2011 HSC course enrolments
In 2011 there are 72 391 students enrolled in the Higher School Certificate. To be enrolled a student must be undertaking at least one course.
The following tables - HSC courses, languages, life skills, VET - show the number of students enrolled in HSC courses as of 1 September 2011.
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HSC course | Male enrolments |
% |
Female enrolments |
% |
Total | Rank by HSC course enrolment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aboriginal Studies | 100 |
26% |
286 |
74% |
386 |
46 |
Agriculture | 657 |
49% |
677 |
51% |
1334 |
37 |
Ancient History | 5081 |
41% |
7247 |
59% |
12328 |
8 |
Biology | 6605 |
39% |
10376 |
61% |
16981 |
5 |
Business Studies | 7653 |
51% |
7342 |
49% |
14995 |
6 |
Chemistry | 6172 |
55% |
4982 |
45% |
11154 |
9 |
Community and Family Studies | 418 |
7% |
5916 |
93% |
6334 |
16 |
Dance | 46 |
5% |
812 |
95% |
858 |
39 |
Design and Technology | 1883 |
55% |
1563 |
45% |
3446 |
29 |
Drama | 1349 |
28% |
3458 |
72% |
4807 |
22 |
Earth and Environmental Science | 795 |
53% |
709 |
47% |
1504 |
36 |
Economics | 3340 |
61% |
2141 |
39% |
5481 |
17 |
Engineering Studies | 1680 |
96% |
78 |
4% |
1758 |
34 |
English (Advanced) | 11344 |
52% |
15945 |
48% |
27289 |
3 |
English (Standard) | 18026 |
42% |
16903 |
58% |
34929 |
1 |
English as a Second Language | 1494 |
51% |
1447 |
49% |
2941 |
30 |
English Extension 1 | 1900 |
35% |
3532 |
65% |
5432 |
19 |
English Extension 2 | 724 |
33% |
1491 |
67% |
2215 |
32 |
Food Technology | 1002 |
26% |
2904 |
74% |
3906 |
27 |
General Mathematics | 15866 |
49% |
16238 |
51% |
32104 |
2 |
Geography | 2382 |
53% |
2096 |
47% |
4478 |
24 |
History Extension | 794 |
37% |
1378 |
63% |
2172 |
33 |
Industrial Technology | 4216 |
90% |
455 |
10% |
4671 |
23 |
Information Processes and Technology | 3180 |
75% |
1081 |
25% |
4261 |
25 |
Legal Studies | 3557 |
38% |
5713 |
62% |
9270 |
14 |
Mathematics | 9142 |
54% |
7842 |
46% |
16984 |
4 |
Mathematics Extension 1 | 5278 |
59% |
3736 |
41% |
9014 |
15 |
Mathematics Extension 2 | 2219 |
64% |
1257 |
36% |
3476 |
28 |
Modern History | 4660 |
45% |
5642 |
55% |
10302 |
10 |
Music 1 | 2805 |
55% |
2267 |
45% |
5072 |
20 |
Music 2 | 350 |
47% |
390 |
53% |
740 |
42 |
Music Extension | 226 |
47% |
251 |
53% |
477 |
45 |
PDHPE* | 6807 |
47% |
7635 |
53% |
14442 |
7 |
Physics | 7337 |
77% |
2156 |
23% |
9493 |
13 |
Senior Science | 2891 |
53% |
2584 |
47% |
5475 |
18 |
Society and Culture | 732 |
18% |
3322 |
82% |
4054 |
26 |
Software Design and Development | 1560 |
93% |
116 |
7% |
1676 |
35 |
Studies of Religion I | 4397 |
46% |
5116 |
54% |
9513 |
12 |
Studies of Religion II | 1631 |
34% |
3199 |
66% |
4830 |
21 |
Textiles and Design | 38 |
2% |
