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Student Entries by Sex — 2019 HSC (Preliminary)

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Board Developed Courses
Course name Units/Hours Male Female Total
Aboriginal Studies 2 unit (11000) 2 326 727 1053
Aboriginal Studies Life Skills 2 unit (16687) 2 24 19 43
Agriculture 2 unit (11010) 2 1102 1017 2119
Agriculture Life Skills 2 unit (16681) 2 76 32 108
Ancient History 2 unit (11020) 2 4163 5354 9517
Ancient History Life Skills 2 unit (16672) 2 75 40 115
Arabic Continuers 2 unit (11510) 2 132 237 369
Armenian Continuers 2 unit (11520) 2 14 14 28
Automotive 2 unit (26010) 2 74 1 75
Automotive 2 unit (26011) 2 635 40 675
Automotive 4 unit (26012) 4 108 9 117
Automotive Specialisation Study 1 unit (26023) 1 2 0 2
Automotive Specialisation Study 2 unit (26024) 2 5 0 5
Biology 2 unit (11030) 2 9279 15637 24916
Business and Economics Life Skills 2 unit (16688) 2 57 24 81
Business Services 2 unit (26100) 2 3 6 9
Business Services 2 unit (26101) 2 977 1719 2696
Business Services 4 unit (26102) 4 2 2 4
Business Studies 2 unit (11040) 2 12680 10776 23456
Chemical World Science Life Skills 2 unit (16648) 2 11 8 19
Chemistry 2 unit (11050) 2 7861 7283 15144
Chinese and Literature 2 unit (11555) 2 386 362 748
Chinese in Context 2 unit (11547) 2 82 94 176
Chinese Beginners 2 unit (11530) 2 23 49 72
Chinese Continuers 2 unit (11540) 2 107 131 238
Citizenship and Legal Studies Life Skills 2 unit (16689) 2 23 17 40
Classical Greek Continuers 2 unit (11560) 2 8 5 13
Classical Hebrew Continuers 2 unit (11570) 2 14 13 27
Community and Family Studies 2 unit (11060) 2 1290 10348 11638
Community and Family Studies Life Skills 2 unit (16697) 2 88 158 246
Construction 2 unit (26200) 2 34 4 38
Construction 2 unit (26201) 2 5144 305 5449
Construction 4 unit (26202) 4 76 2 78
Construction School-based Apprenticeship 2 unit (26291) 2 86 1 87
Construction School-based Apprenticeship 4 unit (26292) 4 4 1 5
Construction School-based Apprenticeship Specialisation 1 unit (26293) 1 1 0 1
Construction School-based Apprenticeship Specialisation 2 unit (26294) 2 1 0 1
Construction Specialisation Study 1 unit (26203) 1 6 0 6
Creative Arts Life Skills 2 unit (16650) 2 380 177 557
Croatian Continuers 2 unit (11580) 2 1 3 4
Dance 2 unit (11070) 2 56 1086 1142
Dance Life Skills 2 unit (16652) 2 2 15 17
Design and Technology 2 unit (11080) 2 2941 2033 4974
Design and Technology Life Skills 2 unit (16682) 2 73 31 104
Drama 2 unit (11090) 2 1720 3196 4916
Drama Life Skills 2 unit (16654) 2 55 40 95
Dutch Continuers 2 unit (11600) 2 0 4 4
Earth and Environmental Science 2 unit (11100) 2 1531 1511 3042
Earth and Space Science Life Skills 2 unit (16649) 2 68 18 86
Economics 2 unit (11110) 2 4555 2439 6994
Electrotechnology 2 unit (26300) 2 43 2 45
Electrotechnology 2 unit (26301) 2 610 20 630
Electrotechnology 4 unit (26302) 4 17 0 17
Electrotechnology Specialisation Study 1 unit (26313) 1 4 0 4
