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Syllabuses, Support Documents and Specimen HSC exams

Preliminary and Higher School Certificate - B List

Proposed changes to HSC examinations and school assessment

Subject Syllabus Introductions and Syllabus Support materials
(resource lists and other documents)
Assessment and Examination materials
(includes Performance Bands and HSC Examination resources)

Biology

Syllabus
PDF (84 pages, 349 KB)
MS Word 97 (84 pages, 817 KB)
Updated 7 May 2007
Minor amendments to content
Table of amendments (MS Word) - from BOS 52/06 (Vol 15 No 6), December 2006
Amendments to Assessment Components, Weightings and Tasks and HSC External Examination Specifications
(BOS 59/03 (Vol 12 No 6), November 2003
Support document for all Science Courses
PDF (58 pages, 392 KB)
Word (58 pages, 500 KB)
Updated 25 July 2007
Draft Sample Learning Unit
PDF (38 pages, 240 KB)
Word (38 pages, 430 KB)
Published 14 May 2008
Skills Module 8.1 and 9.1 Mapping Grids
PDF (5 pages, 208 KB)
Word (5 pages 244, KB)
Updated 21 August 2007
Draft Performance Bands
PDF (1 page, 60 KB)
Past HSC Examination Paper and Notes from the Marking Centre
Specimen HSC Examination Resources
PDF (38 pages, 592 KB)
Updated 5 June 2001

Business Services Curriculum Framework (approved 2008)

For implementation from 2009 for Year 11 students

replaces

Business Services Curriculum Framework (approved November 2001)

Syllabus - Part A
PDF (77 pages, 236 KB)
Word (77 pages, 972 KB)
Published 26 August 2008
Syllabus - Part B
Contains the units of competency from the Training Package including HSC Requirements and Advice
Draft Syllabus Consultation Report
PDF (39 pages, 308 KB)
Business Services Support Document
Under development
Industry Curriculum Frameworks Support Document for Students with Special Education Needs
PDF (87 pages, 476 KB)
Word (87 pages, 628 KB)
Past HSC Examination Paper and Notes from the Marking Centre
Examination Rubrics
PDF (1 page, 48 KB)
2003 Specimen Examination Paper
(including Sample Marking Guidelines, Draft Performance Bands and Mapping Grid)
PDF (37 pages, 372 KB)

Business Services Curriculum Framework (approved November 2001)

The final HSC examination based on this framework will be in 2009

For further clarification refer to BOS 76/01 in the Board Bulletin December 2001 Vol 10 No 6

replaced by

Business Services Curriculum Framework (approved 2008)

Syllabus - Part A
PDF (34 pages, 175 KB)
Word (34 pages, 225 KB)
Updated 29 August 2007
Syllabus - Part B
Contains the units of competency from the Training Package including HSC Requirements and Advice
Resource List
PDF (16 pages, 272 KB)
Word (16 pages, 448 KB)
Updated 17 October 2006
Competency Record
PDF (40 pages, 136 KB)
Word (40 pages, 200 KB)
Support Document
PDF (29 pages, 228 KB)
Word (29 pages, 208 KB)
Industry Curriculum Frameworks Support Document for Students with Special Education Needs
PDF (87 pages, 476 KB)
Word (87 pages, 628 KB)
Business Services Specimen Examination Paper
(including Sample Marking Guidelines, Draft Performance Bands and Mapping Grid)
PDF (37 pages, 372 KB)
Past HSC Examination Paper and Notes from the Marking Centre
Examination Rubrics
PDF (1 page, 48 KB)

Business Studies

Business Studies Syllabus (PDF, 46 pages, 256 KB)
Word version (42 pages, 136 KB)
Updated 6 March 2001

The Board provides the following documents to support the teaching and learning in HSC Business Studies (Course No: 15040)

Syllabus Introduction (PDF, 4 pages, 117 KB)
This document was released when the Business Studies Stage 6 Syllabus replaced the 1994 2 unit and 3 unit syllabuses in Business Studies. The current syllabus was implemented with Year 11 in 2000 and will be first examined in 2001. It summarises the key features of the current Business Studies Stage 6 Syllabus.
Consultation Report (PDF, 19 pages, 292 KB)
The preparation of the Business Studies Stage 6 Syllabus Package took into account the instructions described in the writing brief approved by the Board 16 December, 1998. The Business Studies Stage 6 Syllabus Package was been distributed widely for comment over the period 1 March, 1999 to 26 March, 1999.
Support document (PDF, 18 pages, 304 KB)
  1. Introduction to the Business Studies Syllabus
  2. Programming the Syllabus
  3. Business Studies Assessment task
Word version (18 pages, 176 KB) (archived in a Zip format)

The Board provides the following documents to support Assessment of HSC Business Studies (Course No. 15040)

Draft Performance Bands (PDF, 1 page, 20 KB)
Past HSC Examination Paper and Notes from the Marking Centre
Specimen HSC Examination Resources (PDF, 30 pages, 408 KB)
Examination Rubrics (PDF, 1 page, 28 KB)
Assessment Support
Standards Packages
2002 Standards Package
2001 Standards Package
Online Multiple Choice Self-Tests for Business Studies

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