Semester 1 2027 Course Selection

Selecting your course for Semester 1, 2027

It is time to start thinking about your subjects for Semester 1, 2027. The upcoming Parent Teacher Interviews are an opportunity for you to start talking with your parents and teachers about subjects for next semester

Step 1 - Reflection - Use the questions below to reflect on your strengths and areas for improvement

1. What have been my major achievements over the last two semesters?

2. What areas of my learning have I experienced difficulty or challenges in?

3. What preparations do I need to get ready for studies I want to take in the future?

Step 2 - Click on the Course Map below to download

Step 3 - Consider the minimum unit requirements

Step 4 - Make sure you have included the Compulsory Health and PE Units

Year 8

Year 9

Year 10

As students being making decisions about their senior secondary years, they receive a great deal of support, coaching and counselling about future career opportunities and pathways to get there. Kardinia offers students the opportunity to study VCE, VET or the IB Diploma. Year 10 students need to decide which senior program to study, before selecting subjects that best suit their skills, interests and future ambitions

Post School Considerations

Students and parents must take into account a range of considerations when choosing an 11 and 12 course. Indeed, a primary consideration should be to the possible career path a student may wish to pursue after secondary school. The career path is likely to have associated post-secondary study requirements at University or TAFE. A key step for students is to investigate possible post-secondary studies and ensure that the subjects taken in Years 11 and 12 support these pathways.

As you consider what course and subjects to take in Years 11 and 12, it is important to think about possible career opportunities too along with the associated post-secondary studies that you may have to undertake. The following information has been designed to help students and parents with that thinking.

ATAR Scores

Myth: You should only do ‘hard’ subjects that are scaled up as these one guarantee you a higher ATAR.

Fact: No subjects guarantee a high ATAR. Scaling adjusts for the fact that it is more difficult to obtain a high VCE study score in some studies than others. This is not because some studies are inherently harder or easier, it is because some studies attract a more competitive cohort of students.

Many students believe that to achieve their best possible ATAR they need to choose studies have been scaled up in previous years. This is not true and can work against you.

Choosing a study that you are not very good at, or engaged in, simply because it may be scaled up would be a mistake. If you are concerned about your score, you need to be sure you are good at a study and that you are engaged in doing your best.

It is most likely that a ‘scaled down’ score in a study you performed well in will be higher than a ‘scaled up’ study in which you didn’t.

Scaling ensures that students are neither advantaged nor disadvantaged based on the studies they choose. All VCE study scores are scaled by VTAC.

From: https://www.vtac.edu.au/atar-scaling-guide-2025.html

Some examples of ATAR calculations (from https://www.vtac.edu.au/atar-scaling-guide-2025.html):

From: https://www.vtac.edu.au/atar-scaling-guide-2025.html