Electrotechnology Specialisation Study 2 unit (26314) 2 2 0 2
Engineering Studies 2 unit (11120) 2 3139 330 3469
English Advanced 2 unit (11140) 2 12156 17242 29398
English Extension 1 unit (11150) 1 2139 3673 5812
English EAL/D 2 unit (11165) 2 1229 1285 2514
English Life Skills 2 unit (16601) 2 1415 723 2138
English Standard 2 unit (11130) 2 16861 16054 32915
English Studies 2 unit (30105) 2 5808 3330 9138
Entertainment Industry 2 unit (26401) 2 632 701 1333
Entertainment Industry Specialisation Study 1 unit (26403) 1 30 63 93
Filipino Continuers 2 unit (11620) 2 3 5 8
Financial Services 2 unit (27201) 2 135 37 172
Food Technology 2 unit (11180) 2 1472 3160 4632
Food Technology Life Skills 2 unit (16683) 2 374 207 581
French Beginners 2 unit (11630) 2 200 579 779
French Continuers 2 unit (11640) 2 264 528 792
Geography 2 unit (11190) 2 3031 2771 5802
Geography Life Skills 2 unit (16690) 2 88 45 133
German Beginners 2 unit (11650) 2 53 82 135
German Continuers 2 unit (11660) 2 130 129 259
Hindi Continuers 2 unit (11670) 2 7 6 13
Hospitality 2 unit (26510) 2 8 10 18
Hospitality 2 unit (26511) 2 3027 5996 9023
Hospitality 4 unit (26512) 4 12 23 35
Human Services 2 unit (27101) 2 80 856 936
Human Services 4 unit (27102) 4 2 67 69
Human Society and its Environment Life Skills 2 unit (16699) 2 519 232 751
Hungarian Continuers 2 unit (11680) 2 3 1 4
Indonesian and Literature 2 unit (11715) 2 5 9 14
Indonesian Beginners 2 unit (11690) 2 21 35 56
Indonesian Continuers 2 unit (11700) 2 39 59 98
Industrial Technology 2 unit (11200) 2 7691 1388 9079
Industrial Technology Life Skills 2 unit (16684) 2 210 28 238
Information and Digital Technology 2 unit (27300) 2 1 0 1
Information and Digital Technology 2 unit (27301) 2 795 141 936
Information and Digital Technology Specialisation Study 1 unit (27303) 1 4 1 5
Information and Digital Technology Specialisation Study 2 unit (27304) 2 3 0 3
Information and Digital Technology Specialisation Study 3 unit (27305) 3 4 0 4
Information Processes and Technology 2 unit (11210) 2 2308 516 2824
Information Processes and Technology Life Skills 2 unit (16685) 2 91 25 116
Investigating Science 2 unit (11215) 2 1972 1415 3387
Investigating Science Life Skills 2 unit (16642) 2 366 155 521
Italian Beginners 2 unit (11720) 2 121 349 470
Italian Continuers 2 unit (11730) 2 78 182 260
Japanese and Literature 2 unit (11765) 2 8 7 15
Japanese in Context 2 unit (11757) 2 20 23 43
Japanese Beginners 2 unit (11740) 2 517 561 1078
Japanese Continuers 2 unit (11750) 2 321 594 915
Khmer Continuers 2 unit (11770) 2 9 13 22
Korean and Literature 2 unit (11805) 2 23 24 47
Korean in Context 2 unit (11797) 2 13 39 52
Korean Beginners 2 unit (11780) 2 31 149 180
Korean Continuers 2 unit (11790) 2 2 18 20
Latin Continuers 2 unit (11810) 2 85 94 179
Legal Studies 2 unit (11220) 2 5402 9246 14648
Living World Science Life Skills 2 unit (16644) 2 113 67 180
Macedonian Continuers 2 unit (11840) 2 11 10 21
