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Student Entries by Sex — 2021 HSC (Preliminary)

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Board Developed Courses
Course name Units/Hours Male Female Total
Aboriginal Studies 2 unit (11000) 2 367 901 1268
Aboriginal Studies Life Skills 2 unit (16687) 2 42 22 64
Agriculture 2 unit (11010) 2 1183 999 2182
Agriculture Life Skills 2 unit (16681) 2 69 28 97
Ancient History 2 unit (11020) 2 4075 4742 8817
Ancient History Life Skills 2 unit (16672) 2 76 49 125
Arabic Continuers 2 unit (11510) 2 141 216 357
Armenian Continuers 2 unit (11520) 2 14 10 24
Automotive 2 unit (26010) 2 65 3 68
Automotive 2 unit (26011) 2 678 65 743
Automotive 4 unit (26012) 4 111 12 123
Automotive Specialisation Study 1 unit (26023) 1 2 0 2
Automotive Specialisation Study 2 unit (26024) 2 2 0 2
Biology 2 unit (11030) 2 9190 16050 25240
Business and Economics Life Skills 2 unit (16688) 2 57 42 99
Business Services 2 unit (26100) 2 3 8 11
Business Services 2 unit (26101) 2 1146 1890 3036
Business Services 4 unit (26102) 4 1 9 10
Business Studies 2 unit (11040) 2 13136 11148 24284
Chemical World Science Life Skills 2 unit (16648) 2 19 7 26
Chemistry 2 unit (11050) 2 7510 7220 14730
Chinese and Literature 2 unit (11555) 2 260 253 513
Chinese in Context 2 unit (11547) 2 70 129 199
Chinese Beginners 2 unit (11530) 2 29 52 81
Chinese Continuers 2 unit (11540) 2 107 149 256
Citizenship and Legal Studies Life Skills 2 unit (16689) 2 47 13 60
Classical Greek Continuers 2 unit (11560) 2 9 3 12
Classical Hebrew Continuers 2 unit (11570) 2 12 12 24
Community and Family Studies 2 unit (11060) 2 1415 10628 12043
Community and Family Studies Life Skills 2 unit (16697) 2 109 145 254
Construction 2 unit (26200) 2 45 7 52
Construction 2 unit (26201) 2 5405 355 5760
Construction 4 unit (26202) 4 53 4 57
Construction School-based Apprenticeship 2 unit (26291) 2 110 2 112
Construction School-based Apprenticeship 4 unit (26292) 4 4 0 4
Construction School-based Apprenticeship Specialisation 2 unit (26294) 2 2 0 2
Construction Specialisation Study 2 unit (26204) 2 1 0 1
Creative Arts Life Skills 2 unit (16650) 2 432 211 643
Croatian Continuers 2 unit (11580) 2 2 6 8
Dance 2 unit (11070) 2 43 1022 1065
Dance Life Skills 2 unit (16652) 2 1 5 6
Design and Technology 2 unit (11080) 2 3070 2196 5266
Design and Technology Life Skills 2 unit (16682) 2 84 39 123
Drama 2 unit (11090) 2 1404 2715 4119
Drama Life Skills 2 unit (16654) 2 40 30 70
Dutch Continuers 2 unit (11600) 2 3 0 3
Earth and Environmental Science 2 unit (11100) 2 1629 1448 3077
Earth and Space Science Life Skills 2 unit (16649) 2 64 29 93
Economics 2 unit (11110) 2 4965 2603 7568
Electrotechnology 2 unit (26300) 2 32 1 33
Electrotechnology 2 unit (26301) 2 706 33 739
Electrotechnology 4 unit (26302) 4 20 2 22
Engineering Studies 2 unit (11120) 2 3224 448 3672
English Advanced 2 unit (11140) 2 11815 16911 28726
