VCE accreditation update
Principals/Directors, VCE coordinators and VCE teachers
The following accreditation periods for VCE studies have been approved by the VCAA Board and accredited by the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority.
Accreditation periods for VCE studies (Effective 1 January 2024)
Please note the following study design accreditation period will expire on 31 December 2024
- Accounting
- Applied Computing
- Australian and Global Politics (Unit 3 and 4)
- Classical Studies
- Drama
- Extended Investigation
- Health and Human Development
- Languages: Collaborative Curriculum and Assessment Framework for Languages (CCAFL) – Units 1 and 2: Auslan
- Languages CCAFL – Units 3 and 4: Armenian, Bengali, Bosnian, Chin Hakha, Croatian, Dutch, Filipino, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Karen, Khmer, Macedonian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Yiddish
- Philosophy
- Physical Education
- Theatre Studies.
Accreditation period expires 31 December 2025
- Dance
- Languages CCAFL – Units 3 and 4: Auslan
- Structured Workplace Learning Recognition for VET
- Systems Engineering.
Accreditation period expires 31 December 2026
- Agricultural and Horticultural Studies
- Algorithmics (HESS)
- Biology
- Bridging English as an Additional Language
- Environmental Science
- Foundation English
- Geography
- History
- Industry and Enterprise
- Languages: Chinese First Language, Classical Greek, Classical Hebrew, Indonesian First Language, Japanese First Language, Korean First Language, Latin, Vietnamese First Language.
Accreditation period expires 31 December 2027
- Aboriginal Languages of Victoria
- Art Creative Practice
- Art Making and Exhibiting
- Business Management
- Chemistry
- Chinese Language, Culture and Society
- Economics
- English and English as an Additional Language
- Food Studies
- Literature
- Languages: Arabic, Chinese Second Language, Chinese Second Language Advanced, French, German, Greek, Indonesian Second Language, Italian, Japanese Second Language, Korean Second Language, Spanish, Vietnamese Second Language
- Mathematics
- Music
- Physics
- Psychology
- Religion and Society
- Texts and Traditions
- VCE Vocational Major Literacy
- VCE Vocational Major Numeracy
- VCE Vocational Major Personal Development Skills
- VCE Vocational Major Work-Related Skills.
Accreditation period expires 31 December 2028
- English Language
- Languages (CCAFL) –Armenian, Bengali, Bosnian, Chin Hakha, Croatian, Dutch, Filipino, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Karen, Khmer, Macedonian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Yiddish
- Legal Studies
- Media
- Outdoor and Environmental Studies
- Politics
- Product Design and Technologies
- Sociology
- Visual Communication Design.
Reaccredited study designs for implementation from 2024
The following VCE studies have revised study designs for implementation commencing in 2024:
- Chemistry (Units 3 and 4)
- English and English as an Additional Language (Units 3 and 4)
- English Language
- Legal Studies
- Media
- Outdoor and Environmental Studies
- Physics (Units 3 and 4)
- Product Design and Technologies (formerly known as Product Design and Technology)
- Sociology
- Structured Workplace Learning Recognition for VET
- Visual Communication Design.
The following VCE studies have a staged implementation, with Units 1 and 2 to be implemented in 2024, and Units 3 and 4 to be implemented in 2025:
- Politics (formerly known as Australian and Global Politics) (Units 1 and 2)
- Languages Collaborative Curriculum and Assessment Framework for Languages (CCAFL) Units 1 and 2: Armenian, Bengali, Bosnian, Chin Hakha, Croatian, Dutch, Filipino, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Karen, Khmer, Macedonian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Yiddish.
Study designs for implementation from 2025
- Accounting
- Politics (Unit 3 and 4)
- Applied Computing
- Classical Studies
- Drama
- Extended Investigation
- Health and Human Development
- Languages CCAFL – Units 3 and 4: Armenian, Bengali, Bosnian, Chin Hakha, Croatian, Dutch, Filipino, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Karen, Khmer, Macedonian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Yiddish
- Philosophy
- Physical Education
- Theatre Studies.
These updated study designs will be published online during Term 1 in the year before implementation on the relevant VCE study webpage. This will assist teachers prepare for the implementation of the reaccredited studies in 2025 and must not be used for the 2024 academic year.
Action
Principals/Directors please ensure school leaders responsible for the VCE curriculum are aware of study design updates.
Critical dates
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More information
For any questions, please contact the VCE Curriculum Unit.
tel.: +61 3 9059 5167
email:
vcaa.vce.curriculum@education.vic.gov.au