Mathematics 2 unit (11240) 2 387 164 551
Mathematics Advanced 2 unit (11255) 2 12928 11718 24646
Mathematics Extension 1 unit (11250) 1 6884 5225 12109
Mathematics Life Skills 2 unit (16611) 2 1325 649 1974
Mathematics Standard 2 unit (11236) 2 19729 19803 39532
Metal and Engineering 2 unit (26700) 2 47 5 52
Metal and Engineering 2 unit (26701) 2 1256 88 1344
Metal and Engineering 4 unit (26702) 4 5 0 5
Metal and Engineering School-based Apprenticeship 2 unit (26791) 2 11 0 11
Metal and Engineering School-based Apprenticeship 4 unit (26792) 4 2 0 2
Metal and Engineering Specialisation Study 1 unit (26703) 1 1 0 1
Metal and Engineering SBA Specialisation 1 unit (26793) 1 1 0 1
Modern Greek Beginners 2 unit (11870) 2 39 55 94
Modern Greek Continuers 2 unit (11880) 2 32 54 86
Modern Hebrew Continuers 2 unit (11890) 2 21 18 39
Modern History 2 unit (11270) 2 7201 7570 14771
Modern History Life Skills 2 unit (16673) 2 100 48 148
Music Life Skills 2 unit (16656) 2 113 63 176
Music 1 2 unit (11280) 2 2780 2910 5690
Music 2 2 unit (11290) 2 464 454 918
Persian Continuers 2 unit (11905) 2 8 21 29
Personal Development, Health & PE Life Skills 2 unit (16620) 2 940 418 1358
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education 2 unit (11300) 2 9169 10965 20134
Physical World Science Life Skills 2 unit (16646) 2 21 5 26
Physics 2 unit (11310) 2 8591 2884 11475
Polish Continuers 2 unit (11910) 2 8 8 16
Portuguese Continuers 2 unit (11920) 2 6 24 30
Primary Industries 2 unit (26810) 2 21 7 28
Primary Industries 2 unit (26811) 2 853 570 1423
Primary Industries 4 unit (26812) 4 12 7 19
Punjabi Continuers 2 unit (11925) 2 8 9 17
Retail Services 2 unit (26910) 2 1 0 1
Retail Services 2 unit (26911) 2 729 1277 2006
Retail Services 4 unit (26912) 4 3 7 10
Russian Continuers 2 unit (11935) 2 9 12 21
Serbian Continuers 2 unit (11940) 2 12 19 31
Society and Culture 2 unit (11330) 2 1547 5461 7008
Society and Culture Life Skills 2 unit (16692) 2 32 29 61
Software Design and Development 2 unit (11340) 2 2440 372 2812
Spanish Beginners 2 unit (11960) 2 139 376 515
Spanish Continuers 2 unit (11970) 2 49 130 179
Studies of Religion I 1 unit (11350) 1 4912 5343 10255
Studies of Religion I Life Skills 1 unit (16696) 1 16 29 45
Studies of Religion II 2 unit (11360) 2 2850 4627 7477
Studies of Religion II Life Skills 2 unit (16693) 2 14 15 29
Swedish Continuers 2 unit (11980) 2 2 4 6
Tamil Continuers 2 unit (11990) 2 9 29 38
Technology Life Skills 2 unit (16686) 2 325 152 477
Textiles and Design 2 unit (11370) 2 78 1737 1815
Textiles and Design Life Skills 2 unit (16680) 2 2 23 25
Tourism, Travel and Events 2 unit (27410) 2 2 7 9
Tourism, Travel and Events 2 unit (27411) 2 46 288 334
Tourism, Travel and Events 4 unit (27412) 4 0 2 2
Turkish Continuers 2 unit (12000) 2 13 19 32
Vietnamese Continuers 2 unit (12020) 2 79 139 218
Visual Arts 2 unit (11380) 2 3196 7900 11096
Visual Arts Life Skills 2 unit (16658) 2 330 220 550
