Humanities and Social Sciences
At Melville Senior High School, our Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) program is designed to provide students with a deeper understanding of human society, culture, and behaviour.
Our program covers a wide range of subjects including History, Geography, Economics Psychology and Business and Civics and Citizenship.
Students will engage in interdisciplinary studies that foster a comprehensive understanding of the world through research skills, ethical reasoning, and cultural awareness.
Why study
Students gain an understanding that relationships and interactions between individuals and groups change to varying degrees over time. We teach processes of social inquiry, environmental appraisal, ethical analysis and skills to constructively critique various perspectives from past and present contexts. Students are encouraged to apply their understandings and skills in their own lives, in developing environmental consciousness, social competence and civic responsibility.
In HaSS, students will investigate and learn about:
- The environment and how humans’ impact on it
- Sustainability
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and history
- Asia
- Australian political systems
- Australia’s role in modern history
- National and international economic systems
Program
- Yr 11/12 –ATAR: History, Geography, Economics, Accounting and Finance and Psychology.
- General and VET Pathways: Certificate II or III in Workplace Skills and Careers and Employability.
