Advice for students choosing HSC courses:

Your aim is to attain the best HSC result you can. So, you should choose courses that you are good at, interested in and may use in the future.

When considering which courses to study, explore the content of a course. For example, what are the course outcomes? Will you be required to submit a major work, or perform, as part of your exams? Talk with your teachers about your strengths and weaknesses, as well as individual course requirements, before making your selections.

For more information visit https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nesa/11-12/hsc/subject-selection

To achieve a Higher School Certificate certain patterns of study and course requirements apply:

You must satisfactorily complete:

• a Preliminary pattern of study that includes at least 12 units

• an HSC pattern of study that includes at least 10 units.

Both patterns of study must include at least:

• 6 units of Board Developed Courses

• 2 units of a Board Developed Course in English

• 3 courses of 2 or more units (either Board Developed or Board Endorsed Courses)

• 4 subjects.