Statistics - Higher School Certificate 1998
Year 12 HSC Enrolments 1998
Courses are listed in order of numbers of enrolments
| Course no. | Course name | Units | Male | Female | Total Students |
| 20060 | English (General) | 2 | 13544 | 17026 | 30570 |
| 20160 | Mathematics in Society | 2 | 11093 | 14138 | 25231 |
| 20050 | Contemporary English | 2 | 11153 | 8134 | 19287 |
| 20170 | Mathematics | 2 | 7807 | 8169 | 15976 |
| 20660 | General Studies | 1 | 7286 | 7857 | 15143 |
| 20260 | Biology | 2 | 5329 | 9601 | 14930 |
| 20640 | Business Studies | 2 | 6112 | 5468 | 11580 |
| 20270 | Chemistry | 2 | 5471 | 4812 | 10283 |
| 20290 | Physics | 2 | 6765 | 2557 | 9322 |
| 22600 | Personal Development Health and P.E | 2 | 4324 | 4699 | 9023 |
| 20171 | Mathematics | 3 | 4357 | 3480 | 7837 |
| 20711 | Studies of Religion | 1 | 3266 | 4024 | 7290 |
| 21820 | Computing Studies | 2 | 4344 | 2441 | 6785 |
| 20670 | Geography | 2 | 3549 | 2866 | 6415 |
| 20070 | English | 2 | 2104 | 4236 | 6340 |
| 20680 | Legal Studies | 2 | 2389 | 3931 | 6320 |
| 20150 | Mathematics in Practice | 2 | 2477 | 3317 | 5794 |
| 22250 | Visual Arts | 2 | 2147 | 3556 | 5703 |
| 20700 | Modern History | 2 | 2425 | 3259 | 5684 |
| 21819 | Computing Studies (General) | 2 | 2626 | 2656 | 5282 |
| 20650 | Economics | 2 | 2716 | 1900 | 4616 |
| 21880 | Design and Technology | 2 | 2626 | 1091 | 3717 |
| 22251 | Visual Arts | 3 | 1103 | 2501 | 3604 |
| 20310 | Science for Life | 2 | 1936 | 1665 | 3601 |
| 22220 | Drama | 2 | 837 | 2518 | 3355 |
| 20630 | Ancient History | 2 | 1247 | 2045 | 3292 |
| 22230 | Music(Board) Course 1 | 2 | 1512 | 1597 | 3109 |
| 20641 | Business Studies | 3 | 1554 | 1548 | 3102 |
| 21870 | Food Technology | 2 | 692 | 2377 | 3069 |
| 22300 | Life Management Studies | 2 | 494 | 2423 | 2917 |
| 20690 | Modern History (People and Events) | 2 | 1288 | 1502 | 2790 |
| 20621 | Ancient History (Personalities & Ti | 2 | 1111 | 1620 | 2731 |
| 20671 | Geography | 3 | 1068 | 1145 | 2213 |
| 20720 | Society & Culture | 2 | 383 | 1776 | 2159 |
| 20172 | Mathematics | 4 | 1393 | 724 | 2117 |
| 20300 | General Science | 2 | 1158 | 850 | 2008 |
| 21860 | Industrial Technology | 2 | 1900 | 83 | 1983 |
| 21821 | Computing Studies | 3 | 1414 | 289 | 1703 |
| 20701 | Modern History | 3 | 696 | 995 | 1691 |
| 21865 | Industry Studies - Hospitality | 2 | 464 | 1148 | 1612 |
| 20071 | English | 3 | 444 | 1121 | 1565 |
| 20651 | Economics | 3 | 864 | 646 | 1510 |
| 21810 | Agriculture | 2 | 945 | 540 | 1485 |
| 20631 | Ancient History | 3 | 492 | 988 | 1480 |
| 20681 | Legal Studies | 3 | 440 | 829 | 1269 |
| 21840 | Engineering Science | 2 | 1113 | 72 | 1185 |
| 21905 | Applied Studies | 1 | 592 | 499 | 1091 |
| 21342 | Japanese | 2 | 209 | 601 | 810 |
| 22301 | Life Management Studies | 3 | 54 | 756 | 810 |
| 21931 | Tourism Sector Services | 2 | 90 | 613 | 703 |
| 20710 | Studies of Religion | 2 | 181 | 508 | 689 |
| 21281 | French (General) | 2 | 115 | 474 | 589 |
| 21881 | Design and Technology | 3 | 306 | 230 | 536 |
| 21920 | Textiles & Design | 2 | 3 | 522 | 525 |
| 20251 | Science | 4 | 292 | 223 | 515 |
| 20600 | Aboriginal Studies | 2 | 151 | 362 | 513 |
| 20721 | Society & Culture | 3 | 59 | 454 | 513 |
| 20675 | Industry Studies - Retail | 2 | 244 | 263 | 507 |
| 21871 | Food Technology | 3 | 54 | 423 | 477 |
| 21280 | French Z | 2 | 64 | 406 | 470 |
| 21340 | Japanese Z | 2 | 143 | 308 | 451 |
| 21801 | Accounting | 2 | 192 | 200 | 392 |
| 21223 | Chinese (BS) | 3 | 159 | 215 | 374 |
| 22232 | Music(Board) | 3 | 141 | 208 | 349 |
| 21866 | Industry Studies - Metal and Engine | 2 | 328 | 0 | 328 |
| 21811 | Agriculture | 3 | 186 | 127 | 313 |
| 21332 | Italian | 2 | 110 | 200 | 310 |
| 21343 | Japanese | 3 | 86 | 213 | 299 |
| 20280 | Geology | 2 | 133 | 132 | 265 |
| 21291 | German (General) | 2 | 82 | 181 | 263 |
| 22210 | Dance | 2 | 11 | 246 | 257 |
| 21282 | French | 2 | 83 | 165 | 248 |
| 22231 | Music(Board) | 2 | 88 | 159 | 247 |
| 21201 | Arabic (General) | 2 | 85 | 148 | 233 |
| 21222 | Chinese (BS) | 2 | 126 | 97 | 223 |
| 21480 | Vietnamese | 2 | 77 | 142 | 219 |
| 20250 | Science | 3 | 114 | 96 | 210 |
| 21841 | Engineering Science | 3 | 187 | 12 | 199 |
