How many major works is too many

Trying to decide how many major works is actually doable for a year 12 student can be really difficult.

If your kid is particularly creative it can be easy to start stacking up major works quickly.

But there is a lot that is involved with completing just one major work let alone multiple.

Making sure your kid genuinely enjoys their subjects and isn’t doing so many that they can’t complete any of them is important

1 Major Work

1 major work is generally a good amount for kids.

It is one subject where they get to come up with an independent study to follow one of their passions or interests.

Major works involve a lot of unguided study time. With a teacher there to guide them, your kid has to work out what they’re studying and find or complete that in their own.

2 Major Works

2 major works is where it starts to become a lot. For more creatively minded students it can be easy to rack up two major works pretty quickly.

Major works do tend to be a different type of study to what a student is doing in other subjects. So for the more creatively minded students they will enjoy having more independent creative work to focus on.

Make sure your kid isn’t overwhelmed by this work load and give themselves enough time to complete both works.

3+ Major Works

Having 3 or more major works is a big study load.

With at least 1 other type of subject it could be a really big study load and could be a really intense year of your kid.

Talking with their subject coordinator and looking at their interests and how well they do in each subject is very important for a kid studying this many major works.

Studying more than 2 major works is not super common as it is a very big load to study in the final year of school. If your kid is interested in studying this many major works, talk through it with them, their teachers and subject coordinators to try and make the best decision.

No matter how many major works your kid is studying, talking with their teachers and looking at their results is important to make the best decision.

And if it does become too big of a study load there are always options for them to change their mind.