Human Society and Its Environment Life Skills Stage 6 Syllabus (2010)
Human Society and its Environment Life Skills supports the education of Stage 6 students with intellectual disability. Learn more about HSIE Life Skills, access syllabus information and teaching and learning support materials.
About the course
Students undertaking the Human Society and Its Environment (HSIE) Life Skills course study selected outcomes and content from 2 or more courses.
Content for this course should be carefully selected so as not to duplicate content for a student also studying any of the courses as a single course.
The Human Society and its Environment (HSIE) Life Skills Stage 6 course allows teachers to develop a program of study that draws from two or more courses across the disciplines.
Study of the HSIE Life Skills Stage 6 course should contribute to students’ understanding of social and cultural issues within contemporary and historical contexts. Students develop an appreciation of diversity, informed citizenship and intercultural understanding. Students acquire knowledge, understanding and skills in order to investigate, gather, interpret and communicate information.
The structure of the HSIE Life Skills course allows teachers to provide a broad and balanced program that reflects the needs of individual students within the context of the collaborative curriculum planning process. Students may study outcomes and content selected from two or more of the following courses:
- Aboriginal Studies
- Ancient History
- Ancient History – New from 2027
- Business and Economics
- Citizenship and Legal Studies
- Geography
- Modern History
- Modern History – New from 2027
- Society and Culture
- Studies of Religion I
- Studies of Religion II
Content for the HSIE Life Skills course should be carefully selected so as not to duplicate content for a student also studying any of the above as a single course.
Board Developed Course
Course number(s):
- 16699 Human Society and Its Environment Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
- 16699 Human Society and Its Environment Life Skills (2 units – HSC)
Prerequisites: A student studying any Stage 6 Life Skills course will usually have completed one or more courses based on Life Skills outcomes and content in Years 7–10, except under special circumstances.
Corequisites: Nil
Eligibility: Life Skills Eligibility
Study via self-tuition: No
Exclusions: The following are excluded where the equivalent content is being undertaken within the Human Society and its Environment Life Skills Stage 6 course:
- 11000 Aboriginal Studies (2 units – Preliminary)
- 15000 Aboriginal Studies (2 units – HSC)
- 16687 Aboriginal Studies Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary
- 16687 Aboriginal Studies Life Skills (2 units – HSC)
- 11020 Ancient History (2 units – Preliminary)
- 15020 Ancient History (2 units – HSC)
- 16672 Ancient History Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
- 16672 Ancient History Life Skills (2 units – HSC)
- 16688 Business and Economics Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
- 16688 Business and Economics Life Skills (2 units – HSC)
- 11040 Business Studies (2 units – Preliminary)
- 15040 Business Studies (2 units – HSC)
- 16689 Citizenship and Legal Studies Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
- 16689 Citizenship and Legal Studies Life Skills (2 units – HSC)
- 11110 Economics (2 units – Preliminary)
- 15110 Economics (2 units – HSC)
- 11190 Geography (2 units – Preliminary)
- 15190 Geography (2 units – HSC)
- 16626 Geography Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
- 16626 Geography Life Skills (2 units – HSC)
- 15280 History Extension (1 unit – HSC)
- 11220 Legal Studies (2 units – Preliminary)
- 15220 Legal Studies (2 units – HSC)
- 11270 Modern History (2 units – Preliminary)
- 15270 Modern History (2 units – HSC)
- 16673 Modern History Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
- 16673 Modern History Life Skills (2 units – HSC)
- 11330 Society and Culture (2 units – Preliminary)
- 15350 Society and Culture (2 units – HSC)
- 16692 Society and Culture Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
- 16692 Society and Culture Life Skills (2 units – HSC)
- 11350 Studies of Religion I (1 unit – Preliminary)
- 15370 Studies of Religions I (1 unit – HSC)
- 16696 Studies of Religion I Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
- 16696 Studies of Religion I Life Skills (2 units – HSC)
- 11360 Studies of Religion II (2 units – Preliminary)
- 15380 Studies of Religion II (2 units – HSC)
- 16693 Studies of Religion II Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
- 16693 Studies of Religion II Life Skills (2 units – HSC)
On entering students for the HSIE Life Skills Stage 6 course, the principal is certifying that the student is eligible and the decision is the result of the collaborative curriculum planning process.
Students are expected to address or achieve one or more of the HSIE Life Skills Stage 6 outcomes. They need not address or complete all of the content to demonstrate achievement of an outcome.
The knowledge and skills developed in this course can be applied across a range of career pathways. Industries related to this course will be dependent on the content selected for study. For information about potential career paths, please see Your Career.
What are Life Skills courses
All students are entitled to participate in and progress through the curriculum. Life Skills courses provide course options for students with intellectual disability or imputed intellectual disability in Years 11–12 who cannot access related general education courses.
Students with disability can access syllabus outcomes and content in a range of ways, including through a range of adjustments to teaching, learning and assessment activities. Decisions regarding curriculum options should be made in the context of collaborative curriculum planning.
Assessment support and advice
Teaching and learning support
Use these materials to guide and plan your teaching and assessment. Sample materials illustrate different approaches to teaching, learning and assessment in a range of school settings. Teachers can use them without modification, change them or construct their own.
Read more about supporting students with special education needs.
The Life Skills outcomes worksheet can be used to collect information on the outcomes that a student has achieved before recording them in Schools Online.