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Archive – 2012 HSC course enrolments

This page last updated 8 November 2012

In 2012 there are 73 397 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 8 November 2012.

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HSC Course Enrolments (non-Language)
Course Course Name Units Male Male % Female Female % Total
15000 Aboriginal Studies 2 120 32% 259 68% 379
15010 Agriculture 2 657 47% 734 53% 1391
15020 Ancient History 2 5078 41% 7227 59% 12305
15030 Biology 2 6499 39% 10257 61% 16756
15040 Business Studies 2 8084 52% 7374 48% 15458
15050 Chemistry 2 6079 55% 4903 45% 10982
15060 Community and Family Studies 2 525 8% 6209 92% 6734
15070 Dance 2 47 6% 805 94% 852
15080 Design and Technology 2 1867 58% 1376 42% 3243
15090 Drama 2 1432 30% 3322 70% 4754
15100 Earth and Environmental Science 2 819 54% 698 46% 1517
15110 Economics 2 3352 63% 1947 37% 5299
15120 Engineering Studies 2 1981 95% 102 5% 2083
15140 English (Advanced) 2 11406 42% 15960 58% 27366
15130 English (Standard) 2 16557 51% 15698 49% 32255
15150 English as a Second Language 2 1362 53% 1202 47% 2564
15160 English Extension 1 1 1775 33% 3584 67% 5359
15170 English Extension 2 1 651 30% 1513 70% 2164
30110 English Studies 2 3126 62% 1945 38% 5071
15180 Food Technology 2 930 25% 2745 75% 3675
15230 General Mathematics 2 16115 50% 16087 50% 32202
15190 Geography 2 2357 54% 1999 46% 4356
15280 History Extension 1 854 40% 1289 60% 2143
15200 Industrial Technology 2 4657 90% 523 10% 5180
15210 Information Processes and Technology 2 2626 79% 708 21% 3334
15220 Legal Studies 2 3794 39% 5859 61% 9653
15240 Mathematics 2 9267 54% 7756 46% 17023
15250 Mathematics Extension 1 2 5365 59% 3738 41% 9103
15260 Mathematics Extension 2 2 2203 63% 1286 37% 3489
15270 Modern History 2 4970 47% 5650 53% 10620
15310 Music Extension 1 216 50% 218 50% 434
15290 Music 1 2 2799 54% 2382 46% 5181
15300 Music 2 2 352 50% 358 50% 710
15320 Personal Development, Health and Physical Education 2 6524 48% 6969 52% 13493
15330 Physics 2 7440 78% 2154 22% 9594
15340 Senior Science 2 2967 56% 2378 44% 5345
15350 Society and Culture 2 706 18% 3264 82% 3970
15360 Software Design and Development 2 1413 94% 93 6% 1506
15370 Studies of Religion I 1 4443 47% 5024 53% 9467
15380 Studies of Religion II 2 1796 35% 3360 65% 5156
15390 Textiles and Design 2 38 2% 2359 98% 2397
15400 Visual Arts 2 2754 29% 6865 71% 9619

