2022 course enrolments

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About the statistics

These statistics represent course enrolments for the 2022 HSC cohort.

The data displays the total number of students enrolled in a course, and the percentage of male and female students enrolled in each course.

The data is taken from the 1 September 2022.

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General and Languages enrolments
Vocational Education and Training (VET)
Life Skills.

General and Languages
VET
Life Skills

2022 HSC general course and Languages enrolments

These tables outline enrolments in HSC Board Developed courses, excluding, Vocational Education and Training (VET) and Life Skills courses. These courses are externally examined. For English Studies and Mathematics General 1, the external examination is optional.

View the course enrolments for the following learning areas:

English
Mathematics
Science
Human Society and Its Environment
Languages
Technology
Creative Arts
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education

English

Course Name	Units	Male	Male percentage	Female	Female percentage	Total
English Advanced	2	10,040	41%	14,734	59%	24,774
English EAL/D	2	718	47%	798	53%	1,516
English Standard	2	15,534	50%	15,550	50%	31,084
English Studies	2	5,202	59%	3,555	41%	8,757
English Extension 1	1	987	28%	2,482	72%	3,469
English Extension 2	1	306	25%	942	75%	1,248

Mathematics

Course name	Units	Male	Male percentage	Female	Female percentage	Total
Mathematics Advanced	2	9,002	53%	8,143	47%	17,145
Mathematics Extension 1	2	5,288	59%	3,619	41%	8,907
Mathematics Extension 2	2	2,176	66%	1,117	34%	3,293
Mathematics Standard 1	2	2,954	58%	2,140	42%	5,094
Mathematics Standard 2	2	14,593	48%	16,020	52%	30,613

Science

Course name	Units	Male	Male percentage	Female	Female percentage	Total
Biology	2	6,802	35%	12,371	65%	19,173
Chemistry	2	5,235	52%	4,836	48%	10,071
Earth and Environmental Science	2	1,245	55%	1,032	45%	2,277
Investigating Science	2	1,630	58%	1,177	42%	2,807
Physics	2	6,047	78%	1,683	22%	7,730
Science Extension	1	259	38%	422	62%	681

Human Society and Its Environment

Course name	Units	Male	Male percentage	Female	Female percentage	Total
Aboriginal Studies	2	195	25%	592	75%	787
Ancient History	2	2,922	45%	3,608	55%	6,530
Business Studies	2	9,909	54%	8,404	46%	18,313
Economics	2	3,609	66%	1,839	34%	5,448
Geography	2	2,190	53%	1,913	47%	4,103
Legal Studies	2	3,740	36%	6,723	64%	10,463
Modern History	2	5,288	51%	5,028	49%	10,316
History Extension	1	640	41%	927	59%	1,567
Society and Culture	2	840	18%	3,793	82%	4,633
Studies of Religion I	1	3,781	44%	4,764	56%	8,545
Studies of Religion II	2	2,276	37%	3,883	63%	6,159

Languages

Course name	Units	Male	Male percentage	Female	Female percentage	Total
Arabic Continuers	2	111	38%	183	62%	294
Arabic Extension	1	19	27%	51	73%	70
Armenian Continuers	2	10	50%	10	50%	20
Chinese Beginners	2	20	33%	41	67%	61
Chinese Continuers	2	81	39%	126	61%	207
Chinese in Context	2	52	34%	100	66%	152
Chinese and Literature	2	168	49%	172	51%	340
Chinese Extension	1	24	39%	38	61%	62
Classical Greek Continuers	2	7	78%	2	22%	9
Classical Greek Extension	1	4	57%	3	43%	7
Classical Hebrew Continuers	2	9	47%	10	53%	19
Classical Hebrew Extension	1	3	33%	6	67%	9
Croatian Continuers	2	1	14%	6	86%	7
Dutch Continuers	2	3	60%	2	40%	5
Filipino Continuers	2	2	20%	8	80%	10
French Beginners	2	72	22%	254	78%	326
French Continuers	2	162	32%	352	68%	514
French Extension	1	33	33%	66	67%	99
German Beginners	2	37	40%	55	60%	92
German Continuers	2	72	50%	71	50%	143
German Extension	1	29	78%	8	22%	37
Hindi Continuers	2	13	41%	19	59%	32
Hungarian Continuers	2	8	67%	4	33%	12
Indonesian Beginners	2	6	22%	21	78%	27
Indonesian Continuers	2	15	33%	30	67%	45
Indonesian and Literature	2	0	0%	4	100%	4
Indonesian Extension	1	7	50%	7	50%	14
Italian Beginners	2	80	28%	205	72%	285
Italian Continuers	2	54	30%	128	70%	182
Italian Extension	1	16	48%	17	52%	33
Japanese Beginners	2	312	48%	340	52%	652
Japanese Continuers	2	266	36%	482	64%	748
Japanese in Context	2	21	48%	23	52%	44
Japanese Extension	1	50	31%	111	69%	161
Khmer Continuers	2	5	42%	7	58%	12
Korean Beginners	2	14	13%	97	87%	111
Korean Continuers	2	3	21%	11	79%	14
Korean in Context	2	13	25%	38	75%	51
Korean and Literature	2	13	41%	19	59%	32
Latin Continuers	2	63	45%	78	55%	141
Latin Extension	1	34	41%	49	59%	83
Macedonian Continuers	2	3	19%	13	81%	16
Modern Greek Beginners	2	28	37%	48	63%	76
Modern Greek Continuers	2	31	39%	49	61%	80
Modern Greek Extension	1	5	22%	18	78%	23
Modern Hebrew Continuers	2	18	58%	13	42%	31
Persian Continuers	2	10	42%	14	58%	24
Polish Continuers	2	5	33%	10	67%	15
Portuguese Continuers	2	4	29%	10	71%	14
Punjabi Continuers	2	8	40%	12	60%	20
Russian Continuers	2	7	25%	21	75%	28
Serbian Continuers	2	10	45%	12	55%	22
Spanish Beginners	2	71	30%	166	70%	237
Spanish Continuers	2	53	36%	95	64%	148
Spanish Extension	1	11	33%	22	67%	33
Swedish Continuers	2	4	29%	10	71%	14
Tamil Continuers	2	18	37%	31	63%	49
Turkish Continuers	2	14	34%	27	66%	41
Vietnamese Continuers	2	64	40%	95	60%	159

