The Senior Subject Guide is a resource to plan your Senior Education Pathway. It will provide you with information regarding this phase of schooling including subject selections, qualifications and tertiary entrance. Click here to view the complete Senior Subject Guide or individual subjects can be found in the tables below.
The QCAA develops four types of senior subject syllabuses — Applied, General, General (Extension), and Short Course. Results in Applied and General subjects contribute to the award of a QCE and may contribute to an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) calculation, although no more than one result in an Applied subject can be used in the calculation of a student’s ATAR.
Typically, it is expected that most students will complete these courses across Years 11 and 12. All subjects build on the P–10 Australian Curriculum.
For more information about specific subjects, schools, students and parents/carers are encouraged to access the relevant senior syllabuses at www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects.
Applied subjects are suited to students who are primarily interested in pathways beyond senior secondary schooling that lead to vocational education and training or work.
General subjects are suited to students who are interested in pathways beyond senior secondary schooling that lead primarily to tertiary studies and to pathways for vocational education and training and work.
Vocational Education facilitated through Miami SHS can be found here: https://miamishs.eq.edu.au/curriculum/vocational-education
Dance in Practice (DAP)
Drama in Practice (DRP)
Media Arts in Practice (MAP)
Music in Practice (MUP)
Visual Arts in Practice (VAP)
Dance (DAN)
Drama (DRA)
Film, Television & New Media (FTM)
Music (MUS)
Visual Art (ART)
Business Studies (BSQ)
Information & Communication Technology (ICJ)
Accounting (ACC)
Business (BUS)
Economics (ECN)
Digital Solutions (DIS)
Building & Construction Skills (BSK)
Engineering Skills (ESK)
Fashion (FAZ)
Furnishing Skills (FUR)
Hospitality Practices (HPJ)
Industrial Graphics Skills (IGS)
Design (DES)
Food & Nutrition (FNU)
Essential English (ENE)
English (ENG)
Literature (LIT)
English & Literature Extension (ELX)
Surfing Excellence (SFX)
Rugby 7s Excellence (REX)
Tennis Excellence (TEX)
Touch Football Excellence (TSX)
Japanese (JPS)
Spanish (SPN)
Early Childhood Studies (ESC)
Sport & Recreation (REC)
Health (HEA)
Physical Education (PED)
Social and Community Studies (SCS)
Tourism (TOU)
Ancient History (AHS)
Geography (GEG)
Legal Studies (LEG)
Modern History (MHS)
Essential Mathematics (MAE)
Aerospace Systems (AES)
General Mathematics (MAG)
Mathematical Methods (MAM)
Specialist Mathematics (MAS)
Aquatic Practices (AQP)
Biology (BIO)
Chemistry (CHM)
Marine Science (MRN)
Physics (PHY)
Psychology (PSY)
Certificate II in Creative Industries
Certificate II Leather Production
Certificate II in Outdoor Recreation (VOR)
Certificate II in Sport & Recreation + Certificate III in Fitness (VCF)
Certificate III in Information Technology
Certificate III in Sport, Aquatics and Recreation
Certificate IV in Justice Studies
Diploma of Business (DBN)
Diploma of Social Media Marketing
Diploma of Sport (Coaching & Sport Development) (DSP)
IVET
Tactile Learning
Australian Global Institute
GeSS Education
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Unity College
GeSS Education
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