In Queensland, a syllabus for a senior subject is an official ‘map’ of a senior school subject.
A syllabus’s function is to support schools in delivering the Queensland Certificate of Education
(QCE) system through high-quality and high-equity curriculum and assessment.
Syllabuses are based on design principles developed from independent international research
about how excellence and equity are promoted in the documents teachers use to develop and
enliven the curriculum.
Syllabuses for senior subjects build on student learning in the Prep to Year 10 Australian
Curriculum and include General, General (Extension), Senior External Examination (SEE),
Applied, Applied (Essential) and Short Course syllabuses.
More information about syllabuses for senior subjects is available at www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/
senior-subjects and in the ‘Queensland curriculum’ section of the QCE and QCIA policy and
procedures handbook.
Teaching, learning and assessment resources will support the implementation of a syllabus for a
senior subject. More information about professional resources for senior syllabuses is available
on the QCAA website and via the QCAA Portal