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Student Entries by Sex — 2020 HSC (Preliminary)

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Board Developed Courses
Course name Units/Hours Male Female Total
Aboriginal Studies 2 unit (11000) 2 298 752 1050
Aboriginal Studies Life Skills 2 unit (16687) 2 43 24 67
Agriculture 2 unit (11010) 2 1143 1128 2271
Agriculture Life Skills 2 unit (16681) 2 68 33 101
Ancient History 2 unit (11020) 2 4112 4940 9052
Ancient History Life Skills 2 unit (16672) 2 88 38 126
Arabic Continuers 2 unit (11510) 2 96 212 308
Armenian Continuers 2 unit (11520) 2 8 14 22
Automotive 2 unit (26010) 2 68 8 76
Automotive 2 unit (26011) 2 744 46 790
Automotive 4 unit (26012) 4 123 14 137
Automotive Specialisation Study 1 unit (26023) 1 2 0 2
Automotive Specialisation Study 2 unit (26024) 2 0 1 1
Biology 2 unit (11030) 2 9479 15830 25309
Business and Economics Life Skills 2 unit (16688) 2 78 39 117
Business Services 2 unit (26100) 2 1 8 9
Business Services 2 unit (26101) 2 1174 1770 2944
Business Services 4 unit (26102) 4 0 4 4
Business Studies 2 unit (11040) 2 12425 10921 23346
Chemical World Science Life Skills 2 unit (16648) 2 7 5 12
Chemistry 2 unit (11050) 2 7692 7196 14888
Chinese and Literature 2 unit (11555) 2 282 287 569
Chinese in Context 2 unit (11547) 2 57 110 167
Chinese Beginners 2 unit (11530) 2 57 85 142
Chinese Continuers 2 unit (11540) 2 132 148 280
Citizenship and Legal Studies Life Skills 2 unit (16689) 2 39 23 62
Classical Greek Continuers 2 unit (11560) 2 11 5 16
Classical Hebrew Continuers 2 unit (11570) 2 14 16 30
Community and Family Studies 2 unit (11060) 2 1349 10341 11690
Community and Family Studies Life Skills 2 unit (16697) 2 112 159 271
Construction 2 unit (26200) 2 54 15 69
Construction 2 unit (26201) 2 5235 251 5486
Construction 4 unit (26202) 4 96 4 100
Construction School-based Apprenticeship 2 unit (26291) 2 86 2 88
Construction School-based Apprenticeship 4 unit (26292) 4 13 0 13
Creative Arts Life Skills 2 unit (16650) 2 387 174 561
Croatian Continuers 2 unit (11580) 2 3 6 9
Dance 2 unit (11070) 2 67 1105 1172
Dance Life Skills 2 unit (16652) 2 3 17 20
Design and Technology 2 unit (11080) 2 2972 2055 5027
Design and Technology Life Skills 2 unit (16682) 2 65 28 93
Drama 2 unit (11090) 2 1727 3278 5005
Drama Life Skills 2 unit (16654) 2 50 43 93
Dutch Continuers 2 unit (11600) 2 5 2 7
Earth and Environmental Science 2 unit (11100) 2 1689 1814 3503
Earth and Space Science Life Skills 2 unit (16649) 2 62 18 80
Economics 2 unit (11110) 2 4505 2576 7081
Electrotechnology 2 unit (26300) 2 37 1 38
Electrotechnology 2 unit (26301) 2 685 35 720
Electrotechnology 4 unit (26302) 4 23 1 24
Electrotechnology Specialisation Study 1 unit (26313) 1 1 0 1
Engineering Studies 2 unit (11120) 2 3297 374 3671
English Advanced 2 unit (11140) 2 12001 16923 28924
English Extension 1 unit (11150) 1 2080 3590 5670
English EAL/D 2 unit (11165) 2 1114 1177 2291
