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2011 HSC course enrolments

In 2011 there are 72 391 students enrolled in the Higher School Certificate. To be enrolled a student must be undertaking at least one course.

The following tables - HSC courses, languages, life skills, VET - show the number of students enrolled in HSC courses as of 1 September 2011.

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HSC course	Male enrolments	%	Female enrolments	%	Total	Rank by HSC course enrolment
Aboriginal Studies	100	26%	286	74%	386	46
Agriculture	657	49%	677	51%	1334	37
Ancient History	5081	41%	7247	59%	12328	8
Biology	6605	39%	10376	61%	16981	5
Business Studies	7653	51%	7342	49%	14995	6
Chemistry	6172	55%	4982	45%	11154	9
Community and Family Studies	418	7%	5916	93%	6334	16
Dance	46	5%	812	95%	858	39
Design and Technology	1883	55%	1563	45%	3446	29
Drama	1349	28%	3458	72%	4807	22
Earth and Environmental Science	795	53%	709	47%	1504	36
Economics	3340	61%	2141	39%	5481	17
Engineering Studies	1680	96%	78	4%	1758	34
English (Advanced)	11344	52%	15945	48%	27289	3
English (Standard)	18026	42%	16903	58%	34929	1
English as a Second Language	1494	51%	1447	49%	2941	30
English Extension 1	1900	35%	3532	65%	5432	19
English Extension 2	724	33%	1491	67%	2215	32
Food Technology	1002	26%	2904	74%	3906	27
General Mathematics	15866	49%	16238	51%	32104	2
Geography	2382	53%	2096	47%	4478	24
History Extension	794	37%	1378	63%	2172	33
Industrial Technology	4216	90%	455	10%	4671	23
Information Processes and Technology	3180	75%	1081	25%	4261	25
Legal Studies	3557	38%	5713	62%	9270	14
Mathematics	9142	54%	7842	46%	16984	4
Mathematics Extension 1	5278	59%	3736	41%	9014	15
Mathematics Extension 2	2219	64%	1257	36%	3476	28
Modern History	4660	45%	5642	55%	10302	10
Music 1	2805	55%	2267	45%	5072	20
Music 2	350	47%	390	53%	740	42
Music Extension	226	47%	251	53%	477	45
PDHPE*	6807	47%	7635	53%	14442	7
Physics	7337	77%	2156	23%	9493	13
Senior Science	2891	53%	2584	47%	5475	18
Society and Culture	732	18%	3322	82%	4054	26
Software Design and Development	1560	93%	116	7%	1676	35
Studies of Religion I	4397	46%	5116	54%	9513	12
Studies of Religion II	1631	34%	3199	66%	4830	21
Textiles and Design	38	2%	2313	98%	2351	31
Visual Arts	2844	29%	6961	71%	9805	11

*Personal Development, Health and Physical Education

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2011 HSC Language course enrolments