English Extension 1 unit (11150) 1 2032 3706 5738
English EAL/D 2 unit (11165) 2 874 952 1826
English Life Skills 2 unit (16601) 2 1520 765 2285
English Standard 2 unit (11130) 2 17460 16506 33966
English Studies 2 unit (30105) 2 6040 3467 9507
Entertainment Industry 2 unit (26400) 2 3 1 4
Entertainment Industry 2 unit (26401) 2 642 574 1216
Entertainment Industry 4 unit (26402) 4 10 5 15
Entertainment Industry Specialisation Study 1 unit (26403) 1 40 39 79
Filipino Continuers 2 unit (11620) 2 3 10 13
Financial Services 2 unit (27201) 2 81 36 117
Food Technology 2 unit (11180) 2 1659 3457 5116
Food Technology Life Skills 2 unit (16683) 2 404 208 612
French Beginners 2 unit (11630) 2 125 405 530
French Continuers 2 unit (11640) 2 222 492 714
Geography 2 unit (11190) 2 2944 2564 5508
Geography Life Skills 2 unit (16690) 2 97 38 135
German Beginners 2 unit (11650) 2 44 55 99
German Continuers 2 unit (11660) 2 94 99 193
Hindi Continuers 2 unit (11670) 2 14 20 34
Hospitality 2 unit (26510) 2 25 28 53
Hospitality 2 unit (26511) 2 3128 6268 9396
Hospitality 4 unit (26512) 4 27 45 72
Human Services 2 unit (27101) 2 80 812 892
Human Services 4 unit (27102) 4 0 45 45
Human Society and its Environment Life Skills 2 unit (16699) 2 495 228 723
Hungarian Continuers 2 unit (11680) 2 7 4 11
Indonesian and Literature 2 unit (11715) 2 3 5 8
Indonesian Beginners 2 unit (11690) 2 9 21 30
Indonesian Continuers 2 unit (11700) 2 18 40 58
Industrial Technology 2 unit (11200) 2 7810 1524 9334
Industrial Technology Life Skills 2 unit (16684) 2 231 41 272
Information and Digital Technology 2 unit (27300) 2 4 3 7
Information and Digital Technology 2 unit (27301) 2 636 111 747
Information and Digital Technology 4 unit (27302) 4 10 0 10
Information and Digital Technology Specialisation Study 2 unit (27304) 2 1 0 1
Information Processes and Technology 2 unit (11210) 2 1936 487 2423
Information Processes and Technology Life Skills 2 unit (16685) 2 89 11 100
Investigating Science 2 unit (11215) 2 2181 1525 3706
Investigating Science Life Skills 2 unit (16642) 2 388 181 569
Italian Beginners 2 unit (11720) 2 108 281 389
Italian Continuers 2 unit (11730) 2 70 171 241
Japanese in Context 2 unit (11757) 2 26 31 57
Japanese Beginners 2 unit (11740) 2 539 562 1101
Japanese Continuers 2 unit (11750) 2 408 629 1037
Khmer Continuers 2 unit (11770) 2 5 8 13
Korean and Literature 2 unit (11805) 2 17 26 43
Korean in Context 2 unit (11797) 2 23 50 73
Korean Beginners 2 unit (11780) 2 22 138 160
Korean Continuers 2 unit (11790) 2 3 14 17
Latin Continuers 2 unit (11810) 2 83 98 181
Legal Studies 2 unit (11220) 2 5264 9067 14331
Living World Science Life Skills 2 unit (16644) 2 123 65 188
Macedonian Continuers 2 unit (11840) 2 3 15 18
Mathematics Advanced 2 unit (11255) 2 13135 11495 24630
Mathematics Extension 1 unit (11250) 1 6725 4946 11671
Mathematics Life Skills 2 unit (16611) 2 1417 661 2078