English Life Skills 2 unit (16601) 2 1528 743 2271
English Standard 2 unit (11130) 2 17329 16774 34103
English Studies 2 unit (30105) 2 6232 3385 9617
Entertainment Industry 2 unit (26401) 2 823 750 1573
Entertainment Industry 4 unit (26402) 4 3 2 5
Entertainment Industry Specialisation Study 1 unit (26403) 1 16 17 33
Filipino Continuers 2 unit (11620) 2 1 6 7
Financial Services 2 unit (27201) 2 78 55 133
Food Technology 2 unit (11180) 2 1760 3562 5322
Food Technology Life Skills 2 unit (16683) 2 423 224 647
French Beginners 2 unit (11630) 2 151 456 607
French Continuers 2 unit (11640) 2 231 612 843
Geography 2 unit (11190) 2 3112 2918 6030
Geography Life Skills 2 unit (16690) 2 101 54 155
German Beginners 2 unit (11650) 2 54 102 156
German Continuers 2 unit (11660) 2 86 120 206
Hindi Continuers 2 unit (11670) 2 13 10 23
Hospitality 2 unit (26510) 2 12 14 26
Hospitality 2 unit (26511) 2 3308 6327 9635
Hospitality 4 unit (26512) 4 19 27 46
Human Services 2 unit (27101) 2 77 797 874
Human Services 4 unit (27102) 4 6 84 90
Human Society and its Environment Life Skills 2 unit (16699) 2 524 235 759
Hungarian Continuers 2 unit (11680) 2 2 2 4
Indonesian and Literature 2 unit (11715) 2 6 12 18
Indonesian Beginners 2 unit (11690) 2 14 17 31
Indonesian Continuers 2 unit (11700) 2 28 52 80
Industrial Technology 2 unit (11200) 2 7569 1363 8932
Industrial Technology Life Skills 2 unit (16684) 2 216 21 237
Information and Digital Technology 2 unit (27300) 2 7 0 7
Information and Digital Technology 2 unit (27301) 2 695 138 833
Information and Digital Technology 4 unit (27302) 4 1 0 1
Information and Digital Technology Specialisation Study 2 unit (27304) 2 4 0 4
Information Processes and Technology 2 unit (11210) 2 2129 550 2679
Information Processes and Technology Life Skills 2 unit (16685) 2 78 18 96
Investigating Science 2 unit (11215) 2 2218 1654 3872
Investigating Science Life Skills 2 unit (16642) 2 381 169 550
Italian Beginners 2 unit (11720) 2 151 334 485
Italian Continuers 2 unit (11730) 2 94 175 269
Japanese and Literature 2 unit (11765) 2 5 11 16
Japanese in Context 2 unit (11757) 2 11 29 40
Japanese Beginners 2 unit (11740) 2 460 530 990
Japanese Continuers 2 unit (11750) 2 341 547 888
Khmer Continuers 2 unit (11770) 2 4 6 10
Korean and Literature 2 unit (11805) 2 15 18 33
Korean in Context 2 unit (11797) 2 16 32 48
Korean Beginners 2 unit (11780) 2 24 128 152
Korean Continuers 2 unit (11790) 2 1 27 28
Latin Continuers 2 unit (11810) 2 112 87 199
Legal Studies 2 unit (11220) 2 5440 9393 14833
Living World Science Life Skills 2 unit (16644) 2 132 75 207
Macedonian Continuers 2 unit (11840) 2 11 18 29
Maltese Continuers 2 unit (11860) 2 0 1 1
Mathematics Advanced 2 unit (11255) 2 13463 11562 25025
Mathematics Extension 1 unit (11250) 1 6801 5032 11833
Mathematics Life Skills 2 unit (16611) 2 1429 659 2088
Mathematics Standard 2 unit (11236) 2 20192 20306 40498
