VCE Food Studies

What are we going to be studying?

Unit 1: Food Origins – Where does our food come from?
Unit 2: Food Makers – How is food made and marketed?
Unit 3: Food in daily life
Unit 4: Food Issues, challenges and futures

VCE Food Studies will enable you to:

  • Evaluate food information and marketing messages

  • Make informed food choices

  • Examine past and present eating patterns

  • Discover Australian and global food production systems

  • Investigate economic, environmental and ethical dimensions of food

  • Explore employment opportunities in home economics, consumer science, dietetics, health promotion, food technology, food manufacturing and hospitality.

For further information about Food Studies and/or possible careers please see the teacher of this unit, Ms Ellmer.

Check out the VCE study design for topics covered in units 1-4 and assessment outlines. VCAA Website