2013 HSC course enrolments
- HSC courses (non-Language)
- Language course enrolments
- Life Skills enrolments
- VET Curriculum Frameworks enrolments
Course No. | Course Name | Units | Male | % | Female | % | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15000 | Aboriginal Studies | 2 | 113 | 30% | 263 | 70% | 376 |
15010 | Agriculture | 2 | 691 | 49% | 723 | 51% | 1414 |
15020 | Ancient History | 2 | 4914 | 41% | 7022 | 59% | 11936 |
15030 | Biology | 2 | 6648 | 39% | 10410 | 61% | 17058 |
15040 | Business Studies | 2 | 8225 | 51% | 7768 | 49% | 15993 |
15050 | Chemistry | 2 | 6126 | 55% | 5063 | 45% | 11189 |
15060 | Community and Family Studies | 2 | 514 | 7% | 6746 | 93% | 7260 |
15070 | Dance | 2 | 51 | 6% | 852 | 94% | 903 |
15080 | Design and Technology | 2 | 1831 | 57% | 1366 | 43% | 3197 |
15090 | Drama | 2 | 1347 | 30% | 3097 | 70% | 4444 |
15100 | Earth and Environmental Science | 2 | 714 | 50% | 704 | 50% | 1418 |
15110 | Economics | 2 | 3383 | 63% | 1952 | 37% | 5335 |
15120 | Engineering Studies | 2 | 1983 | 96% | 85 | 4% | 2068 |
15140 | English (Advanced) | 2 | 11455 | 42% | 15718 | 58% | 27173 |
15130 | English (Standard) | 2 | 16204 | 51% | 15749 | 49% | 31953 |
15150 | English as a Second Language | 2 | 1234 | 50% | 1225 | 50% | 2459 |
15160 | English Extension 1 | 1 | 1715 | 34% | 3373 | 66% | 5088 |
15170 | English Extension 2 | 1 | 575 | 30% | 1358 | 70% | 1933 |
30110 | English Studies | 2 | 3835 | 61% | 2448 | 39% | 6283 |
15180 | Food Technology | 2 | 997 | 27% | 2733 | 73% | 3730 |
15230 | General Mathematics | 2 | 16316 | 49% | 16710 | 51% | 33026 |
15190 | Geography | 2 | 2246 | 54% | 1916 | 46% | 4162 |
15280 | History Extension | 1 | 806 | 39% | 1261 | 61% | 2067 |
15200 | Industrial Technology | 2 | 4854 | 89% | 611 | 11% | 5465 |
15210 | Information Processes and Technology | 2 | 2400 | 78% | 676 | 22% | 3076 |
15220 | Legal Studies | 2 | 3855 | 38% | 6168 | 62% | 10023 |
15240 | Mathematics | 2 | 9220 | 55% | 7648 | 45% | 16868 |
15250 | Mathematics Extension 1 | 2 | 5314 | 59% | 3727 | 41% | 9041 |
15260 | Mathematics Extension 2 | 2 | 2059 | 64% | 1183 | 36% | 3242 |
15270 | Modern History | 2 | 4964 | 47% | 5633 | 53% | 10597 |
15290 | Music 1 | 2 | 2641 | 52% | 2408 | 48% | 5049 |
15300 | Music 2 | 2 | 374 | 44% | 478 | 56% | 852 |
15310 | Music Extension | 1 | 220 | 43% | 293 | 57% | 513 |
15320 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | 2 | 6672 | 47% | 7376 | 53% | 14048 |
15330 | Physics | 2 | 7520 | 78% | 2152 | 22% | 9672 |
15340 | Senior Science | 2 | 2977 | 54% | 2576 | 46% | 5553 |
15350 | Society and Culture | 2 | 757 | 19% | 3204 | 81% | 3961 |
15360 | Software Design and Development | 2 | 1528 | 92% | 124 | 8% | 1652 |
15370 | Studies of Religion I | 1 | 4376 | 46% | 5092 | 54% | 9468 |
15380 | Studies of Religion II | 2 | 1747 | 34% | 3405 | 66% | 5152 |
15390 | Textiles and Design | 2 | 37 | 2% | 2110 | 98% | 2147 |
15400 | Visual Arts | 2 | 2658 | 29% | 6662 | 71% | 9320 |
Course | Course Name | Units | Male | Male % | Female | Female % | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15500 | Arabic Beginners | 2 | 2 | 67% | 1 | 33% | 3 |
15510 | Arabic Continuers | 2 | 72 | 36% | 127 | 64% | 199 |
15520 | Arabic Extension | 1 | 16 | 30% | 37 | 70% | 53 |
15530 | Armenian Continuers | 2 | 4 | 18% | 18 | 82% | 22 |
15560 | Chinese Background Speakers | 2 | 302 | 44% | 387 | 56% | 689 |
15540 | Chinese Beginners | 2 | 30 | 58% | 22 | 42% | 52 |