Modern Greek Beginners 2 unit (11870) 2 53 50 103
Modern Greek Continuers 2 unit (11880) 2 28 49 77
Modern Hebrew Continuers 2 unit (11890) 2 13 21 34
Modern History 2 unit (11270) 2 7322 7596 14918
Modern History Life Skills 2 unit (16673) 2 118 50 168
Music Life Skills 2 unit (16656) 2 130 67 197
Music 1 2 unit (11280) 2 3206 2993 6199
Music 2 2 unit (11290) 2 412 459 871
Persian Continuers 2 unit (11905) 2 9 21 30
Personal Development, Health & PE Life Skills 2 unit (16620) 2 926 416 1342
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education 2 unit (11300) 2 9505 11175 20680
Physical World Science Life Skills 2 unit (16646) 2 22 4 26
Physics 2 unit (11310) 2 8495 2653 11148
Polish Continuers 2 unit (11910) 2 6 11 17
Portuguese Continuers 2 unit (11920) 2 5 12 17
Primary Industries 2 unit (26810) 2 33 3 36
Primary Industries 2 unit (26811) 2 788 517 1305
Primary Industries 4 unit (26812) 4 7 3 10
Punjabi Continuers 2 unit (11925) 2 14 12 26
Retail Services 2 unit (26910) 2 9 4 13
Retail Services 2 unit (26911) 2 732 1266 1998
Retail Services 4 unit (26912) 4 4 7 11
Russian Continuers 2 unit (11935) 2 8 13 21
Serbian Continuers 2 unit (11940) 2 8 7 15
Society and Culture 2 unit (11330) 2 1483 5553 7036
Society and Culture Life Skills 2 unit (16692) 2 67 31 98
Software Design and Development 2 unit (11340) 2 2403 347 2750
Spanish Beginners 2 unit (11960) 2 122 310 432
Spanish Continuers 2 unit (11970) 2 64 121 185
Studies of Religion I 1 unit (11350) 1 5128 5264 10392
Studies of Religion I Life Skills 1 unit (16696) 1 11 12 23
Studies of Religion II 2 unit (11360) 2 2896 4875 7771
Studies of Religion II Life Skills 2 unit (16693) 2 10 20 30
Swedish Continuers 2 unit (11980) 2 3 3 6
Tamil Continuers 2 unit (11990) 2 15 18 33
Technology Life Skills 2 unit (16686) 2 321 144 465
Textiles and Design 2 unit (11370) 2 91 1497 1588
Textiles and Design Life Skills 2 unit (16680) 2 6 14 20
Tourism, Travel and Events 2 unit (27410) 2 0 3 3
Tourism, Travel and Events 2 unit (27411) 2 25 259 284
Turkish Continuers 2 unit (12000) 2 19 29 48
Vietnamese Continuers 2 unit (12020) 2 103 160 263
Visual Arts 2 unit (11380) 2 3098 8041 11139
Visual Arts Life Skills 2 unit (16658) 2 359 251 610
Work and the Community Life Skills 2 unit (16671) 2 896 436 1332
Non-Board Developed Courses
Course name Units/Hours Male Female Total
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Arts 2 unit (43758) 2 2 2 4
Aboriginal Languages 2 unit (35242) 2 4 2 6
Active Volunteering 2 unit (64054) 2 146 38 184
Advanced Braille 2 unit (63105) 2 0 1 1
Aeroskills 2 unit (41643) 2 24 7 31
Agricultural Mechanical Technology 2 unit (65600) 2 1 0 1
Air-conditioning and Refrigeration 2 unit (51318) 2 12 0 12
Air-conditioning and Refrigeration 1 unit (51319) 1 4 0 4
Animal Studies 2 unit (58160) 2 2 31 33
Animal Studies 2 unit (58161) 2 80 413 493
Animal Studies 4 unit (58162) 4 20 93 113
Animal Studies 2 unit (58165) 2 3 15 18
