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VCE Global Politics Question Thread
stephfur:
Hi !
I'm currently in Year 11 and attempting to decide what subjects to do;
I am currently dropping history, as I don't think I can manage the work load next year (with methods + chemistry as well), and I've elected to pick up further maths but I'm debating picking up Further maths or Global Politics (which I've never taken before, but I am very interested in politics and am quite political).
I know that to do well in further you have to go the extra mile to battle the scaling down + tonnes of students doing the subject, but i was just wondering what anyone would reccomend? my friends are currently arguing over which subject I should do and I'm really struggling to make a decision.
hums_student:
--- Quote from: stephfur on October 22, 2018, 05:06:07 pm ---Hi !
I'm currently in Year 11 and attempting to decide what subjects to do;
I am currently dropping history, as I don't think I can manage the work load next year (with methods + chemistry as well), and I've elected to pick up further maths but I'm debating picking up Further maths or Global Politics (which I've never taken before, but I am very interested in politics and am quite political).
I know that to do well in further you have to go the extra mile to battle the scaling down + tonnes of students doing the subject, but i was just wondering what anyone would reccomend? my friends are currently arguing over which subject I should do and I'm really struggling to make a decision.
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Hey stephfur!
I don't do further so I can't really offer any advice on that subject except for the fact that you really shouldn't take scaling into too much consideration. At the end of the day the scaling is there to balance things out.
As for global, it's definitely a rewarding subject and one of the most interesting VCE subjects out there. It is also highly enjoyable for people interested in politics (which you said you are). Also, as you said that you're dropping history, global could be a good subject to pick up as both are humanities subjects, the difference is that global is considerably less content-heavy and there are less essays - so if you had the foundation of 1/2 history then you would probably find 3/4 global to be quite manageable.
Just my 2 cents. You might want to ask someone who does both further and global for some deeper insights. :)
charlotte1120:
--- Quote from: stephfur on October 22, 2018, 05:06:07 pm ---Hi !
I'm currently in Year 11 and attempting to decide what subjects to do;
I am currently dropping history, as I don't think I can manage the work load next year (with methods + chemistry as well), and I've elected to pick up further maths but I'm debating picking up Further maths or Global Politics (which I've never taken before, but I am very interested in politics and am quite political).
I know that to do well in further you have to go the extra mile to battle the scaling down + tonnes of students doing the subject, but i was just wondering what anyone would reccomend? my friends are currently arguing over which subject I should do and I'm really struggling to make a decision.
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I do History Revs, Further and GloPol this year, and would say History is by far the most time-consuming subject. I would highly recommend Global over Further, Further is very boring... It's not particuarly mind blowing math and really only worth it if you know you can do well. Politics however is so rewarding, and going on from what Lsjnzy13 said, I actually wrote more essays in Politics are our SACs were all essay+coursework, unlike in History where we only did an essay for one AoS. But the amount of essays doesn't mean anything, I really love Politics, it's my favourite subject this year. It isn't necassarily content heavy either, I use the same case studies for nearly all the AoS's sometimes haha. Bonus, the exam is towards the end aswell, leaving you extra study time.
humma23:
Hey guys, just having some difficulty with the exact roles that Islamic State play. I am aware of their aims (devotion, territory and the apocalypse) but hesitant on the roles - would it be what they do to achieve those aims such as war crimes, minority persecutions, stuff along the line of that? Any help would be awesome, thanku!!
Hala119:
--- Quote from: humma23 on February 26, 2019, 08:04:51 pm ---Hey guys, just having some difficulty with the exact roles that Islamic State play. I am aware of their aims (devotion, territory and the apocalypse) but hesitant on the roles - would it be what they do to achieve those aims such as war crimes, minority persecutions, stuff along the line of that? Any help would be awesome, thanku!!
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Hey, a fellow student.
Not sure if this is exactly correct but my teacher informed me that the role is to use violence to achieve a political aim.
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