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2017 HSC enrolments by course
Find out more about the course enrolments for the 2017 HSC.
- General
This table outlines enrolments in HSC Board Developed courses, excluding Language, Vocational Education and Training (VET) and Life Skills courses. It also includes two large candidature Board Endorsed courses English Studies and Mathematics General 1. These two courses do not have external examinations.
- VET
This table outlines unique enrolments in HSC VET Industry Curriculum Framework courses, which are delivered by Registered Training Organisations (RTOs), including schools and colleges as part of a school system RTO, TAFE NSW Institutes and private providers. Each VET Industry Curriculum Framework includes multiple courses.
- Languages
This table outlines enrolments in HSC language courses.
- Life skills
This table outlines enrolments in HSC Life Skills courses which are available for students with special education needs for whom the regular outcomes and content are not appropriate. These courses are Board Developed and meet the requirements for the award of the HSC.
2017 HSC general enrolments
English
Course name |
Units |
Male |
Male % |
Female |
Female % |
Total |
English (Standard) |
2 |
15692 |
50 |
15694 |
50 |
31386 |
English (Advanced) |
2 |
11349 |
42 |
15576 |
58 |
26925 |
English as a Second Language |
2 |
1094 |
46 |
1284 |
54 |
2378 |
English Extension 1 |
1 |
1486 |
34 |
2926 |
66 |
4412 |
English Extension 2 |
1 |
518 |
31 |
1164 |
69 |
1682 |
English Studies |
2 |
5133 |
58 |
3647 |
42 |
8780 |
Mathematics
Course name |
Units |
Male |
Male % |
Female |
Female % |
Total |
Mathematics General 2 |
2 |
15768 |
49 |
16427 |
51 |
32195 |
Mathematics |
2 |
9398 |
54 |
8035 |
46 |
17433 |
Mathematics Extension 1 |
2 |
5375 |
60 |
3620 |
40 |
8995 |
Mathematics Extension 2 |
2 |
2084 |
64 |
1177 |
36 |
3261 |
Mathematics General 1 |
2 |
2448 |
62 |
1504 |
38 |
3952 |
Science
Course name |
Units |
Male |
Male % |
Female |
Female % |
Total |
Biology |
2 |
6954 |
38 |
11471 |
62 |
18425 |
Chemistry |
2 |
6102 |
55 |
5025 |
45 |
11127 |
Earth and Environmental Science |
2 |
978 |
56 |
776 |
44 |
1754 |
Physics |
2 |
7464 |
77 |
2228 |
23 |
9692 |
Senior Science |
2 |
3847 |
53 |
3419 |
47 |
7266 |
Human Society and Its Environment
Course name |
Units |
Male |
Male % |
Female |
Female % |
Total |
Aboriginal Studies |
2 |
156 |
25 |
456 |
75 |
612 |
Ancient History |
2 |
3953 |
44 |
5083 |
56 |
9036 |
Business Studies |
2 |
9492 |
53 |
8389 |
47 |
17881 |
Economics |
2 |
3458 |
65 |
1875 |
35 |
5333 |
Geography |
2 |
2452 |
53 |
2206 |
47 |
4658 |
Legal Studies |
2 |
4199 |
38 |
6845 |
62 |
11044 |
Modern History |
2 |
5429 |
48 |
5909 |
52 |
11338 |
History Extension |
1 |
786 |
38 |
1306 |
62 |
2092 |
Society and Culture |
2 |
820 |
18 |
3737 |
82 |
4557 |
Studies of Religion I |
1 |
4237 |
46 |
4982 |
54 |
9219 |
Studies of Religion II |
2 |
2214 |
37 |
3822 |
63 |
6036 |
Technology
Course name |
Units |
Male |
Male % |
Female |
Female % |
Total |
Agriculture |
2 |
663 |
45 |
803 |
55 |
1466 |
Design and Technology |
2 |
1781 |
56 |
1411 |
44 |
3192 |
Engineering Studies |
2 |
1831 |
92 |
169 |
8 |
2000 |
Food Technology |
2 |
733 |
21 |
2681 |
79 |
3414 |
Industrial Technology |
2 |
5012 |
86 |
815 |
14 |
5827 |
Information Processes and Technology |
2 |
2226 |
81 |