Work and the Community Life Skills 2 unit (16671) 2 857 416 1273
Non-Board Developed Courses
Course name Units/Hours Male Female Total
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Arts 2 unit (43758) 2 5 26 31
Aboriginal Languages 2 unit (35242) 2 10 6 16
Aboriginal Studies - Local 2 unit (63031) 2 2 2 4
Active Volunteering 2 unit (64054) 2 67 51 118
Aeroskills 2 unit (41643) 2 23 3 26
Agricultural Mechanical Technology 2 unit (65600) 2 1 0 1
Air-conditioning and Refrigeration 2 unit (51318) 2 4 0 4
Air-conditioning and Refrigeration 1 unit (51319) 1 2 0 2
Animal Studies 2 unit (58160) 2 2 27 29
Animal Studies 2 unit (58161) 2 71 367 438
Animal Studies 4 unit (58162) 4 13 57 70
Animal Studies 2 unit (58165) 2 3 5 8
Applied Fashion Design and Technology 2 unit (41019) 2 1 12 13
Aquatics and Community Recreation 2 unit (43398) 2 1 1 2
Assistant Dance Teaching 2 unit (65334) 2 0 13 13
Assistant Dance Teaching 2 unit (65336) 2 3 13 16
Australian Studies 1 unit (63038) 1 73 30 103
Automotive Body Repair Technology 2 unit (65543) 2 1 0 1
Aviation (Cabin Crew) 2 unit (65401) 2 0 5 5
Aviation (Cabin Crew) 3 unit (65402) 3 2 7 9
Aviation (Cabin Crew) 2 unit (65403) 2 1 14 15
Aviation (Ground Operations and Service) 2 unit (51411) 2 0 1 1
Aviation (Remote Pilot) 2 unit (65579) 2 112 30 142
Aviation (Remote Pilot) 4 unit (65580) 4 8 0 8
Baking 2 unit (59403) 2 0 3 3
Baking 2 unit (59411) 2 1 3 4
Barbering 2 unit (43902) 2 3 1 4
Beauty Services (Make-Up) 2 unit (43883) 2 3 179 182
Beauty Services (Make-Up) 4 unit (43884) 4 1 46 47
Beauty Services (Make-Up) 3 unit (43885) 3 0 49 49
Beauty Services (Nail Technology) 2 unit (43886) 2 0 5 5
Beauty Services (Retail Cosmetics) 2 unit (43468) 2 0 61 61
Beauty Therapy School-based Apprenticeship 2 unit (43897) 2 0 3 3
Beauty Therapy School-based Apprenticeship 4 unit (43898) 4 0 1 1
Beekeeping 3 unit (52219) 3 2 0 2
Biblical Studies 1 unit (63260) 1 40 52 92
Big History 1 unit (64174) 1 7 39 46
Biology 2 unit (95034) 2 8 7 15
Braille 2 unit (63129) 2 3 1 4
Bushcraft 1 unit (63232) 1 12 7 19
Business Administration (Medical) 2 unit (41949) 2 1 10 11
Catholic Studies 1 unit (63046) 1 1672 1128 2800
Catholic Studies 2 unit (63047) 2 20 28 48
Catholic Studies Life Skills 1 unit (63052) 1 38 23 61
Ceramics 1 unit (35026) 1 28 120 148
Ceramics 2 unit (35027) 2 18 53 71
Christian Ministry and Theology 2 unit (62814) 2 2 3 5
Christian Studies 1 unit (64175) 1 2 5 7
Circus Skills 2 unit (63187) 2 4 17 21
Civil Construction 2 unit (59790) 2 7 0 7
Civil Construction Extension 1 unit (59791) 1 1 0 1
Classical Ballet 2 unit (63193) 2 2 5 7
Communication in Organisations 2 unit (95065) 2 3 15 18
Community Dance, Theatre & Events 2 unit (65346) 2 0 13 13
Community Services 2 unit (58256) 2 20 83 103
Community Services 4 unit (58257) 4 0 11 11
Community Services - Introduction 3 unit (58255) 3 7 46 53
Computing Applications 1 unit (35020) 1 109 52 161
Computing Applications 2 unit (35021) 2 284 92 376
