2020 course enrolments

About the statistics

These statistics represent course enrolments for the 2020 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.

Note that male and female percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

This data is taken from 1 September 2020.

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

General and Languages
VET
Life Skills

2020 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	10,135	41%	14,739	59%	24,874
English EAL/D	2	962	47%	1,102	53%	2,064
English Extension 1	1	1,109	31%	2,483	69%	3,592
English Extension 2	1	408	29%	977	71%	1,385
English Standard	2	15,474	49%	15,873	51%	31,347
English Studies	2	5,463	60%	3,631	40%	9,094

Mathematics

Course name	Units	Male	Male percentage	Female	Female percentage	Total
Mathematics Advanced	2	8,916	53%	8,050	47%	16,966
Mathematics Extension 1	2	5,343	59%	3,717	41%	9,060
Mathematics Extension 2	2	2,237	65%	1,181	35%	3,418
Mathematics Standard 1	2	3,104	59%	2,169	41%	5,273
Mathematics Standard 2	2	14,722	48%	16,035	52%	30,757

Science

Course name	Units	Male	Male percentage	Female	Female percentage	Total
Biology	2	6,877	36%	12,029	64%	18,906
Chemistry	2	5,478	53%	4,807	47%	10,285
Earth and Environmental Science	2	1,104	51%	1,054	49%	2,158
Investigating Science	2	1,528	57%	1,143	43%	2,671
Physics	2	6,241	77%	1,888	23%	8,129
Science Extension	1	287	46%	341	54%	628

Human Society and Its Environment

Course name	Units	Male	Male percentage	Female	Female percentage	Total
Aboriginal Studies	2	207	28%	529	72%	736
Ancient History	2	3,147	43%	4,169	57%	7,316
Business Studies	2	9,838	54%	8,413	46%	18,251
Economics	2	3,301	65%	1,771	35%	5,072
Geography	2	2,336	52%	2,117	48%	4,453
Legal Studies	2	3,906	36%	6,993	64%	10,899
Modern History	2	5,415	49%	5,638	51%	11,053
History Extension	1	703	39%	1110	61%	1,813
Society and Culture	2	872	19%	3,718	81%	4,590
Studies of Religion I	1	3,787	46%	4,488	54%	8,275
Studies of Religion II	2	2,209	36%	3,980	64%	6,189

Languages

Course name	Units	Male	Male percentage	Female	Female percentage	Total
Arabic Continuers	2	108	36%	193	64%	301
Arabic Extension	1	32	32%	69	69%	101
Armenian Continuers	2	12	46%	14	54%	26
Chinese Beginners	2	33	39%	52	61%	85
Chinese Continuers	2	87	47%	100	53%	187
Chinese in Context	2	61	44%	77	56%	138
Chinese and Literature	2	226	48%	243	52%	469
Chinese Extension	1	20	48%	22	52%	42
Classical Greek Continuers	2	7	70%	3	30%	10
Classical Greek Extension	1	5	56%	4	44%	9
Classical Hebrew Continuers	2	14	56%	11	44%	25
Classical Hebrew Extension	1	8	53%	7	47%	15
Croatian Continuers	2	1	25%	3	75%	4
Dutch Continuers	2	1	33%	2	67%	3
Filipino Continuers	2	3	33%	6	67%	9
French Beginners	2	123	24%	387	76%	510
French Continuers	2	189	32%	406	68%	595
French Extension	1	38	28%	97	72%	135
German Beginners	2	37	42%	52	58%	89
German Continuers	2	98	46%	114	54%	212
German Extension	1	29	53%	26	47%	55
Hindi Continuers	2	6	50%	6	50%	12
Hungarian Continuers	2	4	67%	2	33%	6
Indonesian Beginners	2	17	39%	27	61%	44
Indonesian Continuers	2	35	45%	43	55%	78
Indonesian and Literature	2	4	44%	5	56%	9
Indonesian Extension	1	8	50%	8	50%	16
Italian Beginners	2	76	25%	234	75%	310
Italian Continuers	2	67	32%	144	68%	211
Italian Extension	1	18	41%	26	59%	44
Japanese Beginners	2	291	46%	348	54%	639
Japanese Continuers	2	231	34%	442	66%	673
Japanese in Context	2	15	50%	15	50%	30
Japanese and Literature	2	5	42%	7	58%	12
Japanese Extension	1	43	26%	120	74%	163
Khmer Continuers	2	9	43%	12	57%	21
Korean Beginners	2	20	16%	109	84%	129
Korean Continuers	2	1	6%	15	94%	16
Korean in Context	2	10	25%	30	75%	40
Korean and Literature	2	22	51%	21	49%	43
Latin Continuers	2	64	45%	78	55%	142
Latin Extension	1	50	48%	54	52%	104
Macedonian Continuers	2	11	52%	10	48%	21
Maltese Continuers	2	0	0%	1	100%	1
Modern Greek Beginners	2	30	43%	40	57%	70
Modern Greek Continuers	2	26	36%	46	64%	72
Modern Greek Extension	1	11	41%	16	59%	27
Modern Hebrew Continuers	2	15	48%	16	52%	31
Persian Continuers	2	6	29%	15	71%	21
Polish Continuers	2	8	50%	8	50%	16
Portuguese Continuers	2	7	24%	22	76%	29
Punjabi Continuers	2	7	47%	8	53%	15
Russian Continuers	2	9	45%	11	55%	20
Serbian Continuers	2	12	40%	18	60%	30
Spanish Beginners	2	87	26%	247	74%	334
Spanish Continuers	2	48	29%	116	71%	164
Spanish Extension	1	13	25%	40	75%	53
Swedish Continuers	2	6	67%	3	33%	9
Tamil Continuers	2	12	32%	26	68%	38
Turkish Continuers	2	10	38%	16	62%	26
Vietnamese Continuers	2	67	35%	123	65%	190

