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2008 HSC
Performance Band Descriptors
2008 Higher School Certificate
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Aboriginal Studies 2 unit (15000)
Accounting 2 unit (16150)
Agriculture 2 unit (15010)
Ancient History 2 unit (15020)
Arabic Beginners 2 unit (15500)
Arabic Continuers 2 unit (15510)
Arabic Extension 1 unit (15520)
Armenian Continuers 2 unit (15530)
Biology 2 unit (15030)
Business Services Examination 2 unit (16745)
Business Studies 2 unit (15040)
Chemistry 2 unit (15050)
Chinese Background Speakers 2 unit (15560)
Chinese Beginners 2 unit (15540)
Chinese Continuers 2 unit (15550)
Chinese Extension 1 unit (15570)
Classical Greek Continuers 2 unit (15580)
Classical Greek Extension 1 unit (15590)
Classical Hebrew Continuers 2 unit (15600)
Classical Hebrew Extension 1 unit (15610)
Community and Family Studies 2 unit (15060)
Construction Examination 2 unit (16305)
Croatian Continuers 2 unit (15620)
Dance 2 unit (15070)
Design and Technology 2 unit (15080)
Drama 2 unit (15090)
Dutch Continuers 2 unit (15640)
Earth and Environmental Science 2 unit (15100)
Economics 2 unit (15110)
Engineering Studies 2 unit (15120)
English (Advanced) 2 unit (15140)
English (Standard) 2 unit (15130)
English as a Second Language 2 unit (15150)
English Extension 1 1 unit (15160)
English Extension 2 1 unit (15170)
Entertainment Industry Examination 2 unit (16945)
Filipino Continuers 2 unit (15660)
Food Technology 2 unit (15180)
French Beginners 2 unit (15670)
French Continuers 2 unit (15680)
French Extension 1 unit (15690)
General Mathematics 2 unit (15230)
Geography 2 unit (15190)
German Beginners 2 unit (15700)
German Continuers 2 unit (15710)
German Extension 1 unit (15720)
Hindi Continuers 2 unit (15730)
History Extension 1 unit (15280)
Hospitality Examination 2 unit (16845)
Hungarian Continuers 2 unit (15740)
Indonesian Background Speakers 2 unit (15770)
Indonesian Beginners 2 unit (15750)
Indonesian Continuers 2 unit (15760)
Indonesian Extension 1 unit (15780)
Industrial Technology 2 unit (15200)
Information Processes and Technology 2 unit (15210)
Information Technology Examination 2 unit (18095)
Italian Beginners 2 unit (15790)
Italian Continuers 2 unit (15800)
Italian Extension 1 unit (15810)
Japanese Background Speakers 2 unit (15840)
Japanese Beginners 2 unit (15820)
Japanese Continuers 2 unit (15830)
Japanese Extension 1 unit (15850)
Khmer Continuers 2 unit (15860)
Korean Background Speakers 2 unit (15890)
Korean Continuers 2 unit (15880)
Latin Continuers 2 unit (15900)
Latin Extension 1 unit (15910)
Legal Studies 2 unit (15220)
Macedonian Continuers 2 unit (15940)
Malay Background Speakers 2 unit (15950)
Maltese Continuers 2 unit (15960)
Mathematics Extension 1 2 unit (15250)
Mathematics Extension 2 2 unit (15260)
Mathematics 2 unit (15240)
Metal and Engineering Examination 2 unit (16425)
Modern Greek Beginners 2 unit (15970)
Modern Greek Continuers 2 unit (15980)
Modern Greek Extension 1 unit (15990)
Modern Hebrew Continuers 2 unit (16000)
Modern History 2 unit (15270)
Music Extension 1 unit (15310)
Music 1 2 unit (15290)
Music 2 2 unit (15300)
Persian Background Speakers 2 unit (16010)
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education 2 unit (15320)
Physics 2 unit (15330)
Polish Continuers 2 unit (16020)
Portuguese Continuers 2 unit (16030)
Primary Industries Examination 2 unit (17195)
Retail Operations Examination 2 unit (16995)
Russian Background Speakers 2 unit (16040)
Senior Science 2 unit (15340)
Serbian Continuers 2 unit (16050)
Society and Culture 2 unit (15350)
Software Design and Development 2 unit (15360)
Spanish Beginners 2 unit (16070)
Spanish Continuers 2 unit (16080)
Spanish Extension 1 unit (16090)
Studies of Religion I 1 unit (15370)
Studies of Religion II 2 unit (15380)
Swedish Continuers 2 unit (16100)
Tamil Continuers 2 unit (16110)
Textiles and Design 2 unit (15390)
Tourism Examination 2 unit (16935)
Turkish Continuers 2 unit (16120)
Ukrainian Continuers 2 unit (16130)
Vietnamese Continuers 2 unit (16140)
Visual Arts 2 unit (15400)