List of WACE courses

List of WACE courses is an article on the courses available to complete the Western Australian Certificate of Education.

Courses

Courses available in 2009[1]

Format

WACE courses. Subject code is "Stage number + unit letter + course code".
Examples:

Course Code Course Title Available Units
AIS Aboriginal and Intercultural Studies 1A/1B, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
ABL Aboriginal Languages of Western Australia 1A/1B, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
ACF Accounting and Finance 1A/1B, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
ALB Albanian 2A/2B, 3A/3B
HIA Ancient History 1A/1B, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
APS Animal Production Systems PA/PB, 1A/1B, 1C/1D, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
AIT Applied Information Technology PA/PB, 1A/1B, 1C/1D, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
ARA Arabic 2A/2B, 3A/3B
ARM Armenian 2A/2B, 3A/3B
AUS Auslan 2A/2B, 3A/3B
VAU Automotivea (VET industry specific) 1A/1B, 1C/1D, 2A/2B
AET Automotive Engineering and Technology 1A/1B, 1C/1D, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
AVN Aviation 1A/1B, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
BIO Biological Sciences 1A/1B, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
BOS Bosnian 2A/2B, 3A/3B
BCN Building and Construction PA/PB, 1A/1B, 1C/1D, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
BME Business Management and Enterprise (2010 and onwards) PA/PB, 1A/1B, 1C/1D, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
VBS Business Servicesa (VET industry specific) 1A/1B, 1C/1D, 2A/2B, 2C/2D
CAE Career and Enterprise 1A/1B, 1C/1D, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
CHE Chemistry 1A/1B, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
CFC Children, Family and Community PA/PB, 1A/1B, 1C/1D, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
CBS Chinese: Background Speakers 2A/2B, 3A/3B
CSL Chinese: Second Language 1A/1B, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
VCS Community Servicesa (VET industry specific) 1A/1B, 1C/1D, 2A/2B, 2C/2D
CSC Computer Science 1A/1B, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
VCO Constructiona (VET industry specific) 1A/1B, 1C/1D, 2A/2B
VCA Creative Industries: Arta (VET industry specific) 1A/1B, 1C/1D, 2A/2B, 2C/2D
VME Creative Industries: Mediaa (VET industry specific) 1A/1B, 1C/1D, 2A/2B, 2C/2D
CRO Croatian 2A/2B, 3A/3B
DAN Dance 1A/1B, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
DES Design PA/PB, 1A/1B, 1C/1D, 2A/2B, 2C/2D
DRA Drama 1A/1B, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
DUT Dutch 2A/2B, 3A/3B
EES Earth and Environmental Science 1A/1B, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
ECO Economics 1A/1B, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
EST Engineering Studies 1A/1B, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
ENG English PA/PB, 1A/1B, 1C/1D, 2A/2B, 2C/2D, 3A/3B
ELD English as an Additional Language/Dialect 1A/1B, 1C/1D, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
FIL Filipino 2A/2B, 3A/3B
FST Food Science and Technology PA/PB, 1A/1B, 1C/1D, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
FRE French 1A/1B, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
GEO Geography 1A/1B, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
GER German 1A/1B, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
HEA Health Studies PA/PB, 1A/1B, 1C/1D, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
HEB Hebrew 2A/2B, 3A/3B
HIN Hindi 2A/2B, 3A/3B
VHO Hospitalitya (VET industry specific) 1A/1B, 1C/1D, 2A/2B
HBS Human Biological Science 1A/1B, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
HUN Hungarian 2A/2B, 3A/3B
IBS Indonesian: Background Speakers 2A/2B, 3A/3B