Mathematics Standard 2 unit (11236) 2 19888 20325 40213
Modern Greek Beginners 2 unit (11870) 2 35 60 95
Modern Greek Continuers 2 unit (11880) 2 36 57 93
Modern Hebrew Continuers 2 unit (11890) 2 26 15 41
Modern History 2 unit (11270) 2 7122 7045 14167
Modern History Life Skills 2 unit (16673) 2 115 60 175
Music Life Skills 2 unit (16656) 2 136 61 197
Music 1 2 unit (11280) 2 2958 2621 5579
Music 2 2 unit (11290) 2 438 461 899
Persian Continuers 2 unit (11905) 2 9 21 30
Personal Development, Health & PE Life Skills 2 unit (16620) 2 999 438 1437
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education 2 unit (11300) 2 9035 10992 20027
Physical World Science Life Skills 2 unit (16646) 2 16 2 18
Physics 2 unit (11310) 2 8250 2602 10852
Polish Continuers 2 unit (11910) 2 5 10 15
Portuguese Continuers 2 unit (11920) 2 8 11 19
Primary Industries 2 unit (26810) 2 23 9 32
Primary Industries 2 unit (26811) 2 926 544 1470
Primary Industries 4 unit (26812) 4 20 13 33
Punjabi Continuers 2 unit (11925) 2 9 14 23
Retail Services 2 unit (26910) 2 2 3 5
Retail Services 2 unit (26911) 2 742 1217 1959
Retail Services 4 unit (26912) 4 0 11 11
Russian Continuers 2 unit (11935) 2 9 25 34
Serbian Continuers 2 unit (11940) 2 12 12 24
Society and Culture 2 unit (11330) 2 1443 5588 7031
Society and Culture Life Skills 2 unit (16692) 2 23 28 51
Software Design and Development 2 unit (11340) 2 2384 347 2731
Spanish Beginners 2 unit (11960) 2 109 244 353
Spanish Continuers 2 unit (11970) 2 66 114 180
Studies of Religion I 1 unit (11350) 1 5101 5419 10520
Studies of Religion I Life Skills 1 unit (16696) 1 11 10 21
Studies of Religion II 2 unit (11360) 2 2844 4593 7437
Studies of Religion II Life Skills 2 unit (16693) 2 9 24 33
Swedish Continuers 2 unit (11980) 2 2 6 8
Tamil Continuers 2 unit (11990) 2 18 28 46
Technology Life Skills 2 unit (16686) 2 350 162 512
Textiles and Design 2 unit (11370) 2 99 1993 2092
Textiles and Design Life Skills 2 unit (16680) 2 10 23 33
Tourism, Travel and Events 2 unit (27410) 2 0 4 4
Tourism, Travel and Events 2 unit (27411) 2 23 117 140
Tourism, Travel and Events 4 unit (27412) 4 0 3 3
Turkish Continuers 2 unit (12000) 2 20 34 54
Vietnamese Continuers 2 unit (12020) 2 78 116 194
Visual Arts 2 unit (11380) 2 3089 7729 10818
Visual Arts Life Skills 2 unit (16658) 2 320 243 563
Work and the Community Life Skills 2 unit (16671) 2 888 443 1331
Non-Board Developed Courses
Course name Units/Hours Male Female Total
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Arts 2 unit (43758) 2 3 11 14
Aboriginal Languages 2 unit (35242) 2 6 7 13
Active Volunteering 2 unit (64054) 2 161 56 217
Aeroskills 2 unit (41643) 2 5 0 5
Agricultural Mechanical Technology 2 unit (65600) 2 2 0 2
Air-conditioning and Refrigeration 2 unit (51318) 2 3 0 3
Air-conditioning and Refrigeration 1 unit (51319) 1 1 0 1
Animal Studies 2 unit (58160) 2 5 23 28