2313 |
98% |
2351 |
31 |
Visual Arts | 2844 |
29% |
6961 |
71% |
9805 |
11 |
*Personal Development, Health and Physical Education
2011 HSC Language course enrolments
Language | Male enrolments |
% |
Female enrolments |
% |
Total | Rank by Languages enrolment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arabic Beginners | 4 |
40% |
6 |
60% |
10 |
51 |
Arabic Continuers | 73 |
31% |
161 |
69% |
234 |
10 |
Arabic Extension | 22 |
35% |
41 |
65% |
63 |
26 |
Armenian Continuers | 8 |
53% |
7 |
47% |
15 |
47 |
Chinese Background Speakers | 453 |
47% |
510 |
53% |
963 |
1 |
Chinese Beginners | 11 |
41% |
16 |
59% |
27 |
38 |
Chinese Continuers | 51 |
50% |
50 |
50% |
101 |
19 |
Chinese Extension | 17 |
55% |
14 |
45% |
31 |
24 |
Classical Greek Continuers | 14 |
82% |
3 |
18% |
17 |
45 |
Classical Greek Extension | 7 |
78% |
2 |
22% |
9 |
52 |
Classical Hebrew Continuers | 8 |
29% |
20 |
71% |
28 |
37 |
Classical Hebrew Extension | 6 |
35% |
11 |
65% |
17 |
46 |
Croatian Continuers | 3 |
21% |
11 |
79% |
14 |
48 |
Dutch Continuers | 1 |
50% |
1 |
50% |
2 |
59 |
Filipino Continuers | 18 |
51% |
17 |
49% |
35 |
33 |
French Beginners | 113 |
18% |
512 |
82% |
625 |
4 |
French Continuers | 235 |
28% |
600 |
72% |
835 |
2 |
French Extension | 71 |
31% |
157 |
69% |
228 |
11 |
German Beginners | 34 |
29% |
84 |
71% |
118 |
16 |
German Continuers | 101 |
37% |
171 |
63% |
272 |
8 |
German Extension | 33 |
38% |
53 |
62% |
86 |
22 |
Hindi Continuers | 6 |
32% |
13 |
68% |
19 |
42 |
Hungarian Continuers | 3 |
60% |
2 |
40% |
5 |
55 |
Indonesian Background Speakers | 39 |
44% |
50 |
56% |
89 |
21 |
Indonesian Beginners | 23 |
35% |
43 |
65% |
66 |
24 |
Indonesian Continuers | 20 |
26% |
57 |
74% |
77 |
23 |
Indonesian Extension | 7 |
35% |
13 |
65% |
20 |
41 |
Italian Beginners | 92 |
25% |
281 |
75% |
373 |
6 |
Italian Continuers | 74 |
27% |
200 |
73% |
274 |
7 |
Italian Extension | 18 |
27% |
48 |
73% |
66 |
25 |
Japanese Background Speakers | 15 |
48% |
16 |
52% |
31 |
35 |
Japanese Beginners | 205 |
38% |
336 |
62% |
541 |
5 |
Japanese Continuers | 256 |
32% |
546 |
68% |
802 |
3 |
Japanese Extension | 86 |
32% |
184 |
68% |
270 |
9 |
Khmer Continuers | 6 |
46% |
7 |
54% |
13 |
49 |
Korean Background Speakers | 49 |
47% |
56 |
53% |
105 |
18 |
Korean Continuers | 1 |
17% |
5 |
83% |
6 |
54 |
Latin Continuers | 100 |
59% |
70 |
41% |
170 |
15 |
Latin Extension | 64 |
63% |
37 |
37% |
101 |
20 |
Macedonian Continuers | 6 |
32% |
13 |
68% |
19 |
43 |
Malay Background Speakers | 0 |
0% |
3 |
100% |
3 |
57 |
Maltese Continuers | 0 |
0% |
3 |
100% |
3 |
58 |
Modern Greek Beginners | 13 |
57% |
10 |
43% |
23 |
39 |
Modern Greek Continuers | 42 |
40% |
64 |
60% |
106 |
17 |
Modern Greek Extension | 17 |
39% |
27 |
61% |
44 |
29 |