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2012 HSC Language course enrolments
Course Course Name Units Male Male % Female Female % Total
15500 Arabic Beginners 2 1 20% 4 80% 5
15510 Arabic Continuers 2 87 40% 128 60% 215
15520 Arabic Extension 1 28 40% 42 60% 70
15530 Armenian Continuers 2 10 26% 28 74% 38
15560 Chinese Background Speakers 2 374 49% 382 51% 756
15540 Chinese Beginners 2 13 32% 28 68% 41
15550 Chinese Continuers 2 38 59% 26 41% 64
15570 Chinese Extension 1 8 62% 5 38% 13
15580 Classical Greek Continuers 2 6 67% 3 33% 9
15590 Classical Greek Extension 1 3 50% 3 50% 6
15600 Classical Hebrew Continuers 2 19 51% 18 49% 37
15610 Classical Hebrew Extension 1 14 58% 10 42% 24
15620 Croatian Continuers 2 6 35% 11 65% 17
15640 Dutch Continuers 2 2 67% 1 33% 3
15660 Filipino Continuers 2 6 50% 6 50% 12
15670 French Beginners 2 133 19% 568 81% 701
15680 French Continuers 2 262 29% 631 71% 893
15690 French Extension 1 75 37% 130 63% 205
15700 German Beginners 2 39 30% 92 70% 131
15710 German Continuers 2 110 38% 181 62% 291
15720 German Extension 1 30 34% 59 66% 89
15555 Heritage Chinese (Mandarin) 2 40 44% 50 56% 90
15835 Heritage Japanese 2 7 47% 8 53% 15
15885 Heritage Korean 2 9 27% 24 73% 33
15730 Hindi Continuers 2 7 41% 10 59% 17
15740 Hungarian Continuers 2 6 67% 3 33% 9
15770 Indonesian Background Speakers 2 49 51% 48 49% 97
15750 Indonesian Beginners 2 12 30% 28 70% 40
15760 Indonesian Continuers 2 21 32% 45 68% 66
15780 Indonesian Extension 1 5 38% 8 62% 13
15790 Italian Beginners 2 94 25% 275 75% 369
15800 Italian Continuers 2 80 27% 221 73% 301
15810 Italian Extension 1 17 24% 54 76% 71
15840 Japanese Background Speakers 2 7 32% 15 68% 22
15820 Japanese Beginners 2 252 40% 373 60% 625
15830 Japanese Continuers 2 228 33% 464 67% 692
15850 Japanese Extension 1 63 33% 129 67% 192
15860 Khmer Continuers 2 16 64% 9 36% 25
15890 Korean Background Speakers 2 27 37% 46 63% 73
15880 Korean Continuers 2 1 33% 2 67% 3
15900 Latin Continuers 2 80 46% 93 54% 173
15910 Latin Extension 1 48 48% 52 52% 100
15940 Macedonian Continuers 2 12 40% 18 60% 30
15950 Malay Background Speakers 2 1 100% 0 0% 1
15970 Modern Greek Beginners 2 24 39% 37 61% 61
15980 Modern Greek Continuers 2 35 38% 56 62% 91
15990 Modern Greek Extension 1 14 45% 17 55% 31
16000 Modern Hebrew Continuers 2 15 28% 38 72% 53
16010 Persian Background Speakers 2 11 37% 19 63% 30
16020 Polish Continuers 2 11 41% 16 59% 27
16030 Portuguese Continuers 2 5 25% 15 75% 20
16040 Russian Background Speakers 2 12 60% 8 40% 20
16050 Serbian Continuers 2 7 37% 12 63% 19
16070 Spanish Beginners 2 48 25% 143 75% 191
16080 Spanish Continuers 2 78 39% 122 61% 200
16090 Spanish Extension 1 27 39% 42 61% 69
16100 Swedish Continuers 2 4 57% 3 43% 7
16110 Tamil Continuers 2 19 45% 23 55% 42
16120 Turkish Continuers 2 11 28% 28 72% 39
16130 Ukrainian Continuers 2 3 60% 2 40% 5
16140 Vietnamese Continuers 2 77 49% 81 51% 158

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2012 HSC Life Skills course enrolments
Course Course Name Units Male Male % Female Female % Total
16681 Agriculture Life Skills 2 25 69% 11 31% 36
16630 Citizenship and Society Life Skills 2 462 64% 259 36% 721
16650 Creative Arts Life Skills 2 280 60% 185 40% 465
16652 Dance Life Skills 2 1 14% 6 86% 7
16682 Design and Technology Life Skills 2 29 64% 16 36% 45
16654 Drama Life Skills 2 9 32% 19 68% 28
16600 English Life Skills 2 795 60% 521 40% 1316
16683 Food Technology Life Skills 2 86 51% 81 49% 167
16684 Industrial Technology Life Skills 2 95 90% 11 10% 106
16685 Information Processes and Technology Life Skills 2 36 73% 13 27% 49
16610 Mathematics Life Skills 2 713 61% 448 39% 1161
16656 Music Life Skills 2 51 63% 30 37% 81
16620 Personal Development, Health & PE Life Skills 2 534 64% 301 36% 835
16640 Science Life Skills 2 303 67% 149 33% 452
16686 Technology Life Skills 2 229 60% 153 40% 382
16680 Textiles and Design Life Skills 2 4 14% 25 86% 29
16658 Visual Arts Life Skills 2 126 56% 101 44% 227
16670 Work and the Community Life Skills 2 551 60% 366 40% 917

Life Skills courses do not have external HSC exams.

Life Skills courses

2012 HSC VET Curriculum Frameworks enrolments
Industry Curriculum Frameworks Male Male % Female Female % Total
* Accounting is a Board developed, TAFE delivered VET course
Accounting * 238 52% 218 48% 456
Automotive 748 95% 40 5% 788
Business Services 640 25% 1872 75% 2512
Construction 3235 99% 46 1% 3281
Electrotechnology 402 97% 13 3% 415
Entertainment Industry 614 49% 642 51% 1256
Hospitality 2612 31% 5863 69% 8475
Human Services 48 9% 482 91% 530
Information Technology 1505 82% 324 18% 1829
Metal and Engineering 1463 97% 39 3% 1502
Primary Industries 595 59% 406 41% 1001
Retail Services 611 32% 1324 68% 1935
Tourism and Events 61 11% 495 89% 556

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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