Animal Studies 2 unit (58161) 2 47 275 322
Animal Studies 4 unit (58162) 4 20 97 117
Animal Studies 2 unit (58165) 2 3 4 7
Applied Fashion Design and Technology 2 unit (41018) 2 0 3 3
Applied Fashion Design and Technology 2 unit (41019) 2 1 14 15
Aquatics and Community Recreation 2 unit (43398) 2 7 12 19
Assistant Dance Teaching 2 unit (65334) 2 1 36 37
Assistant Dance Teaching 2 unit (65336) 2 2 17 19
Australian Studies 1 unit (63038) 1 72 37 109
Automotive Body Repair Technology 2 unit (65543) 2 2 0 2
Aviation (Cabin Crew) 3 unit (65405) 3 0 6 6
Aviation (Remote Pilot) 2 unit (65579) 2 49 8 57
Aviation (Remote Pilot) 4 unit (65580) 4 11 2 13
Baking 2 unit (59403) 2 19 20 39
Baking 2 unit (59404) 2 4 4 8
Baking 2 unit (59411) 2 1 4 5
Baking 1 unit (59412) 1 0 2 2
Barbering 2 unit (43902) 2 17 0 17
Beauty Services (Make-Up) 2 unit (43883) 2 1 151 152
Beauty Services (Make-Up) 4 unit (43884) 4 0 50 50
Beauty Services (Make-Up) 3 unit (43885) 3 1 34 35
Beauty Services (Nail Technology) 3 unit (43888) 3 0 3 3
Beauty Services (Nail Technology) 2 unit (43889) 2 0 3 3
Beauty Services (Retail Cosmetics) 2 unit (43468) 2 1 35 36
Beauty Services (Retail Cosmetics) 4 unit (43469) 4 0 20 20
Beauty Therapy School-based Apprenticeship 2 unit (43897) 2 0 7 7
Biblical Studies 1 unit (63260) 1 46 45 91
Bicycle Workshop Operations 2 unit (65593) 2 1 0 1
Big History 1 unit (64174) 1 0 51 51
Biology 2 unit (95034) 2 6 7 13
Braille 2 unit (63129) 2 1 0 1
Bread Baking 2 unit (59422) 2 0 1 1
Bushcraft 1 unit (63232) 1 8 1 9
Business Administration (Medical) 2 unit (41949) 2 4 11 15
Catholic Studies 1 unit (63046) 1 718 361 1079
Catholic Studies Life Skills 1 unit (63052) 1 4 5 9
Ceramics 1 unit (35026) 1 31 218 249
Ceramics 2 unit (35027) 2 76 155 231
Christian Ministry and Theology 2 unit (62814) 2 9 10 19
Christian Studies 1 unit (64175) 1 7 4 11
Circus Skills 2 unit (63187) 2 8 11 19
Civil Construction 2 unit (59790) 2 16 1 17
Civil Construction Extension 1 unit (59791) 1 3 0 3
Classical Ballet 2 unit (63193) 2 2 5 7
Communication in Organisations 2 unit (95065) 2 2 9 11
Community Dance, Theatre & Events 2 unit (65344) 2 1 3 4
Community Dance, Theatre & Events 2 unit (65346) 2 2 9 11
Community Services 2 unit (58256) 2 3 56 59
Community Services 4 unit (58257) 4 1 10 11
Community Services - Introduction 3 unit (58255) 3 9 30 39
Computing Applications 1 unit (35020) 1 123 52 175
Computing Applications 2 unit (35021) 2 244 81 325
Connected Learning 1 unit (63380) 1 29 38 67
Contemporary Jewish Issues 1 unit (63064) 1 8 4 12
Creative Industries 2 unit (59853) 2 10 2 12
Credit Transfer Units 2 unit (45511) 2 3 0 3
Credit Transfer Units 3 unit (45512) 3 2 1 3
Critical Thinking 1 unit (95017) 1 19 32 51
Dental Assisting 3 unit (62982) 3 0 4 4
Design Fundamentals 2 unit (43747) 2 11 57 68
Design Fundamentals 2 unit (43748) 2 34 99 133
Disability 3 unit (43783) 3 0 7 7
Driver Education 2 unit (63237) 2 5 8 13
