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Accreditation period - Units 1-4: 2000-2009

VCE Study Design cover image - Classical Societies and Cultures

The accreditation period has been extended until 31 December 2009.

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Curriculum

  • Study Design (PDF - 218KB)
    Details on areas of study, outcomes and assessment for Classical Societies and Cultures Units 1-4: 2000-2009. For details of how to purchase a hardcopy of the VCE Classical Societies and Cultures Study Design, please refer to Publications.
  • Study Summary (January 2007, PDF - 46KB)
    A summary of the VCE Classical Societies and Cultures Study Design for 2000-2009.
  • 2008 Prescribed Texts (PDF - 449KB)
    VCAA Bulletin, No 52, September 2007, p 8.
    A list of prescribed texts for Classical Societies and Cultures in 2008.

 

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Assessment

  • Assessment Guide (PDF - 150KB)
    Contains assessment advice for school-assessed coursework.
  • Assessment Support Material (DOC - 55KB)
    Study Advice for Classical Societies and Cultures as of May 2001.
  • Exam Criteria (PDF - 31KB)
    Assessment criteria for the Classical Societies and Cultures examination in 2007. Note these remain unchanged from 2005.
  • Examination Reports
    Find past exams for Classical Societies and Cultures.

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Support Material

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Review and consultation

Review

Classical Societies and Cultures is being reviewed for reaccreditation during 2008.

Consultation

Consultation is now closed.

The Classical Societies and Cultures 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 in October 2008. Updates on the progress of the review are published in the VCAA Bulletin VCE, VCAL and VET regularly. 

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The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority publishes administrative advice and regulations for the VCE in the VCE and VCAL Administrative Handbook 2008. Changes to advice and regulations occur during the year. The details of all such changes are published in the VCAA Bulletin and VCAA Bulletin P–10 on a regular basis. It is essential that VCE teachers familiarise themselves with advice and regulations in the VCE and VCAL Administrative Handbook and regularly check the VCAA Bulletin.