Accreditation period 2019-2025
The accreditation period for Systems Engineering has been extended and expires 31 December 2025.
Study Design
Systems Engineering study design amendment (December 2020)
School-based Assessment
VCE Systems Engineering: Administrative information for School-based Assessment 2024
VCE Systems Engineering School-based Assessment report.
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Professional Learning videos for School-based Assessment in 2023
A series of on-demand videos to provide teachers with a clear understanding of the delivery of the School-assessed Task, including authentication, administration and how to apply the assessment criteria and descriptors for the School-assessed Task.
Examination specifications, past examinations and reports
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VCE Systems Engineering examination specifications, past examinations and reports
Approved calculatorsInformation about the use of calculators in Systems Engineering examinations.
Support material
Advice for teachers
Learning activities and assessment advice for teachers, including performance descriptions.
Glossary of command terms
This glossary provides a list of terms commonly used across the Victorian Curriculum F–10, VCE study designs and VCE examinations and to help students better understand the requirements of command terms in the context of their discipline.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in the VCE
On-demand video recordings, presented with the Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Inc. (VAEAI) and the Department of Education (DE) Koorie Outcomes Division, for VCE teachers and leaders as part of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in the VCE webinar program held in 2023.
Indigenous Design video
In this video, Budj Bim, a site of great cultural significance, is discussed for its inspirational role in shaping Aboriginal design, specifically focusing on the creation of eel channels, eel traps, traditional Aboriginal houses and the Lake Condah weir.
Wolfram SystemModeler videos
A series of ten videos that explore the Wolfram SystemModeler software, including how to use its various functions along with ways the software can be used in VCE Systems Engineering.
Department of Education and Training (DET) Use of machinery in technology teaching
Design and Technology Teachers Association (DATTA Vic)
Table of electronic symbols (Updated January 2013)
Top Designs student and teacher resources
View student folios from previous VCE Top Designs exhibitions.
Study review
Study Review Plan (Updated June 2024)
The Study Review Plan provides key information on the review of VCE Systems Engineering which will be conducted in 2024.
Consultation
Consultation on the VCE Systems Engineering Study Design is now closed. The review panel will consider all responses to the proposed study design 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. Any updates on the progress of the review will be published through VCAA communication channels.
Curriculum Manager
Leanne Compton
Curriculum Manager - Design and Technologies
tel: + 61 3 9059 5145
email:
Leanne.Compton@education.vic.gov.au
Curriculum Managers lead, manage and support the production, review and development of senior secondary curriculum and assessment materials. They also provide policy advice and implementation support for Foundation to Year 12 curriculum and assessment.