Early Childhood Education and Care 2 unit (41824) 2 14 371 385
Early Childhood Education and Care 3 unit (41825) 3 1 52 53
Early Childhood Education and Care 4 unit (41826) 4 7 194 201
Education Support 3 unit (44030) 3 20 83 103
Education Support 1 unit (44031) 1 15 46 61
Electronics and Communications 2 unit (43801) 2 1 0 1
Engineering 2 unit (59718) 2 9 4 13
Engineering 2 unit (59728) 2 38 5 43
Engineering - School-based Apprenticeship 2 unit (59739) 2 11 1 12
Engineering Pathways 2 unit (59726) 2 11 0 11
Equine Studies 2 unit (63265) 2 0 5 5
Exploring Early Childhood 1 unit (31009) 1 28 973 1001
Exploring Early Childhood 2 unit (31010) 2 76 1295 1371
Film Studies 1 unit (63200) 1 32 11 43
Film Studies 2 unit (63201) 2 18 13 31
Financial Management 2 unit (63305) 2 26 27 53
Firefighting Operations 2 unit (61037) 2 7 0 7
Fitness 2 unit (41804) 2 232 101 333
Fitness 4 unit (41807) 4 6 3 9
Fitness School-based Traineeship 3 unit (41806) 3 3 4 7
Flooring Technology 2 unit (65590) 2 3 0 3
Floristry 2 unit (54610) 2 0 7 7
Floristry 2 unit (54612) 2 0 7 7
Furnishing School-based Apprenticeship 2 unit (43477) 2 9 0 9
Furniture Making Pathways 2 unit (65635) 2 56 3 59
Furniture Making Pathways 3 unit (65636) 3 76 2 78
Hair or Beauty Services 2 unit (43900) 2 1 76 77
Hairdressing School-based Apprenticeship 2 unit (65226) 2 0 16 16
Hairdressing School-based Apprenticeship 2 unit (65227) 2 0 20 20
Hairdressing School-based Apprenticeship 3 unit (65228) 3 0 7 7
Heavy Commercial Vehicle Mechanical Technology 2 unit (65550) 2 12 0 12
History Matters 2 unit (63313) 2 7 6 13
Industry-based Learning 2 unit (19900) 2 47 37 84
Industry-based Learning 2 unit (19905) 2 596 346 942
Information and Digital Skills 2 unit (65390) 2 1 0 1
Information and Digital Skills 2 unit (65392) 2 4 1 5
Japanese Life Skills 2 unit (63240) 2 3 0 3
Joinery 2 unit (65665) 2 3 0 3
Laboratory Skills 2 unit (59701) 2 4 2 6
Landscape Construction 2 unit (43519) 2 6 0 6
Library and Information Services 2 unit (69006) 2 0 1 1
Lifestyle Studies 2 unit (63269) 2 15 16 31
Logos I Philosophy 1 unit (95077) 1 16 16 32
Logos II Ethics 1 unit (95078) 1 13 13 26
Manufacturing and Engineering - Introduction 2 unit (59732) 2 847 69 916
Manufacturing and Engineering - Introduction 4 unit (59733) 4 16 0 16
Marine Studies 1 unit (33502) 1 240 113 353
Marine Studies 2 unit (33503) 2 681 456 1137
Maritime Operations 2 unit (59669) 2 11 3 14
Maritime Operations 2 unit (59675) 2 4 0 4
Maritime Operations 2 unit (59676) 2 20 1 21
Meat Processing (Retail Butcher) 2 unit (54630) 2 5 1 6
Mobile Plant Technology 2 unit (43557) 2 4 0 4
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 60 35 95
Music Industry 2 unit (65177) 2 1 2 3
Music Industry - Introduction 2 unit (65175) 2 2 1 3
Music Industry - Introduction 3 unit (65176) 3 4 4 8
Numeracy 2 unit (30130) 2 775 604 1379
Orthodox Studies 1 unit (63082) 1 53 36 89