15550 | Chinese Continuers | 2 | 41 | 61% | 26 | 39% | 67 |
15570 | Chinese Extension | 1 | 10 | 56% | 8 | 44% | 18 |
15580 | Classical Greek Continuers | 2 | 9 | 64% | 5 | 36% | 14 |
15590 | Classical Greek Extension | 1 | 8 | 62% | 5 | 38% | 13 |
15600 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | 2 | 12 | 44% | 15 | 56% | 27 |
15610 | Classical Hebrew Extension | 1 | 8 | 50% | 8 | 50% | 16 |
15620 | Croatian Continuers | 2 | 4 | 25% | 12 | 75% | 16 |
15640 | Dutch Continuers | 2 | 1 | 33% | 2 | 67% | 3 |
15660 | Filipino Continuers | 2 | 10 | 26% | 28 | 74% | 38 |
15670 | French Beginners | 2 | 126 | 19% | 537 | 81% | 663 |
15680 | French Continuers | 2 | 210 | 25% | 616 | 75% | 826 |
15690 | French Extension | 1 | 55 | 31% | 122 | 69% | 177 |
15700 | German Beginners | 2 | 31 | 32% | 67 | 68% | 98 |
15710 | German Continuers | 2 | 109 | 41% | 157 | 59% | 266 |
15720 | German Extension | 1 | 29 | 37% | 49 | 63% | 78 |
15555 | Heritage Chinese (Mandarin) | 2 | 21 | 22% | 73 | 78% | 94 |
15765 | Heritage Indonesian | 2 | 1 | 33% | 2 | 67% | 3 |
15835 | Heritage Japanese | 2 | 3 | 17% | 15 | 83% | 18 |
15885 | Heritage Korean | 2 | 10 | 20% | 41 | 80% | 51 |
15730 | Hindi Continuers | 2 | 3 | 17% | 15 | 83% | 18 |
15740 | Hungarian Continuers | 2 | 3 | 33% | 6 | 67% | 9 |
15770 | Indonesian Background Speakers | 2 | 28 | 41% | 40 | 59% | 68 |
15750 | Indonesian Beginners | 2 | 5 | 17% | 24 | 83% | 29 |
15760 | Indonesian Continuers | 2 | 35 | 48% | 38 | 52% | 73 |
15780 | Indonesian Extension | 1 | 13 | 57% | 10 | 43% | 23 |
15790 | Italian Beginners | 2 | 76 | 22% | 269 | 78% | 345 |
15800 | Italian Continuers | 2 | 98 | 35% | 185 | 65% | 283 |
15810 | Italian Extension | 1 | 18 | 35% | 34 | 65% | 52 |
15840 | Japanese Background Speakers | 2 | 10 | 36% | 18 | 64% | 28 |
15820 | Japanese Beginners | 2 | 262 | 41% | 371 | 59% | 633 |
15830 | Japanese Continuers | 2 | 231 | 34% | 452 | 66% | 683 |
15850 | Japanese Extension | 1 | 61 | 29% | 147 | 71% | 208 |
15860 | Khmer Continuers | 2 | 11 | 52% | 10 | 48% | 21 |
15890 | Korean Background Speakers | 2 | 30 | 45% | 36 | 55% | 66 |
15880 | Korean Continuers | 2 | 0 | 0% | 5 | 100% | 5 |
15900 | Latin Continuers | 2 | 87 | 52% | 81 | 48% | 168 |
15910 | Latin Extension | 1 | 58 | 55% | 48 | 45% | 106 |
15940 | Macedonian Continuers | 2 | 7 | 33% | 14 | 67% | 21 |
15960 | Maltese Continuers | 2 | 2 | 67% | 1 | 33% | 3 |
15970 | Modern Greek Beginners | 2 | 21 | 42% | 29 | 58% | 50 |
15980 | Modern Greek Continuers | 2 | 33 | 38% | 53 | 62% | 86 |
15990 | Modern Greek Extension | 1 | 9 | 31% | 20 | 69% | 29 |
16000 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | 2 | 22 | 42% | 30 | 58% | 52 |
16010 | Persian Background Speakers | 2 | 17 | 47% | 19 | 53% | 36 |
16020 | Polish Continuers | 2 | 15 | 50% | 15 | 50% | 30 |
16030 | Portuguese Continuers | 2 | 9 | 45% | 11 | 55% | 20 |
16040 | Russian Background Speakers | 2 | 7 | 47% | 8 | 53% | 15 |
16050 | Serbian Continuers | 2 | 2 | 13% | 13 | 87% | 15 |
16070 | Spanish Beginners | 2 | 22 | 12% | 156 | 88% | 178 |
16080 | Spanish Continuers | 2 | 46 | 28% | 119 | 72% | 165 |
16090 | Spanish Extension | 1 | 18 | 33% | 37 | 67% | 55 |
16100 | Swedish Continuers | 2 | 3 | 33% | 6 | 67% | 9 |
16110 | Tamil Continuers | 2 | 15 | 35% | 28 | 65% | 43 |
16120 | Turkish Continuers | 2 | 16 | 39% | 25 | 61% | 41 |
16130 | Ukrainian Continuers | 2 | 1 | 33% | 2 | 67% | 3 |
16140 | Vietnamese Continuers | 2 | 54 | 38% | 87 | 62% | 141 |
