TCE Economics Level 3

🎓Course Type	Level 3 - Pre-tertiary
TASC Code	ECN315116
TCE Points	15
⏱Hours	150
✔️Standard	Reading and Writing (Literacy)
📚Prerequisites	HASS courses do not require any previous course knowledge or experience.
📎Desirable prior experiences	'B' or higher in Year 10 Humanities or English (to study in Year 11) CA or higher in a HASS/English Level 3 (to study in Year 12)
📝Assessment	Internal and external assessment. Criterion based. Examination - Yes Folio/Investigation - No

What will I learn?

By studying Economics, we develop our understanding of how we organise ourselves to satisfy people's needs and wants. The relevance of studying economics and its implications for individual, business and government decision-making is becoming more and more apparent.

In this course, we explore how events and issues affect our lives and how these developments and circumstances can be framed using economic terms and concepts. We will learn that economic decisions are not value free and have outcomes that may be inconsistent with personal and communal, social and ethical values. Economics Level 3 benefits learners when they pursue further education and training, employment and active participation as citizens.

The course is divided into four compulsory units of study:

Content
Unit 1: An Introduction to Economics	(40 hours)
Unit 2: Economic Management	(60 hours)
Unit 3: Australia in the Global Economy	(35 hours)
Unit 4: Investigation into a Contemporary Economic Issue	(15 hours)

Why should I consider this course?

This course is for students who want to use the knowledge and skills of economics to inform their participation in society. If you are keen to participate effectively and responsibly in a changing social, legal, and economic environment and for this participation to promote individual and societal wealth and wellbeing - then this course is for you.

What Skills does this course provide?

This course uses an inquiry model of learning. Through the processes of inquiry we will develop economic:

literacy
comprehension
analysis and evaluation of data
reasoning
communication

What Pathway Options does this course provide?

The skills and knowledge developed and acquired in this course, serve students interested in University and non-University pathways. Careers and professions associated with Economics can include:

Historian, Economist, Teacher (Primary, Secondary) University (Lecturer/Academic), Media Advisor, Communications Officer, Publishing Editor, Fact-checker, Writer/Author, Journalist, Environmental Lawyer, Lawyer - Mergers and Acquisitions, Solicitor, Criminologist, Manager Human Resources, Policy Advisor, Policy and Planning Manager, Policy Analyst, Political Scientist, Foreign Affairs and Trade Officer, Parliamentarian, Business Consultant, Resource Economist, Community Worker, Social Researcher Counsellor, Student Advisor, Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Welfare Case Manager, Welfare Worker, Youth Worker, Social Work, Sustainability Activist.