IND Indonesian: Second Language 1A/1B, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
VIT Information Technologya (VET industry specific) 1A/1B, 1C/1D, 2A/2B, 2C/2D
ISC Integrated Science PA/PB, 1A/1B, 1C/1D, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
ITA Italian 1A/1B, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
JBS Japanese: Background Speakers 2A/2B, 3A/3B
JSL Japanese: Second Language 1A/1B, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
KHM Khmer 2A/2B, 3A/3B
LIT Literature 1A/1B, 1C/1D, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
MAC Macedonian 2A/2B, 3A/3B
MBS Malay: Background Speakers 3A/3B
MAL Maltese 2A/2B, 3A/3B
MMT Marine and Maritime Technology 1A/1B, 1C/1D, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
MDT Materials, Design and Technology PA/PB, 1A/1B, 1C/1D, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
MAT Mathematics PA/PB, 1A/1B, 1C/1D, 1E
2A/2B, 2C/2D, 3A/3B, 3C/3D
MAS Mathematics Specialist 3A/3B, 3C/3D
MPA Media Production and Analysis 1A/1B, 1C/1D, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
GRE Modern Greek 2A/2B, 3A/3B
HIM Modern History 1A/1B, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
MUS Music PA/PB, 1A/1B, 1C/1D, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
OED Outdoor Education PA/PB, 1A/1B, 1C/1D, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
PBS Persian Background Speakers 3A/3B
PAE Philosophy and Ethics 1A/1B, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
PES Physical Education Studies PA/PB, 1A/1B, 1C/1D, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
PHY Physics 1A/1B, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
PPS Plant Production Systems PA/PB, 1A/1B, 1C/1D, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
POL Polish 2A/2B, 3A/3B
PAL Politics and Law 1A/1B, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
POR Portuguese 2A/2B, 3A/3B
VPI Primary Industriesa (VET industry specific) 1A/1B, 1C/1D, 2A/2B
PSY Psychology 1A/1B, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
PUN Punjabi 2A/2B, 3A/3B
REL Religion and Life PA/PB, 1A/1B, 1C/1D, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
ROM Romanian 2A/2B, 3A/3B
RUS Russian 2A/2B, 3A/3B
RBS Russian Background Speakers 3A/3B
SER Serbian 2A/2B, 3A/3B
SIN Sinhala 2A/2B, 3A/3B
SPA Spanish 2A/2B, 3A/3B
SWE Swedish 2A/2B, 3A/3B
TAM Tamil 2A/2B, 3A/3B
VTO Tourisma (VET industry specific) 1A/1B, 1C/1D, 2A/2B
TUR Turkish 2A/2B, 3A/3B
UKR Ukrainian 2A/2B, 3A/3B
VIE Vietnamese 2A/2B, 3A/3B
VAR Visual Arts 1A/1B, 1C/1D, 2A/2B, 3A/3B
WPL Workplace Learning 1A/1B, 1C/1D
YID Yiddish 2A/2B, 3A/3B

^a A successful result in this course may result in a nationally recognised qualification (see VET)

VET

Some WACE units may contribute to, or result in a nationally recognised qualification.

Unit Codes Resulting Qualification Code Resulting Qualificationb
1AVAU & 1BVAU AUR10105 Certificate I in Automotive
1CVAU, 1DVAU,
2AVAU and 2BVAU
AUR20705 or AUR20505 Certificate II in Automotive
1AVCS & 1BVCS CHC10102 Certificate I in Work Preparation
1CVCS & 1DVCS,
or 2AVCS & 2BVCS
CHC20202 Certificate II in Community Service Work
1CVCS, 1DVCS,
2AVCS and 2BVCS
CHC30402 Certificate III in Children's Services

^b See 'Registered training organisation' for more information.

Units

The units are organised into stages based on level of difficulty. This means 'P', the preliminary stage, is the easiest, through to 'Stage 3' which is the hardest. Since a school year in Western Australia is usually about 40 weeks, and a WACE unit is 16 weeks long, units are usually grouped together and taught together. This can be done concurrently (Both units taught in a mix) or separately (one unit in semester one, and one unit in semester two).

See also

References

  1. "Curriculum Council course list". Retrieved June 1, 2009.