Stage 5: Australian                   Geography
Topics:

• Investigating
• Australia’s Physical Environments
  
• Changing Australian Communities
  
• Issues in Australian Environments
  
• Australia in Its Regional and Global Contexts
  

Students are required to undertake compulsory fieldwork activities.

• Australia to 1914
  
• Australia & World War 1
  
• Australia between the Wars
  
• Australia and World War11
  
• Australia in the Vietnam War Era
  
• Changing Rights and Freedoms
  
• People Power and Politics in the Post- war Period
  
• Australia’s social and cultural history in the Post-war Period
  

Special Activities: Drama Presentations
History Days

Stage 5: Commerce

Topics:

• Consumer Choice
  
• Personal Finance
  
• Law and Society
  
• Employment Issues
  
• Promoting & Selling
  
• E-Commerce
  
• Political Involvement
  
• Travel
  
• Law In Action
  
• Running a Business

Stage 6: Business Studies                                   Preliminary

• Nature of Business
• Key Business Functions
  
• Establishing a Business
  
• Developing a Business Plan                                   

              Business Studies HSC

Topics:         

• Business Management and Change
  
• Financial Planning and Management
  
• Marketing
  
• Employment Relations
  
• Global Business

Stage 6: Economics                         Preliminary

Topics:      

• Introduction to Economics
  
• Consumers and Business
  
• Markets
  
• Labour Markets
  
• Financial Markets
  
• Government in the Economy

             Economics HSC

Topics:    

• The Global Economy
  
• Australia’s Place in the Global Economy
  
• Economic Issues
  
• Economic Policies and Management

Stage 6: Legal Studies                                                Preliminary

Topics:    

• The Legal System
  
• The Individual and the State
  
• The Law in Focus
  

                Legal Studies HSC

Topics: 

• Law and Society
  
• Focus Study- CRIME
  
• Additional Focus Studies- FAMILY, WORKPLACE

Stage 6 Geography                         Preliminary

Topics:

• Biophysical Interactions
• Global Challenges
  

Students also undertake a senior geography project focusing on a geographical inquiry study of their own 
choice.   

              Geography HSC

Topics:

• Ecosystems at Risk
  
• Urban Places
  
• People and Economic Activity

In both Preliminary and HSC Geography, students are required to undertake compulsory fieldwork activities. This usually involves an overnight field trip.      

Stage 6: Modern History                                      Preliminary

Topics:  

• Part I:  Case Studies: The Decline and Fall of the Romanov dynasty
  Bismarck and the Unification of the German states
  Decolonisation of Indochina 1945-1954
  
• Part II: Historical Investigation: Students carry out their own historical investigation into a particular
  area of interest.
• Part III: Core Study: The World at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century

                Modern History- HSC

Topics:

• Part I: Core Study: World War I 1914-1919- A source based study
• Part II: National Studies- Germany 1918-1939 OR Russia and the Soviet Union 1917-1941
• Part III: Personalities in the Twentieth Century: Albert Speer- 1905-1981 OR Leon Trotsky 1879-1940
• Part IV: International Studies in Peace and Conflict- Conflict in Indochina 1954-1979 OR The Cold War 1945-1991

Stage 6: Ancient History                                Preliminary

 Topics:   

• Part I: Introduction: a)Investigating into past: History, Archaeology and Science. b) Case Studies: Tutankhana's Tomb and Ancient Human Remains.
• Part II: Ancient Societies, Sites and Sources: Thera (Santorini)
• Part III: Historical Investigation: Students carry out their own historical investigation into a particular area of interest.   

Ancient History HSC

Topics:

• Part I: Core Study: Cities of Vesusius - Pompeii and Herculaneum.
• Part II: Ancient Societies: Spartan society to the Battle of Leuctra 371BC.
• Part III: Personalities in Their Times: Hatshepsut.
• Part IV: Historical periods: The Augustan Age 44BC - AD 14

Stage 6: Business Services (Administration) – 240 Indicative hours

The Business Services (Administration) Curriculum Framework is based on the National Administration Training Package. Students who successfully complete this course and attain all competencies receive Certificate II in Business (Office Administration). Certificate II is the standard entry-level qualification in office administration. These qualifications comprise units of competency drawn from seven skill areas:

• information handling
• communication
• enterprise
• technology
• organisational
• team
• business and financial

(Reference to BOS Syllabus (1999) pg 10-11)

To attain Certificate II, a student must also complete 70 hours of work placement.