Course | Course Name | Units | Male | Male % | Female | Female % | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
16687 | Aboriginal Studies Life Skills | 2 | 11 | 52% | 10 | 48% | 21 |
16681 | Agriculture Life Skills | 2 | 20 | 65% | 11 | 35% | 31 |
16688 | Business and Economics Life Skills | 2 | 23 | 85% | 4 | 15% | 27 |
16689 | Citizenship and Legal Studies Life Skills | 2 | 112 | 64% | 62 | 36% | 174 |
16650 | Creative Arts Life Skills | 2 | 260 | 60% | 173 | 40% | 433 |
16652 | Dance Life Skills | 2 | 3 | 23% | 10 | 77% | 13 |
16682 | Design and Technology Life Skills | 2 | 26 | 59% | 18 | 41% | 44 |
16654 | Drama Life Skills | 2 | 17 | 55% | 14 | 45% | 31 |
16600 | English Life Skills | 2 | 839 | 61% | 545 | 39% | 1384 |
16683 | Food Technology Life Skills | 2 | 87 | 51% | 83 | 49% | 170 |
16690 | Geography Life Skills | 2 | 60 | 78% | 17 | 22% | 77 |
16691 | History Life Skills | 2 | 53 | 68% | 25 | 32% | 78 |
16694 | Human Society and its Environments Life Skills | 2 | 132 | 56% | 105 | 44% | 237 |
16684 | Industrial Technology Life Skills | 2 | 103 | 87% | 15 | 13% | 118 |
16685 | Information Processes and Technology Life Skills | 2 | 33 | 70% | 14 | 30% | 47 |
16610 | Mathematics Life Skills | 2 | 825 | 62% | 513 | 38% | 1338 |
16656 | Music Life Skills | 2 | 52 | 58% | 37 | 42% | 89 |
16620 | Personal Development, Health & PE Life Skills | 2 | 563 | 62% | 338 | 38% | 901 |
16640 | Science Life Skills | 2 | 316 | 62% | 192 | 38% | 508 |
16692 | Society and Culture Life Skills | 2 | 12 | 39% | 19 | 61% | 31 |
16693 | Studies of Religion Life Skills | 2 | 11 | 52% | 10 | 48% | 21 |
16686 | Technology Life Skills | 2 | 295 | 61% | 187 | 39% | 482 |
16680 | Textiles and Design Life Skills | 2 | 3 | 10% | 26 | 90% | 29 |
16658 | Visual Arts Life Skills | 2 | 158 | 54% | 137 | 46% | 295 |
16670 | Work and the Community Life Skills | 2 | 597 | 60% | 398 | 40% | 995 |
Stage 6 Life Skills courses provide a curriculum option for a small percentage of students with special education needs for whom the regular outcomes and content are not appropriate. These courses have Board Developed status and can be used to meet the requirements for the award of the Higher School Certificate.
Industry Curriculum Frameworks | Male | Male % | Female | Female % | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Automotive | 859 | 94% | 56 | 6% | 915 |
Business Services | 717 | 27% | 1959 | 73% | 2676 |
Construction | 3551 | 98% | 62 | 2% | 3613 |
Electrotechnology | 512 | 97% | 16 | 3% | 528 |
Entertainment Industry | 570 | 45% | 708 | 55% | 1278 |
Financial Services | 132 | 49% | 140 | 51% | 272 |
Hospitality | 2610 | 31% | 5753 | 69% | 8363 |
Human Services | 45 | 8% | 512 | 92% | 557 |
Information Technology | 1412 | 82% | 306 | 18% | 1718 |
Metal and Engineering | 1727 | 97% | 49 | 3% | 1776 |
Primary Industries | 641 | 63% | 379 | 37% | 1020 |
Retail Services | 675 | 32% | 1452 | 68% | 2127 |
Tourism and Events | 63 | 10% | 546 | 90% | 609 |
HSC Vocational Education and Training (VET) courses are delivered for the HSC by Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) including schools and colleges as part of a school system RTO, TAFE NSW Institutes and private providers.
Note: There are multiple courses available within each VET industry framework. The numbers above are based on unique students undertaking one or more courses within the framework.
Financial Services is available for the first time in 2013 – replacing the previous Accounting course.