| 21921 | Textiles & Design | 3 | 1 | 192 | 193 |
| 21403 | Modern Greek | 3 | 69 | 117 | 186 |
| 21292 | German | 2 | 66 | 118 | 184 |
| 21330 | Italian Z | 2 | 32 | 151 | 183 |
| 21452 | Spanish | 2 | 57 | 111 | 168 |
| 21290 | German Z | 2 | 40 | 125 | 165 |
| 21830 | Electronics Technology | 2 | 156 | 0 | 156 |
| 21283 | French | 3 | 60 | 95 | 155 |
| 21355 | Korean (BS) | 3 | 80 | 69 | 149 |
| 21322 | Indonesian | 2 | 37 | 110 | 147 |
| 21402 | Modern Greek | 2 | 62 | 74 | 136 |
| 21320 | Indonesian Z | 2 | 14 | 121 | 135 |
| 21293 | German | 3 | 55 | 78 | 133 |
| 22240 | Music (AMEB) | 2 | 40 | 91 | 131 |
| 21203 | Arabic | 3 | 63 | 52 | 115 |
| 21453 | Spanish | 3 | 39 | 73 | 112 |
| 21333 | Italian | 3 | 33 | 66 | 99 |
| 21344 | Japanese (BS) | 2 | 52 | 46 | 98 |
| 21405 | Persian | 2 | 47 | 42 | 89 |
| 21450 | Spanish Z | 2 | 31 | 54 | 85 |
| 21362 | Latin | 2 | 50 | 31 | 81 |
| 22241 | Music (AMEB) | 3 | 29 | 48 | 77 |
| 21363 | Latin | 3 | 36 | 40 | 76 |
| 21390 | Macedonian | 2 | 36 | 39 | 75 |
| 21890 | Rural Technology | 2 | 74 | 1 | 75 |
| 21461 | Turkish | 3 | 28 | 43 | 71 |
| 21430 | Serbian | 2 | 27 | 25 | 52 |
| 21323 | Indonesian | 3 | 20 | 29 | 49 |
| 21301 | Hebrew (General) | 2 | 28 | 19 | 47 |
| 21324 | Indonesian (BS) | 2 | 34 | 12 | 46 |
| 21240 | Croatian | 2 | 24 | 21 | 45 |
| 25030 | Philosophy - Distinction Course | 2 | 23 | 19 | 42 |
| 21423 | Russian | 3 | 16 | 23 | 39 |
| 21460 | Turkish | 2 | 13 | 24 | 37 |
| 21208 | Armenian | 2 | 12 | 23 | 35 |
| 22200 | Classical Ballet | 2 | 0 | 34 | 34 |
| 21354 | Korean (BS) | 2 | 13 | 15 | 28 |
| 21392 | Malay (BS) | 2 | 11 | 17 | 28 |
| 21325 | Indonesian (BS) | 3 | 6 | 20 | 26 |
| 21900 | Sheep Husbandry & Wool Technology | 2 | 25 | 1 | 26 |
| 21224 | Chinese | 2 | 13 | 12 | 25 |
| 21410 | Polish | 2 | 10 | 15 | 25 |
| 21225 | Chinese | 3 | 13 | 11 | 24 |
| 21202 | Arabic | 2 | 11 | 12 | 23 |
| 25020 | Cosmology - Distinction Course | 2 | 16 | 6 | 22 |
| 21415 | Portuguese | 2 | 13 | 4 | 17 |
| 21275 | Filipino | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 21303 | Hebrew | 3 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 21400 | Modern Greek Z | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| 21352 | Korean | 2 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 21200 | Arabic Z | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 21302 | Hebrew | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 22201 | Classical Ballet | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 25010 | Comparative Literature-Distinctn Co | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 21220 | Chinese Z | 2 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 21455 | Thai Z | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 21233 | Classical Greek | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 21305 | Hindi | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 21393 | Malay (BS) | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 21422 | Russian | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 21445 | Swedish | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 21470 | Ukrainian | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 21232 | Classical Greek | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 21250 | Czech | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 21262 | Dutch | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 21420 | Russian Z | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 21310 | Hungarian | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 21370 | Latvian | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 21270 | Estonian | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21380 | Lithuanian | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21440 | Slovenian | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21346 | Khmer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21350 | Korean Z | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21353 | Korean | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21395 | Maltese | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Updated: 22 December 1998
NSW Government