Leaving School in Australia - Year 12 State by State

A guide to Year 12 Certificates and Tertiary Entrance Requirements in Australia
Published by the Board of Studies NSW for the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Certification Authorities (ACACA)

Board Developed Courses

A syllabus is available for each course developed by the Board. Schools must use the current syllabus for any Board Developed Preliminary or HSC course taught.

The table below shows the courses available. The syllabuses for these courses were released in 1999 for implementation in Year 11, 2000.

Subjects	Courses	Extension Courses
Aboriginal Studies	Aboriginal Studies
Agriculture	Agriculture
Ancient History	Ancient History	HSC History Extension
Biology	Biology
Business Studies	Business Studies
Chemistry	Chemistry
Community and Family Studies	Community and Family Studies
Dance	Dance
Design and Technology	Design and Technology
Drama	Drama
Earth and Environmental Science	Earth and Environmental Science
Economics	Economics
Engineering Studies	Engineering Studies
English	English Standard English Advanced English as a Second Language Fundamentals of English	Preliminary English Extension HSC English Extension 1 HSC English Extension 2
Food Technology	Food Technology
Geography	Geography
Industrial Technology	Industrial Technology
Information Processes and Technology	Information Processes and Technology
Legal Studies	Legal Studies
Mathematics	General Mathematics/ Mathematics	Preliminary Mathematics Extension HSC Mathematics Extension 1 HSC Mathematics Extension 2
Modern History	Modern History	HSC History Extension
Music	Music 1 Music 2	HSC Music Extension
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education	Personal Development, Health and Physical Education
Physics	Physics
Science	Senior Science
Society and Culture	Society and Culture
Software Design and Development	Software Design and Development
Studies of Religion	Studies of Religion I (1 Unit) Studies of Religion II (2 Unit)
Textiles and Design	Textiles and Design
Visual Arts	Visual Arts
Languages
Subject	Courses	Extension Courses
Arabic	Arabic Beginners
Arabic	Arabic Continuers	Arabic Extension
Armenian	Armenian Continuers (CCAFL - Revised Syllabus)
Chinese	Chinese Beginners
	Chinese Continuers	Chinese Extension
	Chinese Background Speakers
Classical Greek	Classical Greek Continuers	Classical Greek Extension
Classical Hebrew	Classical Hebrew Continuers	Classical Hebrew Extension
Croatian	Croatian Continuers (CCAFL - Revised Syllabus)
Czech	Czech Continuers (CCAFL - Revised Syllabus)
Dutch	Dutch Continuers (CCAFL - Revised Syllabus)
Estonian	Estonian Extended Level (NAFLaSSL)
Filipino	Filipino Continuers (CCAFL - Revised Syllabus)
French	French Beginners
French	French Continuers	French Extension
German	German Beginners
German	German Continuers	German Extension
Hindi	Hindi Continuers (CCAFL - Revised Syllabus)
Hungarian	Hungarian Continuers (CCAFL — Revised Syllabus)
Indonesian	Indonesian Beginners
	Indonesian Continuers	Indonesian Extension
	Indonesian Background Speakers
Italian	Italian Beginners
Italian	Italian Continuers	Italian Extension
Japanese	Japanese Beginners
	Japanese Continuers	Japanese Extension
	Japanese Background Speakers
Khmer	Khmer Continuers (CCAFL - Revised Syllabus)
Korean	Korean Beginners
	Korean Continuers
	Korean Background Speakers
Latin	Latin Continuers	Latin Extension
Latvian	Latvian Continuers (CCAFL - Revised Syllabus)
Lithuanian	Lithuanian Continuers (CCAFL - Revised Syllabus)
Macedonian	Macedonian Continuers (CCAFL - Revised Syllabus)
Malay	Malay Background Speakers
Maltese	Maltese Continuers (CCAFL - Revised Syllabus)
Modern Greek	Modern Greek Beginners
Modern Greek	Modern Greek Continuers	Modern Greek Extension
Modern Hebrew	Modern Hebrew Continuers
Persian	Persian Background Speakers (CCAFL - Revised Syllabus)
Polish	Polish Continuers (CCAFL - Revised Syllabus)
Portuguese	Portuguese Continuers (CCAFL - Revised Syllabus)
Russian	Russian Background Speakers (CCAFL - Revised Syllabus)
Serbian	Serbian Continuers (CCAFL - Revised Syllabus)
Slovenian	Slovenian Continuers (CCAFL - Revised Syllabus)
Spanish	Spanish Beginners
Spanish	Spanish Continuers	Spanish Extension
Swedish	Swedish Continuers (CCAFL — Revised Syllabus)
Tamil	Tamil Continuers (CCAFL — Revised Syllabus)
Turkish	Turkish Continuers (CCAFL — Revised Syllabus)
Ukrainian	Ukrainian Continuers (CCAFL — Revised Syllabus)
Vietnamese	Vietnamese Continuers
Board Developed, TAFE Delivered VET Course
Accounting	Accounting
VET Curriculum Frameworks
Business Services	Business Services (120 hours) Business Services (240 hours)*	Business Services (60 hours or 120 hours)
Construction	Construction (120 hours) Construction (180 hours) Construction (240 hours)*	Construction Specialist Studies (60 hours or 120 hours)
Entertainment	Entertainment Industry (120 hours) Entertainment Industry (240 hours)
Hospitality	Hospitality (120 hours) Hospitality (120 hours) Hospitality (240 hours)*	Hospitality Extension (60 hours or 120 hours)
Information Technology	Information Technology (120 hours) Information Technology (180 hours) Information Technology (240 hours)*	Information Technology Specialisation Studies (60 hours or 120 hours)
Metal & Engineering	Metal & Engineering (120 hours) Metal & Engineering (180 hours) Metal & Engineering (240 hours)*	Metal & Engineering Specialist Studies (60 hours or 120 hours)
Primary Industries	Primary Industries (120 hours) Primary Industries (180 hours) Primary Industries (240 hours)*	Primary Industries Extension (60 hours or 120 hours)
Retail	Retail Operations (120 hours) Retail Operations — (240 hours)*
Tourism	Tourism (120 hours) Tourism (240 hours)*	Tourism Extension (60 hours or 120 hours)
Life Skills
English	English Life Skills
Mathematics	Mathematics Life Skills
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education	Personal Development, Health and Physical Education Life Skills
Citizenship and Society	Citizenship and Society Life Skills
Science	Science Life Skills
Creative Arts	Creative Arts Life Skills
Technological and Applied Studies	Technological and Applied Studies Life Skills
Work and the Community	Work and the Community Life Skills

Note:

Fundamentals of English is a Preliminary course and is not examinable for the Higher School Certificate. It can only be studied in conjunction with either English Standard or English (ESL). It may be studied in Year 11 or Year 12 or both Years 11 and 12.
Courses in the VET Curriculum Frameworks can be studied as Preliminary and/or HSC
courses. For the VET courses marked with an asterisk (*) in the table above an optional written examination will be offered for the Higher School Certificate.
Students studying both Ancient History and Modern History may undertake one HSC
History Extension course only.

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