Outdoor Education 1 unit (92204) 1 14 6 20
Outdoor Recreation 3 unit (43441) 3 73 21 94
Parks and Gardens 3 unit (44014) 3 1 0 1
Parks and Gardens 2 unit (44015) 2 1 0 1
Performance Horse 2 unit (41944) 2 0 8 8
Performing Arts, Music 2 unit (61237) 2 9 12 21
Permaculture 2 unit (89431) 2 6 3 9
Philosophy 1 unit (63088) 1 65 73 138
Philosophy 2 unit (63089) 2 5 8 13
Photography, Video and Digital Imaging 1 unit (35225) 1 652 624 1276
Photography, Video and Digital Imaging 2 unit (35226) 2 810 995 1805
Plumbing 2 unit (52210) 2 1 0 1
Plumbing 4 unit (52211) 4 4 0 4
Plumbing 2 unit (52212) 2 86 1 87
Plumbing 3 unit (52214) 3 18 0 18
Plumbing 2 unit (52217) 2 12 0 12
Plumbing - Introduction 2 unit (52205) 2 109 1 110
Portfolio and Presentation 2 unit (63309) 2 61 75 136
Printmaking 2 unit (89767) 2 4 15 19
Process Manufacturing 2 unit (59708) 2 6 1 7
Psychology 1 unit (63096) 1 35 91 126
Psychology 2 unit (63097) 2 14 17 31
Racing Industry 2 unit (58258) 2 0 4 4
Racing Industry 1 unit (58259) 1 0 2 2
Real Estate Practice 2 unit (58085) 2 8 8 16
Real Estate Practice 2 unit (58086) 2 42 34 76
Real Estate Practice 1 unit (58088) 1 1 2 3
Research Studies 1 unit (65054) 1 22 23 45
Retail 2 unit (59882) 2 17 8 25
Retail 3 unit (59883) 3 1 0 1
Salon Assistant 3 unit (65238) 3 12 136 148
School Age Education and Care 4 unit (40457) 4 0 1 1
Screen and Media 2 unit (59854) 2 26 19 45
Screen and Media 2 unit (59855) 2 77 42 119
Screen and Media 4 unit (59856) 4 8 10 18
Shearing 2 unit (65650) 2 6 0 6
Shopfitting 3 unit (65660) 3 2 0 2
Skills for Work and Vocational Pathways 2 unit (65244) 2 196 104 300
Skills for Work and Vocational Pathways 3 unit (65245) 3 71 46 117
Special Effects 2 unit (62445) 2 0 9 9
Sport and Recreation 2 unit (50396) 2 66 28 94
Sport and Recreation 3 unit (50406) 3 4 1 5
Sport and Recreation 2 unit (50407) 2 23 14 37
Sport Coaching 2 unit (50418) 2 686 376 1062
Sport Coaching 2 unit (50462) 2 44 7 51
Sport, Lifestyle and Recreation Studies 1 unit (35014) 1 2510 924 3434
Sport, Lifestyle and Recreation Studies 2 unit (35015) 2 6185 2279 8464
Sports Turf Management 3 unit (44006) 3 1 0 1
Studies in Catholic Thought 1 unit (63026) 1 1760 1064 2824
Studies in Catholic Thought 2 unit (63027) 2 30 55 85
Studies in Catholic Thought Life Skills 1 unit (63006) 1 41 30 71
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 23 27 50
Timber Manufactured Products 2 unit (65568) 2 4 0 4
Visual Arts and Contemporary Craft 2 unit (43762) 2 7 4 11
Visual Arts and Contemporary Craft 2 unit (43763) 2 20 64 84
Visual Design 1 unit (35100) 1 109 202 311
Visual Design 2 unit (35101) 2 370 477 847
Warehousing Operations 2 unit (65508) 2 5 0 5
Warehousing Operations 2 unit (65509) 2 86 5 91
Wool Handling 2 unit (65652) 2 4 0 4
Work Studies 1 unit (35200) 1 556 449 1005
Work Studies 2 unit (35201) 2 1652 1110 2762
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