ABOUT VCE This Handbook is designed to assist students and parents to understand the structure of VCE, and has been compiled to enable students to make informed choices when selecting a course of subjects that supports their career aspirations and associated pathways. VCAA REQUIREMENT FOR VCE COMPLETION If a student completes more than four units of English studies, the extra units will be counted Students select subjects within this program to simply as additional VCE units, as is the case with meet the minimum requirements stated by the any other VCE subject. Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA). All VCE units require a minimum of 50 hours of class time. A student needs to attend sufficient class time To be awarded your VCE, students must (90%) to complete work. Evidence of the completion satisfactorily complete a minimum of 16 units of of work will be in the form of a record of the work study. completed in class and for homework, as well as the satisfactory completion of assessment tasks. These must include: English as an Additional Language (EAL) Eligibility • 3 units from the English group of studies (of which two must be a Unit 3 and 4 Sequence) A student is considered eligible for EAL status if • 3 other sequences of Units 3 and 4 (6 units) both of the following conditions are satisfied. The Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) 1. The student has been a resident in Australia or advise that for the calculation of the student’s other predominantly English speaking country for Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR), no more than seven (7) years. The period of seven satisfactory completion of both Units 3 and 4 of (7) years is to be calculated cumulatively over the an English sequence is required. The English student’s whole life. Calculation is made prior to requirement can be selected from any one of the January 1 of the year in which the study is taken at following studies: the Units 3/4 level. • English (Units 3 and 4) 2. English has been the student’s major language of instruction for a total period of not more than seven • Literature (Units 3 and 4) (7) years over the period of their education. • English as an Additional Language (Units 3& 4) - see below eligibility criteria for EAL