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2018 HSC enrolments by course

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Find out how many students were enrolled in particular courses for the HSC. Data is split into males and females.

General
This table outlines enrolments in HSC Board Developed courses, excluding Language, Vocational Education and Training (VET) and Life Skills courses. It also includes two large candidature Board Endorsed courses English Studies and Mathematics General 1. These two courses do not have external examinations.
VET
This table outlines unique enrolments in HSC VET Industry Curriculum Framework courses, which are delivered by Registered Training Organisations (RTOs), including schools and colleges as part of a school system RTO, TAFE NSW Institutes and private providers. Each VET Industry Curriculum Framework includes multiple courses.
Languages
This table outlines enrolments in HSC language courses.
Life skills
This table outlines enrolments in HSC Life Skills courses which are available for students with disability for whom the regular outcomes and content are not appropriate. These courses are Board Developed and meet the requirements for the award of the HSC.

2018 HSC general enrolments

English

Course name	Units	Male	Male %	Female	Female %	Total
English (Standard)	2	15748	51	15363	49	31111
English (Advanced)	2	10887	41	15398	59	26285
English as a Second Language	2	1088	46	1259	54	2347
English Extension 1	1	1285	31	2831	66	4116
English Extension 2	1	426	28	1112	72	1538
English Studies	2	5132	59	3566	41	8698

Mathematics

Course name	Units	Male	Male %	Female	Female %	Total
Mathematics General 2	2	15595	49	15968	51	31563
Mathematics	2	9578	53	8549	47	18127
Mathematics Extension 1	2	5293	57	3916	43	9209
Mathematics Extension 2	2	2054	64	1168	36	3222
Mathematics General 1	2	2411	61	1512	39	3923

Science

Course name	Units	Male	Male %	Female	Female %	Total
Biology	2	6856	37	11505	63	18361
Chemistry	2	6046	54	5249	46	11295
Earth and Environmental Science	2	818	51	772	49	1590
Physics	2	7265	76	2321	24	9586
Senior Science	2	3566	53	3172	47	6738

Human Society and Its Environment

Course name	Units	Male	Male %	Female	Female %	Total
Aboriginal Studies	2	198	29	482	71	680
Ancient History	2	3530	42	4848	58	8378
Business Studies	2	9882	55	8159	45	18041
Economics	2	3474	66	1775	34	5249
Geography	2	2383	53	2121	47	4504
Legal Studies	2	3917	37	6642	63	10559
Modern History	2	5457	48	5892	52	11349
History Extension	1	684	36	1202	64	1886
Society and Culture	2	869	19	3672	81	4541
Studies of Religion I	1	3889	46	4562	54	8451
Studies of Religion II	2	2272	36	3996	64	6268

Technology

Course name	Units	Male	Male %	Female	Female %	Total
Agriculture	2	677	47	754	53	1431
Design and Technology	2	1872	56	1472	44	3344
Engineering Studies	2	1893	93	150	7	2043
Food Technology	2	924	28	2355	72	3279
Industrial Technology	2	4952	85	868	15	5820
Information Processes and Technology	2	2076	81	485	19	2561
Software Design and Development	2	1561	89	187	11	1748
Textiles and Design	2	25	2	1441	98	1466

Creative Arts

Course name	Units	Male	Male %	Female	Female %	Total
Dance	2	61	7	865	93	926
Drama	2	1440	34	2801	66	4241
Music 1	2	2276	50	2257	50	4533
Music 2	2	358	48	381	52	739
Music Extension	1	222	48	236	52	458
Visual Arts	2	2416	27	6426	73	8842

Personal Development, Health and Physical Education

Course name	Units	Male	Male %	Female	Female %	Total
Community and Family Studies	2	740	9	7544	91	8284
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education	2	7365	45	8927	55	16292

2018 HSC VET Industry Curriculum Frameworks enrolments

Course name	Male	Male %	Female	Female %	Total
Automotive	506	95	24	5	530
Business Services	775	34	1486	66	2261
Construction	3301	96	136	4	3437
Electrotechnology	458	97	12	3	470
Entertainment Industry	578	50	577	50	1155
Financial Services	99	77	29	23	128
Hospitality	2277	31	5072	69	7349
Human Services	72	9	751	91	823
Information and Digital Technology	787	88	111	12	898
Metal and Engineering	757	95	39	5	796
Primary Industries	618	57	466	43	1084
Retail Services	539	30	1244	70	1783
Tourism, Travel and Events	46	13	300	87	346

