Please help me decide if I should do HHD in VCE

[Batman.]

Hey guys, currently in the process of selecting my subjects for VCE (In Year 10 right now and am doing Psych 1/2) and am considering doing HHD. My friends who do the 1/2 are telling me its a bludge but it's still interesting. Can I have any advice about the difficulty and/or workload of HHD in 3/4? Also any other general tips/heads up's that I should know about HHD before confirming it. Thanks.
P.S.
Current Y11 Subjects chosen:
Psych 3/4
English 1/2
Business Management 1/2
Physics 1/2
Methods 1/2
And for the last one am deciding between HHD and Legal Studies

[yearningforsimplicity]

Hey guys, currently in the process of selecting my subjects for VCE (In Year 10 right now and am doing Psych 1/2) and am considering doing HHD. My friends who do the 1/2 are telling me its a bludge but it's still interesting. Can I have any advice about the difficulty and/or workload of HHD in 3/4? Also any other general tips/heads up's that I should know about HHD before confirming it. Thanks.
P.S.
Current Y11 Subjects chosen:
Psych 3/4
English 1/2
Business Management 1/2
Physics 1/2
Methods 1/2
And for the last one am deciding between HHD and Legal Studies

I did both HHD & Legal and although I liked legal, I loved HHD! Do you find the subject content of HHD interesting? If so, then I highly recommend you take it! HHD is not a difficult subject in terms of content but it is a subject where you need to be on top of the content (as there is a substantial amount of content covered) and you also need to understand how to answer and structure particular answers to the Qs they give you Everyone's different, but for me I found the content of HHD was easier than Legal (even though I had done neither legal 1/2 nor hhd 1/2). Look at the study design of HHD and Legal and try to decide which one interests you more

Haha I think HHD gets the "bludge" rep a lot! But actually it's only a "bludge" for students who choose to treat it as one (as goes for any subject). If you put in the effort, really understand the content and master the answering methods for the main types of Qs that come up in the exam, you can do really amazingly!

[Batman.]

I did both HHD & Legal and although I liked legal, I loved HHD! Do you find the subject content of HHD interesting? If so, then I highly recommend you take it! HHD is not a difficult subject in terms of content but it is a subject where you need to be on top of the content (as there is a substantial amount of content covered) and you also need to understand how to answer and structure particular answers to the Qs they give you Everyone's different, but for me I found the content of HHD was easier than Legal (even though I had done neither legal 1/2 nor hhd 1/2). Look at the study design of HHD and Legal and try to decide which one interests you more

Haha I think HHD gets the "bludge" rep a lot! But actually it's only a "bludge" for students who choose to treat it as one (as goes for any subject). If you put in the effort, really understand the content and master the answering methods for the main types of Qs that come up in the exam, you can do really amazingly!

Thanks a ton for the quick reply man! About the content of HHD, I'm in Year 10 and we're only allowed to take one 1/2 subject so I haven't exactly experienced HHD but taking the odd glance at my mates' notes and the study design does interest me. I see you got quite a high SS for it (from your signature), how did you find the workload and difficulty? How many hours per week did you put towards it and did you have a tutor for it?
Thanks man

[yearningforsimplicity]

Thanks a ton for the quick reply man! About the content of HHD, I'm in Year 10 and we're only allowed to take one 1/2 subject so I haven't exactly experienced HHD but taking the odd glance at my mates' notes and the study design does interest me. I see you got quite a high SS for it (from your signature), how did you find the workload and difficulty? How many hours per week did you put towards it and did you have a tutor for it?
Thanks man

No probs! The workload wasn't too bad and the content itself wasn't too difficult! I spent the most time just compiling my notes (I typed up my own notes after looking through my own textbook and another textbook - just combining and summarising both). I also arranged my notes by Area of Study (so by the end of the year I had 4 sets of notes) - I found that this seemed to make the content seem more unified and organised

I'm not sure how many hours per week I put into it but I did try to study ahead of the class (I think it's good to try and work ahead, as it will prepare you better and you'll be learning things twice - once at home by yourself and again in class when your teacher explains it). I didn't have a tutor for HHD and I don't think you should need one (unless you're really really struggling with content or structuring of your answers)

Just another thing that HHD 3&4 is a little different from 1&2!

In Unit 3 HHD, you learn about Australia's Health (all our health conditions, determinants of health which explain our health status, NHPAs, nutrition and their link to health) and you also learn about Health Promotion (different models of health promotion, how is healthy eating promoted in Australia, what organisations such as VicHealth do to promote Health, Medicare, PBS and Private Health Insurance etc).

In unit 4, the emphasis is on Global Health and Human Development from a global perspective (how people in developing countries achieve human development through being provided improved healthcare, education, water supplies, the factors which affect health status in developing countries versus developed countries, programs run by Non-Government organisations to target health issues such as literacy, food security, immunisation, safe water & sanitation as well as HIV/AIDS & Malaria. You also learn about the role of the World Health Organisation in promoting global health and you also learn about sustainable human development and how we can promote it by achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Once again, it's best to go through the VCAA study design and see if you find an interest in the topics covered Unit 1&2 health (particularly Unit 2 is slightly different as it focuses on individual human development - more focused on things like social/intellectual development, self concept etc; and these topics aren't covered extensively in unit 3&4)

[Batman.]

No probs! The workload wasn't too bad and the content itself wasn't too difficult! I spent the most time just compiling my notes (I typed up my own notes after looking through my own textbook and another textbook - just combining and summarising both). I also arranged my notes by Area of Study (so by the end of the year I had 4 sets of notes) - I found that this seemed to make the content seem more unified and organised

I'm not sure how many hours per week I put into it but I did try to study ahead of the class (I think it's good to try and work ahead, as it will prepare you better and you'll be learning things twice - once at home by yourself and again in class when your teacher explains it). I didn't have a tutor for HHD and I don't think you should need one (unless you're really really struggling with content or structuring of your answers)

Just another thing that HHD 3&4 is a little different from 1&2!

In Unit 3 HHD, you learn about Australia's Health (all our health conditions, determinants of health which explain our health status, NHPAs, nutrition and their link to health) and you also learn about Health Promotion (different models of health promotion, how is healthy eating promoted in Australia, what organisations such as VicHealth do to promote Health, Medicare, PBS and Private Health Insurance etc).

In unit 4, the emphasis is on Global Health and Human Development from a global perspective (how people in developing countries achieve human development through being provided improved healthcare, education, water supplies, the factors which affect health status in developing countries versus developed countries, programs run by Non-Government organisations to target health issues such as literacy, food security, immunisation, safe water & sanitation as well as HIV/AIDS & Malaria. You also learn about the role of the World Health Organisation in promoting global health and you also learn about sustainable human development and how we can promote it by achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Once again, it's best to go through the VCAA study design and see if you find an interest in the topics covered Unit 1&2 health (particularly Unit 2 is slightly different as it focuses on individual human development - more focused on things like social/intellectual development, self concept etc; and these topics aren't covered extensively in unit 3&4)

Wow thanks man, amazing reply, gives me a really good insight. It's good when you have an external opinion compared to the VCAA study designs as they are quite dry and really point to point whereas you have elaborated alot
Thanks