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Is this subject available for acceleration? YES
VCE Food Studies is designed to build the capacities of students to make informed food choices. Students develop their understanding of food while acquiring skills that enable them to take greater ownership of their food decisions and eating patterns.
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Unit 1 – Food origins
Area of Study 1: Food around the World
This area focuses on:
- Food from historical and cultural perspectives
- How humanity historically sourced its food
- General progression from hunter-gatherer to rural based agriculture, to today’s global trade in food
Area of Study 2: Food in Australia
Students look at:
- Australian Indigenous food
- How the food patterns have changed
- The influence of food production, processing and manufacturing industries and immigration
Unit 2 – Food makers
Area of Study 1: The Food Industries
They investigate:
- Various food industries
- Current and future challenges and opportunities
- Create new products with a focus on the design process
Area of Study 2: Food in the Home
Students look at:
- Food in the home and small-scale production
- Design and adapt recipes to suit a range of dietary requirements
Unit 3 – Food in daily life
Area of study 1: The Science of Food
This area focuses on:
- The science of food
- Physiology of eating and microbiology of digesting
- Food intolerances, allergies and the microbiology of food contamination
Area of Study 2: Food Choice, Health and Wellbeing
Students focus on:
- Food choice, health and wellbeing
- Developing healthy meals suitable to children and families
Unit 4 – Food issues, challenges and futures
Area of Study 1: Environment and ethics
Students will:
- Address debates concerning Australian and global food systems
- Investigate issues concerning the environment and ethics and their influence on feeding a growing population
Area of Study 2: Navigating food information
This area focuses on:
- Navigating food information
- Assessing information and navigating contemporary food fads, trends and diets
Skills
- Time management
- Organisation
- Practical food skills
- Analysis and research-based skills
- Teamwork
Associated subjects
- Health and Human Development
- Physical Education
- Biology
- Psychology
Unit 1 & 2 – A $180 materials charge is attached to this subject
Unit 3 & 4 – A $160 materials charge is attached to this subject
