practices
Production processes
Sheet metal working
Welding and fabrication
Fitting and machining
Studying Engineering Skills can lead to:
a basis for further education and employment in engineering trades
sheet metal worker, metal fabricator,
welder, maintenance fitter, metal machinist, locksmith, air-conditioning
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
Furnishing Skills(Applied )
What students will learn to:
Industry practices
Production processes
Furniture Making
Studying Furnishing Skills can lead to:
a basis for further education and employment
a employment in furnishing trades
A vocational training and employment plan
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
Design (General)
What students will learn:
Design in practice
Commercial design
Human-centreddesign
Sustainable design
Studying Design can lead to:
Architecture
Digital media design
Fashion design
Graphic design
Industrial design
Interior design
Landscape architecture
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
Industrial Graphics Skills (Applied)
What students will learn:
Industry practices
Drafting processes
Studying Industrial Graphics Skills can lead to:
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
for further education and employment in a range of roles and trades in the manufacturing industries.
opportunities may be found in drafting roles such as architectural drafter, estimator, mechanical drafter, electrical drafter
FOOD TECHNOLOGY
FERNY GROVE SHS
Food and nutrition (General)
What students will learn about:
Food science of vitamins, minerals and protein
Food drivers and emerging trends
Food science of carbohydrate and fat
Food solution development for nutrition consumer markets
Studying Food and Nutrition can lead to:
Science Technology
Engineering Health
Food Technology
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
Hospitality Practices (Applied)
What students will learn:
Navigating the hospitality industry
Working effectively with others
Hospitality in practice
Studying Hospitality Practices can lead to:
Hospitality
Hotels
Events
Tourism
Business management
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
Certificate III in Hospitality (Vocational education)
What students will learn:
Show social and cultural sensitivity
Prepare and present simple dishes
Prepare and serve non-alcoholic beverages
Provide service to customers
Safe work practices
Work effectively in hospitality service
Studying Certificate III in Hospitality can lead to:
Management Hotel
Management
Catering Operations
Café
Food Technology
MATHEMATICS
FERNY GROVE SHS
General Mathematics (General)
What students will learn:
Money, measurement and relations
Applied trigonometry, algebra, matrices and univariate data
Bivariate data, sequences and change, and Earth geometry
Investing and networking
Studying General Math can lead to:
Business
Commerce
Education
Finance
IT
Social science
The arts
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
Essential Mathematics (Applied)
What students will learn:
Number, data and graphs
Money, travel and data
Measurement, scales and data
Graphs, chance and loans
Studying Essential Math can lead to:
Trade
Industry
Business
Community services
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
Specialist Mathematics (General)
What students will learn:
combinatorics, vectors and proof
complex numbers, trigonometry, functions and matrices
mathematical induction, and further vectors, matrices and
complex numbers
further statistical and calculus inference
Studying Specialist Math can lead to:
Science
all branches of Mathematics and Statistics
Computer science
Medicine
Engineering
Finance
Economics
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
Mathematics Methods (General)
What students will learn:
Algebra, statistics and
functions
Calculus and further
functions
Studying Math Method can lead to:
• especially Physics and Chemistry
Natural and Physical Sciences
Mathematics and Science Education
• including Human Biology, Biomedical Science, Nanoscience and Forensics)
Medical and Health Sciences
• including Chemical, Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Avionics, Communications and Mining
Engineering
• including Electronics and Software Design
Computer Science
Psychology and Business
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
THE ARTS
FERNY GROVE SHS
Drama (General)
What students will learn:
How drama promotes shared understandings of the human
experience
How drama is shaped to reflect lived experience
How drama can be used to challenge our understanding of humanity
How dramatic practice can be transformed
Studying Drama can lead to:
Arts administration and management
Communication
Education
Public relations
Research
Science and technology
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
Music (General)
What students will learn:
Designs
Identities
Innovations
Narratives
Studying Music can lead to:
Arts administration and management
Communication
Education
Public relations
Creative industries
Science and technology
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
Visual Arts (General)
What students will learn:
Art as lens
Art as code
Art as knowledge
Art as alternate
Studying Visual Arts can lead to:
Advertising
Arts administration
Communication
Creative industries
Design
Education
Galleries and museums
Film and television
Public relations
Science and technology
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
Visual Arts in Practice (Applied)
What students will learn:
Visual mediums, technologies and
techniques
Visual literacies and contexts
Artwork realisation
Studying Visual Arts in Practice can lead to:
Advertising Animation Ceramics
Decorating Design Drafting
Game design IllustratingMake-up artistry
Photography StylingVisual
merchandising
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
LANGUAGES
FERNY GROVE SHS
GERMAN (General)
What students will learn about:
My world
Exploring our world
Our society
My future
Studying German supports:
Business
Hospitality
Science
Law
Technology
Sociology
Education
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/
INDONESIAN (General)
What students will learn about:
My world
Exploring our world
Our society
My future
Studying Indonesian supports:
Business
Hospitality
Science
Law
Technology
Sociology
Education
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/