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Extension
studies are university subjects taken with the VCE. If you are a high
achiever and looking for an additional challenge, they are a great way
to extend your interest in a subject a step beyond the VCE. They are not
VCE units and cannot be counted as part of the 16 units needed for satisfactory
completion.
Who can do extension studies?
Extension studies are meant for high achieving students who have shown
outstanding results. About 2 per cent of VCE students each year will be
eligible. Students apply directly to the university that offers the study
of their choice. Students should seek the advice of their school before
beginning an extension study. Your school will have the guidelines set
by the universities that help to ensure that selected students are capable
of completing their VCE and an extension studies program. All extension
studies programs are at least 20 per cent of a full-time first-year program
at university.
A key to selection is your achievement in the VCE 'preparatory study'
for the extension studies program you want to do. The preparatory study
will give you the necessary background for the university subject in your
extension studies program. You will normally need to have completed a
Unit 3 and 4 sequence in a preparatory study that gives you the necessary
background for the university subject. Some preparatory studies can be
done at the same time as the extension study. You should seek advice on
this from the school and university. Your school will also need to be
satisfied that you have achieved or will achieve a VCE study score of
at least 41 in the study.
For information
about study scores see How are my results reported to me?
What are the benefits?
If you successfully complete an extension study the results will be reported
on your Statement of Results and may contribute to your ENTER (see Statement
of Results in How are my results reported to me?) as a sixth VCE study.
It may gain you an additional 4.0, 5.0 or 5.5 points to the aggregate
in the calculation of your ENTER, depending on your results in the extension
study. If you pass an extension studies program you will ordinarily be
able to take up your subject at second-year level at university if you
are selected for the course to which the subject belongs.
You must remember that enrolling in an extension study means that you
will have a bigger workload as well as more advanced work, but the rewards
are also great.
If you think that this program is for you, please make initial contact
with the universities to find out more details of the extension studies
that they offer. The subjects being offered by each university and their
mode of availability may change from year to year and it is important
that you realise this if and when you make your decision to enrol in the
Extension Studies program.
Galen students can access extension studies at La Trobe, Monash and the
University of Melbourne.
See Mr
Carson for more information.
Mr Carson
Senior
School
Director