Assessment Type 3: Investigation

Students undertake one investigation for a 10‑credit subject and at least one investigation for a 20‑credit subject. Their investigation, analysis, and evaluation are based on any of the option themes.

The assessment may take a variety of forms, including but not limited to:

• a website
• a video
• a recorded radio report
• a written or oral analytical report
• an email to a member of parliament
• a proposal for political action or change.

An investigation should be a maximum of 1000 words if written or a maximum of 6 minutes if oral, or the equivalent in multimodal form.

For this assessment type, students provide evidence of their learning in relation to the following assessment design criteria:

• critical and creative thinking
• communication and collaboration
• research and analysis.