Applied Fashion Design and Technology 2 unit (41018) 2 0 5 5
Applied Fashion Design and Technology 2 unit (41019) 2 3 25 28
Aquatics and Community Recreation 2 unit (43398) 2 1 0 1
Assistant Dance Teaching 2 unit (65334) 2 3 26 29
Assistant Dance Teaching 2 unit (65336) 2 1 18 19
Assistant Dance Teaching 3 unit (65338) 3 0 2 2
Australian Studies 1 unit (63038) 1 74 31 105
Automotive Body Repair Technology 2 unit (65543) 2 1 0 1
Automotive Tyre Servicing Technology 2 unit (43449) 2 1 0 1
Aviation (Cabin Crew) 2 unit (65401) 2 0 2 2
Aviation (Cabin Crew) 3 unit (65402) 3 0 3 3
Aviation (Cabin Crew) 2 unit (65404) 2 1 0 1
Aviation (Cabin Crew) 3 unit (65405) 3 1 4 5
Aviation (Cabin Crew) 2 unit (65406) 2 1 24 25
Aviation (Remote Pilot) 2 unit (65579) 2 135 20 155
Aviation (Remote Pilot) 4 unit (65580) 4 26 3 29
Baking 2 unit (59403) 2 24 23 47
Baking 2 unit (59404) 2 1 1 2
Baking 2 unit (59411) 2 3 1 4
Baking 1 unit (59412) 1 1 0 1
Barbering 2 unit (43902) 2 2 0 2
Beauty Services (Make-Up) 2 unit (43883) 2 4 162 166
Beauty Services (Make-Up) 4 unit (43884) 4 1 51 52
Beauty Services (Make-Up) 3 unit (43885) 3 0 27 27
Beauty Services (Nail Technology) 2 unit (43886) 2 0 13 13
Beauty Services (Retail Cosmetics) 2 unit (43468) 2 0 60 60
Beauty Services (Retail Cosmetics) 4 unit (43469) 4 0 2 2
Beauty Therapy School-based Apprenticeship 2 unit (43897) 2 0 2 2
Beauty Therapy School-based Apprenticeship 4 unit (43898) 4 0 1 1
Biblical Studies 1 unit (63260) 1 39 44 83
Big History 1 unit (64174) 1 0 30 30
Biology 2 unit (95034) 2 15 16 31
Bread Baking 2 unit (59422) 2 1 0 1
Bushcraft 1 unit (63232) 1 12 8 20
Business Administration (Medical) 2 unit (41949) 2 1 13 14
Catholic Studies 1 unit (63046) 1 654 331 985
Catholic Studies Life Skills 1 unit (63052) 1 8 3 11
Ceramics 1 unit (35026) 1 37 195 232
Ceramics 2 unit (35027) 2 21 65 86
Christian Ministry and Theology 2 unit (62814) 2 12 10 22
Christian Studies 1 unit (64175) 1 0 3 3
Circus Skills 2 unit (63187) 2 2 8 10
Civil Construction 2 unit (59790) 2 13 0 13
Civil Construction Extension 1 unit (59791) 1 1 0 1
Classical Ballet 2 unit (63193) 2 2 17 19
Communication in Organisations 2 unit (95065) 2 6 19 25
Community Dance, Theatre & Events 2 unit (65346) 2 1 14 15
Community Services 2 unit (58256) 2 8 42 50
Community Services 4 unit (58257) 4 2 23 25
Community Services - Introduction 3 unit (58255) 3 10 57 67
Computing Applications 1 unit (35020) 1 109 54 163
Computing Applications 2 unit (35021) 2 329 73 402
Connected Learning 1 unit (63380) 1 39 29 68
Contemporary Jewish Issues 1 unit (63064) 1 1 4 5
Creative Industries 2 unit (59853) 2 25 7 32
Credit Transfer Units 2 unit (45511) 2 1 4 5
Critical Thinking 1 unit (95017) 1 13 26 39
Design Fundamentals 2 unit (43747) 2 3 20 23
Design Fundamentals 2 unit (43748) 2 36 141 177
Disability 3 unit (43783) 3 0 5 5
Drawing/Painting 1 unit (61581) 1 1 3 4
Driver Education 2 unit (63237) 2 12 5 17
Early Childhood Education and Care 2 unit (41824) 2 17 338 355