2018 HSC Languages enrolments

Course name	Units	Male	Male %	Female	Female %	Total
Arabic Beginners	2	0	0	6	100	6
Arabic Continuers	2	85	35	156	65	241
Arabic Extension	1	33	34	65	66	98
Armenian Continuers	2	9	43	12	57	21
Chinese and Literature	2	277	44	355	56	632
Chinese in Context	2	43	35	80	65	123
Chinese Beginners	2	20	43	27	57	47
Chinese Continuers	2	86	49	91	51	177
Chinese Extension	1	19	51	18	49	37
Classical Greek Continuers	2	15	83	3	17	18
Classical Greek Extension	1	14	93	1	7	15
Classical Hebrew Continuers	2	8	42	11	58	19
Classical Hebrew Extension	1	6	50	6	50	12
Croatian Continuers	2	3	38	5	63	8
Filipino Continuers	2	2	22	7	78	9
French Beginners	2	106	22	372	78	478
French Continuers	2	177	28	461	72	638
French Extension	1	61	40	92	60	153
German Beginners	2	48	42	66	58	114
German Continuers	2	71	39	112	61	183
German Extension	1	18	44	23	56	41
Hindi Continuers	2	9	38	15	63	24
Hungarian Continuers	2	1	17	5	83	6
Indonesian and Literature	2	17	41	24	59	41
Indonesian in Context	2	3	33	6	67	9
Indonesian Beginners	2	17	39	27	61	44
Indonesian Continuers	2	19	31	43	69	62
Indonesian Extension	1	4	25	12	75	9
Italian Beginners	2	78	24	243	76	321
Italian Continuers	2	91	37	152	63	243
Italian Extension	1	25	41	36	59	61
Japanese and Literature	2	5	50	5	50	10
Japanese in Context	2	10	33	20	67	30
Japanese Beginners	2	305	42	421	58	726
Japanese Continuers	2	238	35	445	65	683
Japanese Extension	1	52	33	108	68	160
Khmer Continuers	2	6	33	12	67	18
Korean and Literature	2	14	35	26	65	40
Korean in Context	2	19	31	43	69	62
Korean Beginners	2	13	13	84	87	97
Korean Continuers	2	1	7	13	03	14
Latin Continuers	2	91	58	66	42	157
Latin Extension	1	58	61	37	39	95
Macedonian Continuers	2	7	39	11	61	18
Maltese Continuers	2	0	0	2	100	2
Modern Greek Beginners	2	40	50	40	50	80
Modern Greek Continuers	2	35	35	65	65	100
Modern Greek Extension	1	12	28	35	74	47
Modern Hebrew Continuers	2	19	49	20	51	39
Persian Background Speakers	2	9	45	11	55	20
Polish Continuers	2	5	36	9	64	14
Portuguese Continuers	2	5	38	8	62	13
Punjabi Continuers	2	5	42	7	58	12
Russian Continuers	2	7	41	10	59	17
Serbian Continuers	2	11	46	13	54	24
Spanish Beginners	2	51	25	154	75	205
Spanish Continuers	2	41	32	88	68	129
Spanish Extension	1	19	44	24	56	43
Swedish Continuers	2	2	20	8	80	10
Tamil Continuers	2	10	32	21	68	31
Turkish Continuers	2	10	29	24	71	34
Ukrainian Continuers	2	0	0	1	100	1
Vietnamese Continuers	2	55	39	87	61	142

2018 HSC Life Skills enrolments

Course Name	Units	Male	Male %	Female	Female %	Total
Aboriginal Studies Life Skills	2	13	48	14	52	27
Agriculture Life Skills	2	53	77	16	23	69
Business and Economics Life Skills	2	28	54	24	46	52
Citizenship and Legal Studies Life Skills	2	28	60	19	40	47
Community and Family Studies Life Skills	2	81	43	107	57	188
Creative Arts Life Skills	2	283	63	168	37	451
Dance Life Skills	2	14	38	23	62	37
Design and Technology Life Skills	2	38	78	11	22	49
Drama Life Skills	2	28	44	35	56	63
English Life Skills	2	1083	65	588	35	1671
Food Technology Life Skills	2	201	58	143	42	344
Geography Life Skills	2	97	70	42	30	139
History Life Skills	2	149	68	71	32	220
Human Society and its Environment Life Skills	2	358	66	188	34	546
Industrial Technology Life Skills	2	153	84	29	16	182
Information Processes and Technology Life Skills	2	58	82	13	18	71
Mathematics Life Skills	2	1022	66	535	34	1557
Music Life Skills	2	84	62	51	38	135
Personal Development, Health & PE Life Skills	2	739	67	368	33	1107
Science Life Skills	2	450	66	232	34	682
Society and Culture Life Skills	2	23	64	13	36	36
Studies of Religion I Life Skills	1	9	50	9	50	18
Studies of Religion II Life Skills	2	3	27	8	73	11
Technology Life Skills	2	343	67	168	33	511
Textiles and Design Life Skills	2	7	17	35	83	42
Visual Arts Life Skills	2	227	54	191	46	418
Work and the Community Life Skills	2	512	65	275	35	787

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