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Food Science and Technology (General): should I choose it?

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WACE Food Science and Technology (General): content and assessment

Explore Food Science and Technology as a distinct General course. Unit 1 – Food choices and health; Unit 2 – Food for communities

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What will I learn?

Unit 1 – Food choices and health

Year 11 course
SCSA source

Unit 2 – Food for communities

Year 11 course
SCSA source

Unit 3 – Food science

Year 12 course
SCSA source

Unit 4 – The undercover story

Year 12 course
SCSA source

How will I be assessed?

Published course / existing guide: Year 11 published assessment types: Investigation; Production; Response. Read the table in context for component weights; your school sets individual tasks and dates.

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Published course / existing guide: Year 12 published assessment types: Investigation; Production; Response. Read the table in context for component weights; your school sets individual tasks and dates.

SCSA source

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Does it scale up or down?

General is not an ATAR course. An ATAR scaling direction is not applicable to this profile.

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Sources, versions and verification dates

Profile source metadata last checked: 2026-11-13. A source check is not an endorsement by the authority or confirmation that a future course version is unchanged.

  • Food Science and Technology General: Year 11 syllabus — SCSA; 2026-11-13. Primary PDF course identity and available effective date checked against the observed source link. PDF General Syllabus Year 11 - For teaching from 2026 (612.1 KB) opens in new window. Learning summaries are our paraphrases; assessment type names do not establish a school's task schedule or weighting. © School Curriculum and Standards Authority, CC BY 4.0; see the document notice.
  • Food Science and Technology General: Year 11 syllabus, page 3 — SCSA; 2026-11-13. Primary PDF course identity and available effective date checked against the observed source link. PDF General Syllabus Year 11 - For teaching from 2026 (612.1 KB) opens in new window. Learning summaries are our paraphrases; assessment type names do not establish a school's task schedule or weighting. © School Curriculum and Standards Authority, CC BY 4.0; see the document notice.
  • Food Science and Technology General: Year 11 syllabus, page 18 — SCSA; 2026-11-13. Primary PDF course identity and available effective date checked against the observed source link. PDF General Syllabus Year 11 - For teaching from 2026 (612.1 KB) opens in new window. Learning summaries are our paraphrases; assessment type names do not establish a school's task schedule or weighting. © School Curriculum and Standards Authority, CC BY 4.0; see the document notice.
  • Food Science and Technology General: Year 12 syllabus — SCSA; 2026-11-13. Primary PDF course identity and available effective date checked against the observed source link. PDF General Year 12 Syllabus – For teaching from 2024 (387.2 KB) opens in new window. Learning summaries are our paraphrases; assessment type names do not establish a school's task schedule or weighting. © School Curriculum and Standards Authority, CC BY 4.0; see the document notice.
  • Food Science and Technology General: Year 12 syllabus, page 3 — SCSA; 2026-11-13. Primary PDF course identity and available effective date checked against the observed source link. PDF General Year 12 Syllabus – For teaching from 2024 (387.2 KB) opens in new window. Learning summaries are our paraphrases; assessment type names do not establish a school's task schedule or weighting. © School Curriculum and Standards Authority, CC BY 4.0; see the document notice.
  • Food Science and Technology General: Year 12 syllabus, page 18 — SCSA; 2026-11-13. Primary PDF course identity and available effective date checked against the observed source link. PDF General Year 12 Syllabus – For teaching from 2024 (387.2 KB) opens in new window. Learning summaries are our paraphrases; assessment type names do not establish a school's task schedule or weighting. © School Curriculum and Standards Authority, CC BY 4.0; see the document notice.

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