Early Childhood Education and Care 3 unit (41825) 3 3 33 36
Early Childhood Education and Care 4 unit (41826) 4 5 258 263
Education Support 3 unit (44030) 3 3 18 21
Education Support 1 unit (44031) 1 2 7 9
Electronics and Communications 2 unit (43801) 2 1 0 1
Engineering 2 unit (59718) 2 6 0 6
Engineering 2 unit (59728) 2 45 3 48
Engineering - School-based Apprenticeship 2 unit (59739) 2 15 0 15
Engineering Pathways 2 unit (59726) 2 11 0 11
Equine Studies 2 unit (63265) 2 0 1 1
Exploring Early Childhood 1 unit (31009) 1 26 946 972
Exploring Early Childhood 2 unit (31010) 2 69 1216 1285
Film Studies 1 unit (63200) 1 21 9 30
Film Studies 2 unit (63201) 2 18 19 37
Financial Management 2 unit (63305) 2 30 26 56
Fitness 2 unit (41804) 2 202 121 323
Fitness 4 unit (41807) 4 8 3 11
Fitness School-based Traineeship 3 unit (41806) 3 4 6 10
Floristry 2 unit (54610) 2 0 3 3
Floristry 2 unit (54612) 2 0 1 1
Furnishing School-based Apprenticeship 2 unit (43477) 2 9 1 10
Furniture Making Pathways 2 unit (65635) 2 54 2 56
Furniture Making Pathways 3 unit (65636) 3 46 5 51
Glass and Glazing 3 unit (65628) 3 1 0 1
Global Communities and Citizenship 2 unit (63311) 2 10 13 23
Hair or Beauty Services 2 unit (43900) 2 1 98 99
Hairdressing School-based Apprenticeship 2 unit (65226) 2 1 23 24
Hairdressing School-based Apprenticeship 2 unit (65227) 2 0 10 10
Hairdressing School-based Apprenticeship 3 unit (65228) 3 0 17 17
Heavy Commercial Vehicle Mechanical Technology 2 unit (65550) 2 6 1 7
History Matters 2 unit (63313) 2 13 7 20
Industry-based Learning 2 unit (19900) 2 45 29 74
Industry-based Learning 2 unit (19905) 2 641 332 973
Information and Digital Skills 2 unit (65392) 2 9 1 10
Information and Digital Skills 4 unit (65394) 4 2 0 2
Laboratory Skills 2 unit (59701) 2 1 4 5
Landscape Construction 2 unit (43519) 2 5 0 5
Library and Information Services 2 unit (69006) 2 1 1 2
Lifestyle Studies 2 unit (63269) 2 15 15 30
Logos I Philosophy 1 unit (95077) 1 11 19 30
Logos II Ethics 1 unit (95078) 1 6 8 14
Manufacturing and Engineering - Introduction 2 unit (59732) 2 1066 57 1123
Manufacturing and Engineering - Introduction 4 unit (59733) 4 14 2 16
Marine Studies 1 unit (33502) 1 231 124 355
Marine Studies 2 unit (33503) 2 611 377 988
Maritime Operations 2 unit (59669) 2 1 0 1
Maritime Operations 2 unit (59675) 2 12 5 17
Maritime Operations 2 unit (59676) 2 18 0 18
Meat Processing (Abattoirs) 2 unit (54638) 2 3 1 4
Meat Processing (Retail Butcher) 2 unit (54630) 2 4 0 4
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 67 55 122
Music Industry 2 unit (65177) 2 3 7 10
Music Industry - Introduction 2 unit (65175) 2 5 3 8
Music Industry - Introduction 3 unit (65176) 3 8 4 12
Numeracy 2 unit (30130) 2 589 415 1004
Orthodox Studies 1 unit (63082) 1 50 40 90
Outdoor Education 1 unit (92204) 1 7 5 12
Outdoor Recreation 3 unit (43412) 3 44 6 50
Outdoor Recreation 2 unit (43438) 2 17 9 26
