Economics, Business & Law (EBL) 9/10
HUMANITIES FACULTY
| 🎓 Course Type | Elective |
|---|---|
| 🧩 Units | 1 - 2 |
| 🗓 Timing | Year 9 or 10, Unit 2 in Year 10 for 2023 only |
| ⏱ Hours per week | 3 |
| 📚 Prior Experience | 7-9 Humanities |
| ✏️ Selection | Up to 4 units of Humanities electives may be studied in Year 10 |
| 🧭 Future Pathways | This option is useful preparation for courses in Year 11/12 in Economics, Business Studies, Legal Studies and Accounting. |
Economics, Business & Law Unit (9/10)
This course is a single Semester course that can be taken in Year 9 or Year 10 and in Semester 1 or 2. It builds on content and concepts explored in Year 8 and 9 Humanities. Students explore contemporary economics, business and legal issues. The course delivery will include opportunities for student directed inquiry, case studies, debate and the use of a range of means of communication.
Students will have the opportunity to:
- The key features and jurisdictions of Australia's court system and the operations of courts and tribunals.
- The role of courts, judges, lawyers and juries in trials, and the rights of the accused and the rights of victims.
- Processes that businesses use to manage the workforce and improve productivity
- The ways that government is connected to and a part of the economy
- How and why economic indicators influence economic decision-making
Economics, Business & Law Unit 2 (2023 only).
This course is available in 2023 for students who have studied EBL 1 in 2022. The course builds on what was studied in EBL 1 in 2022. The course delivery will include opportunities for student directed inquiry, case studies, debate and the use of a range of means of communication.
Students will have the opportunity to:
- Examine indicators of economic performance and how Australia’s economy is performing
- Investigate the links and possible causation between economic performance and living standards and the variations within and between economies
- Explore the ways that governments manage the economy to improve economic performance and living standards
- Investigate the factors that influence major consumer and financial decisions and the consequences of those decisions
- Examine the ways the emerging workplace is organised and responds to changing conditions in the global economy
- Investigate current challenges to the rule of law and civil society in Australia
- The Australian High Court and Constitutional Law
- Legal Studies: Investigation of a current issue.