Connected Learning 1 unit (63380) 1 29 33 62
Creative Industries 2 unit (59853) 2 20 4 24
Credit Transfer Units 2 unit (45511) 2 6 18 24
Critical Thinking 1 unit (95017) 1 9 17 26
Customer Engagement 2 unit (43852) 2 1 0 1
Dental Assisting 3 unit (62982) 3 0 1 1
Design Fundamentals 2 unit (43747) 2 11 18 29
Design Fundamentals 2 unit (43748) 2 37 131 168
Disability 3 unit (43783) 3 1 3 4
Drawing/Painting 1 unit (61581) 1 2 5 7
Driver Education 2 unit (63237) 2 9 10 19
Early Childhood Education and Care 2 unit (41824) 2 13 313 326
Early Childhood Education and Care 3 unit (41825) 3 3 67 70
Early Childhood Education and Care 4 unit (41826) 4 6 209 215
Education Support 3 unit (44030) 3 6 30 36
Education Support 1 unit (44031) 1 5 19 24
Engineering Pathways 2 unit (59726) 2 2 0 2
Engineering Pathways 3 unit (59727) 3 15 0 15
Equine Studies 1 unit (63264) 1 0 1 1
Exploring Early Childhood 1 unit (31009) 1 22 888 910
Exploring Early Childhood 2 unit (31010) 2 54 1223 1277
Film Studies 1 unit (63200) 1 30 8 38
Film Studies 2 unit (63201) 2 12 26 38
Financial Management 2 unit (63305) 2 34 27 61
Fitness 2 unit (41804) 2 173 78 251
Fitness School-based Traineeship 3 unit (41806) 3 8 3 11
Floristry 2 unit (54610) 2 1 6 7
Floristry 2 unit (54612) 2 0 3 3
Floristry 1 unit (54613) 1 0 1 1
Furnishing School-based Apprenticeship 2 unit (43477) 2 3 0 3
Furniture Making 2 unit (65638) 2 1 0 1
Furniture Making Pathways 2 unit (65635) 2 94 9 103
Furniture Making Pathways 3 unit (65636) 3 51 4 55
Hair or Beauty Services 2 unit (43900) 2 5 114 119
Hairdressing School-based Apprenticeship 2 unit (65226) 2 0 26 26
Hairdressing School-based Apprenticeship 2 unit (65227) 2 0 6 6
Hairdressing School-based Apprenticeship 3 unit (65228) 3 1 13 14
Heavy Commercial Vehicle Mechanical Technology 2 unit (65550) 2 1 0 1
History Matters 2 unit (63313) 2 12 2 14
Industry-based Learning 2 unit (19900) 2 46 21 67
Industry-based Learning 2 unit (19905) 2 625 319 944
Information and Digital Skills 2 unit (65392) 2 10 1 11
Information and Digital Skills 4 unit (65394) 4 0 2 2
Intensive Studio Practice 1 unit (99328) 1 4 6 10
Japanese Life Skills 2 unit (63240) 2 1 0 1
Joinery 2 unit (65665) 2 1 0 1
Landscape Construction 2 unit (43519) 2 7 0 7
Lifestyle Studies 2 unit (63269) 2 14 30 44
Logos I Philosophy 1 unit (95077) 1 19 30 49
Logos II Ethics 1 unit (95078) 1 15 17 32
Marine Studies 1 unit (33502) 1 184 93 277
Marine Studies 2 unit (33503) 2 606 364 970
Maritime Operations 2 unit (59669) 2 12 8 20
Maritime Operations 2 unit (59675) 2 4 3 7
Maritime Operations 2 unit (59676) 2 10 1 11
Meat Processing (Abattoirs) 2 unit (54638) 2 5 0 5
Meat Processing (Retail Butcher) 2 unit (54630) 2 6 0 6
Mobile Plant Technology 2 unit (43557) 2 1 0 1
Motorcycle Mechanical Technology 3 unit (65560) 3 1 0 1
Motorcycle Mechanical Technology 2 unit (65562) 2 2 0 2
Music Industry 2 unit (65169) 2 45 32 77
Music Industry 2 unit (65177) 2 13 8 21