Outdoor Recreation 3 unit (43441) 3 26 7 33
Parks and Gardens 3 unit (44014) 3 3 1 4
Parks and Gardens 2 unit (44015) 2 2 0 2
Performance Horse 2 unit (41944) 2 1 11 12
Performing Arts, Music 2 unit (61237) 2 12 17 29
Permaculture 2 unit (89431) 2 7 6 13
Philosophy 1 unit (63088) 1 74 113 187
Philosophy 2 unit (63089) 2 9 16 25
Photography, Video and Digital Imaging 1 unit (35225) 1 824 711 1535
Photography, Video and Digital Imaging 2 unit (35226) 2 898 1077 1975
Plumbing 2 unit (52212) 2 95 1 96
Plumbing 3 unit (52214) 3 13 0 13
Plumbing 2 unit (52217) 2 7 0 7
Plumbing - Introduction 2 unit (52205) 2 76 1 77
Portfolio and Presentation 2 unit (63309) 2 47 45 92
Printmaking 2 unit (89767) 2 4 11 15
Psychology 1 unit (63096) 1 45 93 138
Psychology 2 unit (63097) 2 6 40 46
Real Estate Practice 2 unit (58085) 2 3 6 9
Real Estate Practice 2 unit (58086) 2 15 16 31
Real Estate Practice 4 unit (58087) 4 0 1 1
Real Estate Practice 1 unit (58088) 1 1 0 1
Recreation and Sport 2 unit (54626) 2 1 0 1
Research Studies 1 unit (65054) 1 15 25 40
Retail 2 unit (59882) 2 33 14 47
Salon Assistant 3 unit (65238) 3 6 157 163
School Age Education and Care 2 unit (40455) 2 0 3 3
School Age Education and Care 4 unit (40457) 4 1 5 6
Screen and Media 2 unit (59854) 2 20 3 23
Screen and Media 2 unit (59855) 2 133 63 196
Screen and Media 4 unit (59856) 4 12 10 22
Shearing 2 unit (65650) 2 12 0 12
Signs and Graphics 2 unit (41634) 2 1 0 1
Skills for Work and Vocational Pathways 2 unit (65244) 2 213 108 321
Skills for Work and Vocational Pathways 3 unit (65245) 3 80 38 118
Special Effects 2 unit (62445) 2 3 6 9
Sport and Recreation 3 unit (50406) 3 113 52 165
Sport and Recreation 2 unit (50407) 2 14 10 24
Sport and Recreation 4 unit (50409) 4 1 0 1
Sport Coaching 4 unit (50404) 4 0 1 1
Sport Coaching 2 unit (50418) 2 666 327 993
Sport Coaching 2 unit (50462) 2 202 22 224
Sport, Lifestyle and Recreation Studies 1 unit (35014) 1 2510 982 3492
Sport, Lifestyle and Recreation Studies 2 unit (35015) 2 6200 2215 8415
Sports Turf Management 2 unit (44003) 2 2 0 2
Studies in Catholic Thought 1 unit (63026) 1 1698 1099 2797
Studies in Catholic Thought 2 unit (63027) 2 46 12 58
Studies in Catholic Thought Life Skills 1 unit (63006) 1 58 28 86
Studies in Catholic Thought Life Skills 2 unit (63007) 2 1 1 2
Surveying and Spatial Information 2 unit (45911) 2 1 0 1
Theory of Knowledge 2 unit (63011) 2 27 28 55
Visual Arts and Contemporary Craft 2 unit (43760) 2 4 0 4
Visual Arts and Contemporary Craft 2 unit (43762) 2 4 10 14
Visual Arts and Contemporary Craft 2 unit (43763) 2 26 61 87
Visual Design 1 unit (35100) 1 94 149 243
Visual Design 2 unit (35101) 2 365 399 764
Warehousing Operations 2 unit (65508) 2 5 0 5
Warehousing Operations 2 unit (65509) 2 65 7 72
Wool Handling 2 unit (65652) 2 3 9 12
Work Studies 1 unit (35200) 1 408 300 708
Work Studies 2 unit (35201) 2 1581 1075 2656
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