522 |
19 |
2748 |
Software Design and Development |
2 |
1688 |
91 |
161 |
9 |
1849 |
Textiles and Design |
2 |
39 |
3 |
1450 |
97 |
1489 |
Creative Arts
Course name |
Units |
Male |
Male % |
Female |
Female % |
Total |
Dance |
2 |
48 |
5 |
879 |
95 |
927 |
Drama |
2 |
1600 |
34 |
3116 |
66 |
4716 |
Music 1 |
2 |
2311 |
48 |
2513 |
52 |
4824 |
Music 2 |
2 |
349 |
47 |
401 |
53 |
750 |
Music Extension |
1 |
207 |
50 |
208 |
50 |
415 |
Visual Arts |
2 |
2573 |
28 |
6572 |
72 |
9145 |
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education
Course name |
Units |
Male |
Male % |
Female |
Female % |
Total |
Community and Family Studies |
2 |
725 |
8 |
7881 |
92 |
8606 |
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education |
2 |
7190 |
45 |
8742 |
55 |
15932 |
2017 HSC VET Industry Curriculum Frameworks enrolments
Course name |
Male |
Male % |
Female |
Female % |
Total |
Automotive |
733 |
92 |
61 |
8 |
794 |
Business Services |
650 |
28 |
1645 |
72 |
2295 |
Construction |
3385 |
97 |
114 |
3 |
3499 |
Electrotechnology |
429 |
98 |
7 |
2 |
436 |
Entertainment Industry |
614 |
47 |
684 |
53 |
1298 |
Financial Services |
82 |
63 |
49 |
37 |
131 |
Hospitality |
2422 |
30 |
5521 |
70 |
7943 |
Human Services |
61 |
8 |
723 |
92 |
784 |
Information and Digital Technology |
909 |
86 |
146 |
14 |
1055 |
Metal and Engineering |
938 |
95 |
47 |
5 |
985 |
Primary Industries |
714 |
57 |
546 |
43 |
1260 |
Retail Services |
626 |
32 |
1315 |
68 |
1941 |
Tourism, Travel and Events |
54 |
12 |
409 |
88 |
463 |
2017 HSC Languages enrolments
Course name |
Units |
Male |
Male % |
Female |
Female % |
Total |
Arabic Beginners |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
100 |
1 |
Arabic Continuers |
2 |
95 |
35 |
173 |
65 |
268 |
Arabic Extension |
1 |
32 |
29 |
78 |
71 |
110 |
Armenian Continuers |
2 |
12 |
48 |
13 |
52 |
25 |
Chinese and Literature |
2 |
321 |
44 |
413 |
56 |
734 |
Chinese in Context |
2 |
29 |
30 |
69 |
70 |
98 |
Chinese Beginners |
2 |
29 |
45 |
36 |
55 |
65 |
Chinese Continuers |
2 |
62 |
48 |
67 |
52 |
129 |
Chinese Extension |
1 |
15 |
52 |
14 |
48 |
29 |
Classical Greek Continuers |
2 |
18 |
67 |
9 |
33 |
27 |
Classical Greek Extension |
1 |
13 |
68 |
6 |
32 |
19 |
Classical Hebrew Continuers |
2 |
6 |
26 |
17 |
74 |
23 |
Classical Hebrew Extension |
1 |
4 |
31 |
9 |
69 |
13 |
Croatian Continuers |
2 |
3 |
38 |
5 |
63 |
8 |
Filipino Continuers |
2 |
8 |
44 |
10 |
56 |
18 |
French Beginners |
2 |
123 |
23 |
420 |
77 |
543 |
French Continuers |
2 |
211 |
30 |
488 |
70 |
699 |
French Extension |
1 |
61 |
37 |
106 |
63 |
167 |
German Beginners |
2 |
46 |
41 |
67 |
59 |
113 |
German Continuers |
2 |
96 |
42 |
131 |
58 |
227 |
German Extension |
1 |
29 |
49 |
30 |
51 |
59 |
Hindi Continuers |
2 |
11 |
46 |
13 |
54 |
24 |
Hungarian Continuers |
2 |
1 |
25 |
3 |
75 |
4 |
Indonesian and Literature |
2 |
25 |
34 |
49 |
66 |
74 |
Indonesian in Context |
2 |
1 |
25 |
3 |
75 |
4 |
Indonesian Beginners |
2 |
9 |
27 |
24 |
73 |
33 |
Indonesian Continuers |
2 |
27 |
36 |
47 |
64 |
74 |
Indonesian Extension |
1 |
3 |
33 |
6 |
67 |
9 |
Italian Beginners |
2 |
75 |
22 |
265 |
78 |
340 |
Italian Continuers |
2 |
107 |
38 |
175 |
62 |
282 |
Italian Extension |
1 |
23 |
43 |
30 |
57 |
53 |
Japanese and Literature |
2 |
7 |
50 |
7 |
50 |
14 |
Japanese in Context |
2 |
6 |
21 |
22 |
79 |
28 |
Japanese Beginners |
2 |
286 |
40 |
432 |