Music Industry - Introduction 2 unit (65175) 2 11 10 21
Music Industry - Introduction 3 unit (65176) 3 1 4 5
Numeracy 2 unit (30130) 2 319 244 563
Orthodox Studies 1 unit (63082) 1 50 36 86
Outdoor Education 1 unit (92204) 1 8 6 14
Outdoor Recreation 3 unit (43412) 3 10 13 23
Outdoor Recreation 2 unit (43438) 2 59 18 77
Outdoor Recreation 4 unit (43439) 4 19 15 34
Parks and Gardens 3 unit (44014) 3 1 0 1
Parks and Gardens 2 unit (44015) 2 2 0 2
Performance Horse 2 unit (41944) 2 0 12 12
Performing Arts, Music 2 unit (61237) 2 11 16 27
Permaculture 2 unit (89431) 2 3 4 7
Philosophy 1 unit (63088) 1 62 78 140
Philosophy 2 unit (63089) 2 12 6 18
Photography, Video and Digital Imaging 1 unit (35225) 1 780 827 1607
Photography, Video and Digital Imaging 2 unit (35226) 2 1019 1263 2282
Plumbing 2 unit (52210) 2 11 1 12
Plumbing 4 unit (52211) 4 30 0 30
Plumbing 2 unit (52212) 2 136 2 138
Plumbing 3 unit (52214) 3 20 0 20
Plumbing 2 unit (52217) 2 8 0 8
Portfolio and Presentation 2 unit (63309) 2 27 51 78
Printmaking 2 unit (89767) 2 5 21 26
Property Services 2 unit (58080) 2 42 21 63
Property Services 4 unit (58082) 4 3 7 10
Psychology 1 unit (63096) 1 69 95 164
Psychology 2 unit (63097) 2 6 10 16
Research Studies 1 unit (65054) 1 16 12 28
Retail 2 unit (59882) 2 23 10 33
Retail 3 unit (59883) 3 0 2 2
Salon Assistant 3 unit (65238) 3 2 119 121
Sawmilling and Processing 2 unit (65570) 2 1 0 1
School Age Education and Care 4 unit (40457) 4 0 3 3
Screen and Media 2 unit (59854) 2 19 6 25
Screen and Media 2 unit (59855) 2 86 49 135
Screen and Media 4 unit (59856) 4 6 10 16
Shopfitting 3 unit (65660) 3 1 0 1
Signs and Graphics 2 unit (41634) 2 1 1 2
Skills for Work and Vocational Pathways 2 unit (65244) 2 145 89 234
Skills for Work and Vocational Pathways 3 unit (65245) 3 130 78 208
Skills for Work and Vocational Pathways 4 unit (65247) 4 13 9 22
Sport and Recreation 3 unit (50406) 3 79 40 119
Sport and Recreation 2 unit (50407) 2 35 28 63
Sport Coaching 2 unit (50402) 2 897 396 1293
Sport, Lifestyle and Recreation Studies 1 unit (35014) 1 2529 900 3429
Sport, Lifestyle and Recreation Studies 2 unit (35015) 2 5716 2205 7921
Sports Turf Management 2 unit (44004) 2 1 0 1
Studies in Catholic Thought 1 unit (63026) 1 848 362 1210
Studies in Catholic Thought 2 unit (63027) 2 9 0 9
Studies in Catholic Thought Life Skills 1 unit (63006) 1 18 4 22
Theory of Knowledge 2 unit (63011) 2 13 15 28
Visual Arts and Contemporary Craft 2 unit (43760) 2 0 1 1
Visual Arts and Contemporary Craft 2 unit (43762) 2 8 32 40
Visual Arts and Contemporary Craft 2 unit (43763) 2 24 26 50
Visual Design 1 unit (35100) 1 135 209 344
Visual Design 2 unit (35101) 2 308 442 750
Warehousing Operations 2 unit (65508) 2 13 0 13
Warehousing Operations 2 unit (65509) 2 92 8 100
Wool Handling 2 unit (65652) 2 5 1 6
Work Studies 1 unit (35200) 1 454 358 812
Work Studies 2 unit (35201) 2 1341 1003 2344
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