Pre VCE Legal, Politics and Money

year long

Purpose

This subject elective equips students with an introduction to VCE Legal Studies, VCE Australian and Global Politics, Business Management, and Accounting, drawing on the year 10 Victorian Curriculum in the Civics and Citizenship and Business and Economics Learning Area.

Areas of Study

Accounting
Students will explore and investigate the basics of small business accounting (service and trading), with a focus on personal financial literacy and management. The course will also explore different types of investing and saving money.

Business Management
Students will explore several topics that relate directly to commercial situations in everyday life, including types of business ownership, structure, franchises, business plan development, marketing, location factors, ABN, and business name registration.

Global Politics
Students will also evaluate various factors that sustain democratic societies and critically compare them to other political structures.

Legal Studies
Students will develop knowledge and understanding of Australia’s political system, with particular emphasis on the key features of Australia and Victoria’s legal systems.

The knowledge and skills acquired through the Pre VCE-Legal, Politics, and Money unit will be relevant in students’ future lives and in the VCE studies of Legal Studies, Global Politics, Accounting, and Business Management.

Students will develop critical thinking, evaluation and reasoning skills with application to real-world issues, such as:

  • Different political structures

  • Parliament

  • Jury system 

  • Election campaigns and voting

  • Global organisations

  • Financial management and security

  • Planning a business

  • Requirements to initiate a business

  • Starting and maintaining a successful business

  • Introduction to accounting

  • The importance of record keeping

  • Basic record keeping

Reasons to choose Pre-Legal, Politics and Money

  • To learn more about the political and financial systems which shape how we live

  • To gain practical skills relating to personal finance, including learning how the stock market works

  • To explore the different types of business ownership structures

  • To broaden your understanding of political parties, their actions, and their impact on you

  • To gain a basis for your knowledge of Australia’s legal system

  • To prepare for VCE subjects such as Accounting, Business Management, Global Politics (external) and Legal Studies.