Technology

Course name	Units	Male	Male percentage	Female	Female percentage	Total
Agriculture	2	726	48%	780	52%	1,506
Design and Technology	2	1,956	56%	1,557	44%	3,513
Engineering Studies	2	2,135	91%	219	9%	2,354
Food Technology	2	1,029	29%	2,480	71%	3,509
Industrial Technology	2	4,985	84%	973	16%	5,958
Information Processes and Technology	2	1,735	84%	342	16%	2,077
Software Design and Development	2	1,541	87%	228	13%	1,769
Textiles and Design	2	39	3%	1,295	97%	1,334

Creative Arts

Course name	Units	Male	Male percentage	Female	Female percentage	Total
Dance	2	39	4%	878	96%	917
Drama	2	1,348	34%	2,584	66%	3,932
Music 1	2	2,183	48%	2,369	52%	4,552
Music 2	2	347	50%	341	50%	688
Music Extension	1	202	51%	198	50%	400
Visual Arts	2	2,275	26%	6,403	74%	8,678

Personal Development, Health and Physical Education

Course name	Units	Male	Male percentage	Female	Female percentage	Total
Community and Family Studies	2	808	9%	8,151	91%	8,959
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education	2	7,208	44%	9,242	56%	16,450

2020 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.

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	484	93%	36	7%	520
Business Services	845	35%	1,546	65%	2,391
Construction	3,766	95%	181	5%	3,947
Electrotechnology	458	97%	13	3%	471
Entertainment Industry	529	50%	538	50%	1,067
Financial Services	69	71%	28	29%	97
Hospitality	2,249	32%	4,813	68%	7,062
Human Services	78	9%	799	91%	877
Information and Digital Technology	633	87%	92	13%	725
Metal and Engineering	725	95%	39	5%	764
Primary Industries	579	56%	454	44%	1,033
Retail Services	597	35%	1,116	65%	1,713
Tourism, Travel and Events	45	13%	290	87%	335

2020 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	32	65%	17	35%	49
Agriculture Life Skills	2	61	68%	29	32%	90
Ancient History Life Skills	2	68	64%	39	36%	107
Business and Economics Life Skills	2	59	67%	29	33%	88
Chemical World Science Life Skills	2	5	63%	3	38%	8
Citizenship and Legal Studies Life Skills	2	18	46%	21	54%	39
Community and Family Studies Life Skills	2	105	41%	150	59%	255
Creative Arts Life Skills	2	315	66%	159	34%	474
Dance Life Skills	2	1	6%	16	94%	17
Design and Technology Life Skills	2	52	64%	29	36%	81
Drama Life Skills	2	57	57%	43	43%	100
Earth and Space Science Life Skills	2	56	80%	14	20%	70
English Life Skills	2	1,355	66%	684	34%	2,039
Food Technology Life Skills	2	337	65%	183	35%	520
Geography Life Skills	2	63	61%	40	39%	103
Human Society and its Environment Life Skills	2	394	66%	199	34%	593
Industrial Technology Life Skills	2	199	90%	22	10%	221
Information Processes and Technology Life Skills	2	62	81%	15	19%	77
Investigating Science Life Skills	2	275	71%	115	29%	390
Living World Science Life Skills	2	93	62%	57	38%	150
Mathematics Life Skills	2	1,231	69%	565	31%	1,796
Modern History Life Skills	2	108	74%	37	26%	145
Music Life Skills	2	102	66%	53	34%	155
Personal Development, Health & PE Life Skills	2	786	68%	369	32%	1,155
Physical World Science Life Skills	2	20	91%	2	9%	22
Society and Culture Life Skills	2	59	58%	42	42%	101
Studies of Religion I Life Skills	1	12	52%	11	48%	23
Studies of Religion II Life Skills	2	9	39%	14	61%	23
Technology Life Skills	2	270	68%	127	32%	397
Textiles and Design Life Skills	2	9	38%	15	63%	24
Visual Arts Life Skills	2	301	58%	220	42%	521
Work and the Community Life Skills	2	737	67%	356	33%	1,093