Technology

Course name	Units	Male	Male percentage	Female	Female percentage	Total
Agriculture	2	784	51%	740	49%	1,524
Design and Technology	2	2,035	56%	1,609	44%	3,644
Engineering Studies	2	2,116	89%	265	11%	2,381
Food Technology	2	1,148	30%	2,654	70%	3,802
Industrial Technology	2	4,783	83%	965	17%	5,748
Information Processes and Technology	2	1,497	81%	362	19%	1,859
Software Design and Development	2	1,633	88%	216	12%	1,849
Textiles and Design	2	66	4%	1,429	96%	1,495

Creative Arts

Course name	Units	Male	Male percentage	Female	Female percentage	Total
Dance	2	36	4%	811	96%	847
Drama	2	1,072	33%	2,171	67%	3,243
Music 1	2	2,236	52%	2,090	48%	4,326
Music 2	2	333	49%	353	51%	686
Music Extension	1	174	49%	183	51%	357
Visual Arts	2	2,185	26%	6,068	74%	8,253

Personal Development, Health and Physical Education

Course name	Units	Male	Male percentage	Female	Female percentage	Total
Community and Family Studies	2	937	10%	8,294	90%	9,231
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education	2	7,059	44%	9,135	56%	16,194

2022 VET course enrolments

This table outlines unique enrolments in HSC VET Industry Curriculum Frameworks, which are delivered by Registered Training Organisations (RTOs), including schools and colleges as part of a school system RTO, TAFE NSW and other providers.

Each VET Industry Curriculum Framework includes multiple courses. VET Industry Curriculum Frameworks have optional external examinations.

Course name	Male	Male percentage	Female	Female percentage	Total
Automotive	477	92%	42	8%	519
Business Services	878	36%	1,568	64%	2,446
Construction	3,571	94%	229	6%	3,800
Electrotechnology	511	95%	28	5%	539
Entertainment Industry	508	52%	465	48%	973
Financial Services	74	74%	26	26%	100
Hospitality	2,149	32%	4,646	68%	6,795
Human Services	61	8%	722	92%	783
Information and Digital Technology	508	87%	78	13%	586
Primary Industries	585	58%	418	42%	1,003
Retail Services	549	37%	954	63%	1,503
Tourism, Travel and Events	29	19%	125	81%	154

2022 Life Skills course enrolments

This table outlines enrolments in HSC Life Skills courses, which are available for students with disabilities 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.

Course name	Units	Male	Male percentage	Female	Female percentage	Total
Aboriginal Studies Life Skills	2	29	69%	13	31%	42
Agriculture Life Skills	2	57	70%	24	30%	81
Ancient History Life Skills	2	71	64%	40	36%	111
Business and Economics Life Skills	2	67	67%	33	33%	100
Chemical World Science Life Skills	2	21	78%	6	22%	27
Citizenship and Legal Studies Life Skills	2	29	62%	18	38%	47
Community and Family Studies Life Skills	2	105	44%	136	56%	241
Creative Arts Life Skills	2	355	67%	177	33%	532
Dance Life Skills	2	2	22%	7	78%	9
Design and Technology Life Skills	2	68	70%	29	30%	97
Drama Life Skills	2	50	62%	31	38%	81
Earth and Space Science Life Skills	2	49	66%	25	34%	74
English Life Skills	2	1,322	66%	683	34%	2,005
Food Technology Life Skills	2	370	68%	177	32%	547
Geography Life Skills	2	84	74%	30	26%	114
Human Society and its Environment Life Skills	2	396	67%	195	33%	591
Industrial Technology Life Skills	2	185	85%	32	15%	217
Information Processes and Technology Life Skills	2	70	89%	9	11%	79
Investigating Science Life Skills	2	278	65%	151	35%	429
Living World Science Life Skills	2	83	63%	48	37%	131
Mathematics Life Skills	2	1,163	67%	563	33%	1,726
Modern History Life Skills	2	104	70%	45	30%	149
Music Life Skills	2	114	64%	64	36%	178
Personal Development, Health & PE Life Skills	2	815	68%	390	32%	1,205
Physical World Science Life Skills	2	15	94%	1	6%	16
Society and Culture Life Skills	2	16	36%	29	64%	45
Studies of Religion II Life Skills	2	9	30%	21	70%	30
Studies of Religion I Life Skills	1	12	57%	9	43%	21
Technology Life Skills	2	263	66%	137	34%	400
Textiles and Design Life Skills	2	5	16%	27	84%	32
Visual Arts Life Skills	2	259	55%	211	45%	470
Work and the Community Life Skills	2	724	67%	359	33%	1,083