Year 9 - Humanities: Economics and Business (Elective)

Year 9 - Humanities: Economics and Business (Elective)

Overview

The Economics and Business curriculum explores the ways in which individuals, families, the community, workers, businesses and governments make decisions in relation to the allocation of resources. It enables students to understand the process of economic and business decision-making at the personal, local, national and global levels and the effects of these decisions on themselves and others, now and in the future.

Units / Topics Types of Assessment
Consumer and financial literacy Budgeting and Saving Case Study
The business environment Small Business Entrepreneurial Portfolio
Enterprising behaviours and capabilities
Work and work futures

Future Directions
Satisfactory completion of this subject will provide the foundation for further study in Year 10 in subjects such as Business & Economics or VCE Business Management.