Modern Hebrew Continuers | 7 |
17% |
34 |
83% |
41 |
32 |
Persian Background Speakers | 18 |
42% |
25 |
58% |
43 |
30 |
Polish Continuers | 15 |
35% |
28 |
65% |
43 |
31 |
Portuguese Continuers | 4 |
57% |
3 |
43% |
7 |
53 |
Russian Background Speakers | 7 |
30% |
16 |
70% |
23 |
40 |
Serbian Continuers | 2 |
11% |
17 |
89% |
19 |
44 |
Spanish Beginners | 60 |
32% |
125 |
68% |
185 |
12 |
Spanish Continuers | 63 |
37% |
108 |
63% |
171 |
14 |
Spanish Extension | 16 |
35% |
30 |
65% |
46 |
28 |
Swedish Continuers | 7 |
64% |
4 |
36% |
11 |
50 |
Tamil Continuers | 7 |
24% |
22 |
76% |
29 |
36 |
Turkish Continuers | 18 |
35% |
34 |
65% |
52 |
27 |
Ukrainian Continuers | 1 |
25% |
3 |
75% |
4 |
56 |
Vietnamese Continuers | 73 |
40% |
110 |
60% |
183 |
13 |
2011 HSC Life Skills enrolments
Life Skills | Male enrolments |
% |
Female enrolments |
% |
Total | Rank by Life Skills enrolment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Citizenship and Society Life Skills | 412 |
60% |
276 |
40% |
688 |
6 |
Creative Arts Life Skills | 302 |
57% |
225 |
43% |
527 |
7 |
Dance Life Skills | 0 |
0% |
6 |
100% |
6 |
12 |
Drama Life Skills | 19 |
53% |
17 |
47% |
36 |
11 |
English Life Skills | 880 |
62% |
537 |
38% |
1417 |
1 |
Mathematics Life Skills | 712 |
63% |
427 |
37% |
1139 |
2 |
Music Life Skills | 24 |
62% |
15 |
38% |
39 |
10 |
Personal Development, Health & PE Life Skills | 479 |
63% |
286 |
37% |
765 |
5 |
Science Life Skills | 318 |
66% |
162 |
34% |
480 |
8 |
Technology & Applied Studies Life Skills | 516 |
65% |
276 |
35% |
792 |
4 |
Visual Arts Life Skills | 64 |
50% |
65 |
50% |
129 |
9 |
Work and the Community Life Skills | 539 |
60% |
357 |
40% |
896 |
3 |
Life Skills courses do not have external HSC exams.
2011 HSC VET Curriculum Frameworks enrolments
Vocational Education and Training Curriculum Frameworks |
Male enrolments |
% |
Female enrolments |
% |
Total | Rank by VET enrolment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Accounting | 225 |
50% |
222 |
50% |
447 |
11 |
Automotive | 778 |
92% |
65 |
8% |
843 |
9 |
Business Services | 625 |
24% |
1943 |
76% |
2568 |
3 |
Construction | 2963 |
98% |
63 |
2% |
3026 |
2 |
Electrotechnology | 382 |
98% |
6 |
2% |
388 |
12 |
Entertainment Industry | 580 |
50% |
569 |
50% |
1149 |
7 |
Hospitality | 2893 |
35% |
5438 |
65% |
8331 |
1 |
Information Technology | 1636 |
80% |
408 |
20% |
2044 |
4 |
Metal & Engineering | 1262 |
97% |
41 |
3% |
1303 |
6 |
Primary Industries | 658 |
64% |
378 |
36% |
1036 |
8 |
Retail Services | 515 |
27% |
1367 |
73% |
1882 |
5 |
Tourism and Events | 49 |
9% |
503 |
91% |
552 |
10 |
Note: There are multiple courses available within each VET industry framework. Enrolment numbers in each course are combined to give the totals above.