Language	Male enrolments	%	Female enrolments	%	Total	Rank by Languages enrolment
Arabic Beginners	4	40%	6	60%	10	51
Arabic Continuers	73	31%	161	69%	234	10
Arabic Extension	22	35%	41	65%	63	26
Armenian Continuers	8	53%	7	47%	15	47
Chinese Background Speakers	453	47%	510	53%	963	1
Chinese Beginners	11	41%	16	59%	27	38
Chinese Continuers	51	50%	50	50%	101	19
Chinese Extension	17	55%	14	45%	31	24
Classical Greek Continuers	14	82%	3	18%	17	45
Classical Greek Extension	7	78%	2	22%	9	52
Classical Hebrew Continuers	8	29%	20	71%	28	37
Classical Hebrew Extension	6	35%	11	65%	17	46
Croatian Continuers	3	21%	11	79%	14	48
Dutch Continuers	1	50%	1	50%	2	59
Filipino Continuers	18	51%	17	49%	35	33
French Beginners	113	18%	512	82%	625	4
French Continuers	235	28%	600	72%	835	2
French Extension	71	31%	157	69%	228	11
German Beginners	34	29%	84	71%	118	16
German Continuers	101	37%	171	63%	272	8
German Extension	33	38%	53	62%	86	22
Hindi Continuers	6	32%	13	68%	19	42
Hungarian Continuers	3	60%	2	40%	5	55
Indonesian Background Speakers	39	44%	50	56%	89	21
Indonesian Beginners	23	35%	43	65%	66	24
Indonesian Continuers	20	26%	57	74%	77	23
Indonesian Extension	7	35%	13	65%	20	41
Italian Beginners	92	25%	281	75%	373	6
Italian Continuers	74	27%	200	73%	274	7
Italian Extension	18	27%	48	73%	66	25
Japanese Background Speakers	15	48%	16	52%	31	35
Japanese Beginners	205	38%	336	62%	541	5
Japanese Continuers	256	32%	546	68%	802	3
Japanese Extension	86	32%	184	68%	270	9
Khmer Continuers	6	46%	7	54%	13	49
Korean Background Speakers	49	47%	56	53%	105	18
Korean Continuers	1	17%	5	83%	6	54
Latin Continuers	100	59%	70	41%	170	15
Latin Extension	64	63%	37	37%	101	20
Macedonian Continuers	6	32%	13	68%	19	43
Malay Background Speakers	0	0%	3	100%	3	57
Maltese Continuers	0	0%	3	100%	3	58
Modern Greek Beginners	13	57%	10	43%	23	39
Modern Greek Continuers	42	40%	64	60%	106	17
Modern Greek Extension	17	39%	27	61%	44	29
Modern Hebrew Continuers	7	17%	34	83%	41	32
Persian Background Speakers	18	42%	25	58%	43	30
Polish Continuers	15	35%	28	65%	43	31
Portuguese Continuers	4	57%	3	43%	7	53
Russian Background Speakers	7	30%	16	70%	23	40
Serbian Continuers	2	11%	17	89%	19	44
Spanish Beginners	60	32%	125	68%	185	12
Spanish Continuers	63	37%	108	63%	171	14
Spanish Extension	16	35%	30	65%	46	28
Swedish Continuers	7	64%	4	36%	11	50
Tamil Continuers	7	24%	22	76%	29	36
Turkish Continuers	18	35%	34	65%	52	27
Ukrainian Continuers	1	25%	3	75%	4	56
Vietnamese Continuers	73	40%	110	60%	183	13

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2011 HSC Life Skills enrolments

Life Skills	Male enrolments	%	Female enrolments	%	Total	Rank by Life Skills enrolment
Citizenship and Society Life Skills	412	60%	276	40%	688	6
Creative Arts Life Skills	302	57%	225	43%	527	7
Dance Life Skills	0	0%	6	100%	6	12
Drama Life Skills	19	53%	17	47%	36	11
English Life Skills	880	62%	537	38%	1417	1
Mathematics Life Skills	712	63%	427	37%	1139	2
Music Life Skills	24	62%	15	38%	39	10
Personal Development, Health & PE Life Skills	479	63%	286	37%	765	5
Science Life Skills	318	66%	162	34%	480	8
Technology & Applied Studies Life Skills	516	65%	276	35%	792	4
Visual Arts Life Skills	64	50%	65	50%	129	9
Work and the Community Life Skills	539	60%	357	40%	896	3

Life Skills courses do not have external HSC exams.

Life Skills courses

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2011 HSC VET Curriculum Frameworks enrolments

Vocational Education and Training Curriculum Frameworks	Male enrolments	%	Female enrolments	%	Total	Rank by VET enrolment
Accounting	225	50%	222	50%	447	11
Automotive	778	92%	65	8%	843	9
Business Services	625	24%	1943	76%	2568	3
Construction	2963	98%	63	2%	3026	2
Electrotechnology	382	98%	6	2%	388	12
Entertainment Industry	580	50%	569	50%	1149	7
Hospitality	2893	35%	5438	65%	8331	1
Information Technology	1636	80%	408	20%	2044	4
Metal & Engineering	1262	97%	41	3%	1303	6
Primary Industries	658	64%	378	36%	1036	8
Retail Services	515	27%	1367	73%	1882	5
Tourism and Events	49	9%	503	91%	552	10

Note: There are multiple courses available within each VET industry framework. Enrolment numbers in each course are combined to give the totals above.

VET courses

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