Literature

Accreditation period - Units 1-4: 2006-2015

The accreditation period has been extended until 31 December 2015. 

Curriculum 

• Study Design (pdf - 2.11mb) (January 2013)
  Details on areas of study, outcomes and assessment for Literature Units 1-4: 2006-2015.
  For details of how to purchase a hardcopy of the VCE Literature Study Design, please refer to Publications.
• Study Summary (doc - 56.5kb) (January 2013)
  A summary of the VCE Literature Study Design for 2006-2015.
• 2014 Literature Text List (pdf - 128.97kb) 
  The approved Literature Text List for study in 2014.
• 2015 Literature Text List (pdf - 152.16kb)
   The approved Literature Text List for study in 2015.
• VCAA Principles, guidelines and procedures for prescribed VCE text lists (pdf - 223.52kb)

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Assessment

• Assessment Handbook (doc - 175kb) (Updated January 2013)
  Contains assessment advice for both School-assessed Coursework and the examination including the examination criteria. The online version of the Assessment Handbook has been updated to include separate descriptors for the two tasks for Unit 4 Outcome 1.
• Examination Criteria (pdf - 192.9kb) (Updated January 2010)
• Examination Reports
  Find past exams for Literature.

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Support Material

• Frequently Asked Questions (pdf - 373.62kb) 
  VCAA Bulletin, September 2005, p.5.
  Frequently asked questions on changes to the English requirement.

• Professional Development
  Victorian Association for Teachers of English (VATE) (www.vate.org.au)

Review

VCE Literature is being reviewed for reaccreditation during 2013-2014.

• Principles and guidelines for the development and review of VCE studies (pdf - 205.33kb)
• VCE Literature review panel Terms of Reference (pdf - 124.82kb) 
• The following discussion paper was made available for consultation during July 2013: Proposed directions: Review of VCE English, History, Mathematics and Science studies (pdf - 598.21kb).

Consultation

Consultation on the Literature study design is now closed.

The Literature review panel will consider all responses to the consultation draft before a final draft of the study design is prepared.

The final draft of the study design will be considered by the Board of the VCAA. Any updates on the progress of the review will be published in the VCAA Bulletin VCE, VCAL and VET.