60 |
718 |
Japanese Continuers |
2 |
245 |
36 |
437 |
64 |
682 |
Japanese Extension |
1 |
63 |
39 |
100 |
61 |
163 |
Khmer Continuers |
2 |
3 |
43 |
4 |
57 |
7 |
Korean and Literature |
2 |
11 |
31 |
24 |
69 |
35 |
Korean in Context |
2 |
16 |
25 |
48 |
75 |
64 |
Korean Beginners |
2 |
13 |
14 |
82 |
86 |
95 |
Korean Continuers |
2 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
100 |
4 |
Latin Continuers |
2 |
93 |
58 |
68 |
42 |
161 |
Latin Extension |
1 |
54 |
59 |
37 |
41 |
91 |
Macedonian Continuers |
2 |
7 |
26 |
20 |
74 |
27 |
Maltese Continuers |
2 |
1 |
50 |
1 |
50 |
2 |
Modern Greek Beginners |
2 |
35 |
41 |
50 |
59 |
85 |
Modern Greek Continuers |
2 |
31 |
39 |
48 |
61 |
79 |
Modern Greek Extension |
1 |
16 |
44 |
20 |
56 |
36 |
Modern Hebrew Continuers |
2 |
12 |
27 |
32 |
73 |
44 |
Persian Background Speakers |
2 |
13 |
45 |
16 |
55 |
29 |
Polish Continuers |
2 |
11 |
41 |
16 |
59 |
27 |
Portuguese Continuers |
2 |
7 |
44 |
9 |
56 |
16 |
Punjabi Continuers |
2 |
6 |
33 |
12 |
67 |
18 |
Russian Continuers |
2 |
7 |
33 |
14 |
67 |
21 |
Serbian Continuers |
2 |
11 |
50 |
11 |
50 |
22 |
Spanish Beginners |
2 |
88 |
34 |
168 |
66 |
256 |
Spanish Continuers |
2 |
47 |
27 |
124 |
73 |
171 |
Spanish Extension |
1 |
15 |
28 |
39 |
72 |
54 |
Swedish Continuers |
2 |
3 |
33 |
6 |
67 |
9 |
Tamil Continuers |
2 |
9 |
33 |
18 |
67 |
27 |
Turkish Continuers |
2 |
7 |
22 |
25 |
78 |
32 |
Ukrainian Continuers |
2 |
5 |
100 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
Vietnamese Continuers |
2 |
65 |
45 |
81 |
55 |
146 |
2017 HSC Life Skills enrolments
Course Name |
Units |
Male |
Male % |
Female |
Female % |
Total |
Aboriginal Studies Life Skills |
2 |
11 |
65 |
6 |
35 |
17 |
Agriculture Life Skills |
2 |
52 |
74 |
18 |
26 |
70 |
Business and Economics Life Skills |
2 |
32 |
67 |
16 |
33 |
48 |
Citizenship and Legal Studies Life Skills |
2 |
24 |
50 |
24 |
50 |
48 |
Community and Family Studies Life Skills |
2 |
75 |
43 |
99 |
57 |
174 |
Creative Arts Life Skills |
2 |
272 |
62 |
167 |
38 |
439 |
Dance Life Skills |
2 |
6 |
26 |
17 |
74 |
23 |
Design and Technology Life Skills |
2 |
41 |
64 |
23 |
36 |
64 |
Drama Life Skills |
2 |
52 |
64 |
29 |
36 |
81 |
English Life Skills |
2 |
1039 |
66 |
541 |
34 |
1580 |
Food Technology Life Skills |
2 |
228 |
64 |
127 |
36 |
355 |
Geography Life Skills |
2 |
66 |
61 |
42 |
39 |
108 |
History Life Skills |
2 |
125 |
68 |
60 |
32 |
185 |
Human Society and its Environment Life Skills |
2 |
327 |
65 |
173 |
35 |
500 |
Industrial Technology Life Skills |
2 |
135 |
92 |
12 |
8 |
147 |
Information Processes and Technology Life Skills |
2 |
69 |
80 |
17 |
20 |
86 |
Mathematics Life Skills |
2 |
1008 |
68 |
482 |
32 |
1490 |
Music Life Skills |
2 |
82 |
62 |
50 |
38 |
132 |
Personal Development, Health & PE Life Skills |
2 |
682 |
65 |
360 |
35 |
1042 |
Science Life Skills |
2 |
511 |
69 |
230 |
31 |
741 |
Society and Culture Life Skills |
2 |
21 |
54 |
18 |
46 |
39 |
Studies of Religion I Life Skills |
1 |
9 |
31 |
20 |
69 |
29 |
Studies of Religion II Life Skills |
2 |
9 |
53 |
8 |
47 |
17 |
Technology Life Skills |
2 |
304 |
65 |
163 |
35 |
467 |
Textiles and Design Life Skills |
2 |
1 |
7 |
13 |
93 |
14 |
Visual Arts Life Skills |
2 |
268 |
63 |
157 |
37 |
425 |
Work and the Community Life Skills |
2 |
409 |
62 |
248 |
38 |
657 |
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