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Accreditation period - Units 1 and 2: 2016-2020, Units 3 and 4: 2017-2020
Staged Implementation
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Accreditation period
The accreditation period for Literature Units 1 to 4 will expire on 31 December 2020.
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VCE Literature Study Design (pdf - 397.42kb)
(updated November 2016)
Details on areas of study, outcomes and assessment for VCE
Literature
Units 1 and 2: 2016-2020, Units 3 and 4: 2017-2020.
Study design amendment
As published in the VCAA Bulletin, November 2016
Advice for teachers (docx - 471.44kb)
Contains advice about assessment and designing teaching and learning activities for Units 1-4.
2017 Literature Text List (docx - 101kb) (docx - 100.66kb)
(Word version) (updated September 2016)
2017 Literature Text List (pdf - 241 (pdf - 329.22kb)
(PDF version)
(updated September 2016)
The approved Literature Text List for study in 2017.
Information about 'Cat on an Hot Tin Roof'
(March 2016)
As published in the VCAA Bulletin, March 2016
2018 Literature Text List (docx - 121.06kb)
(Word version)
2018 Literature Text List (pdf - 369.51kb)
(PDF version)
The approved Literature Text List for study in 2018.
VCAA revised guidelines for text selection (pdf - 182.39kb)
(March 2017)
Study Summary (docx - 92 (docx - 95.34kb)
A summary of the VCE Literature Study Design (Units 1–2 2016-2020, Units 3-4 2017-2020)
Resources (docx - 697.08kb)
A list of suitable resources for VCE Literature (Units 1–2 2016-2020, Units 3-4 2017-2020)
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Changes to the English requirement for satisfactory completion of VCE from 2018
As published in the VCAA Bulletin, February 2017
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(May 2016)
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(updated May 2017)
A set of FAQs for the revised VCE Literature Study Design (Units 1–2 2016-2020, Units 3-4 2017-2020)
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