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Accreditation period - Units 3-4: 2006-2011

The VCE International Politics Study Design comprises:

• Unit 1: Politics, power and people
• Unit 2: The global picture
• Units 3 and 4: National Politics
• Units 3 and 4: International Studies (below)

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VCE Monitoring: Teachers Survey

Teachers are invited to respond to the VCE Monitoring Survey by Monday, 26 January 2009. 

• VCE Monitoring: International Politics/International Studies Survey (DOC -162KB)  

Further information is available from Pat Hincks on telephone: 9651 4439, email: hincks.patricia.m@edumail.vic.gov.au 

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Curriculum

• Study Design (September 2008, PDF - 304KB)
  Details of areas of study, outcomes and assessment for VCE International Politics Units 1-4 2006-2010:
  • Unit 1: Politics, power and people
  • Unit 2: The global picture
  • Units 3 and 4: National politics
  • Units 3 and 4: International studies
    
• This online version of the Study Design has been updated to include the amendments outlined in the following Memorandum to Schools:
  • Amendments to the Study Design, Memorandum to Schools, 121/2006.
  For details of how to purchase a hardcopy of the VCE International Politics Study Design, please refer to Publications.
• Study Summary (September 2008, DOC - 52KB)
  A summary of the VCE International Politics Study Design for 2006-2011.
• International Politics Overview
  Outlines the key features of the new VCE International Politics Study Design.

 

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Assessment

• Assessment Handbook (September 2008, DOC - 331KB)
  Contains assessment advice for both school-assessed coursework and the examination including the examination criteria.
• Examination Reports
  Find past exams and sample exams for International Studies.
• Section B Essay
  The Areas of Study for the Section B Essay are:
  2007 - Power in the Asia-Pacific Region
  2008 - Global conflicts
  2009 - Globalisation and Internationalism

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Support Material

• Frequently Asked Questions
  Questions raised at the 2005 VCE International Studies implementation workshops.
• Professional Development
  Social Education Victoria (www.sev.asn.au)
  (formerly Victorian Association of Social Studies Teachers)

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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.