HSC COURSE NOTES

Additional information about courses and the HSC is available on the NESA Website: http://www.educationstandards.nsw.edu.au

These Notes and Footnotes (1 – 4) Refer to the List of Courses

• A number of subjects include a requirement for the development of project work for either internal or external assessment – for example, Visual Arts, Drama, or others. Projects developed for assessment in onesubject are not to be used either in full or in part for assessment in any other subject.

• Exclusions exist in some instances whereby students cannot study certain combinations of subjects or partsof courses. E g. students cannot study both Mathematics Advanced and Mathematics Standard; the First Aid module in SLR cannot count for both SLR and other courses e.g. PDHPE and certain TVET courses – in this instance, a substitute module may need to be studied by the student.

1. Students may elect to study either or both the 2 Unit Ancient History and the 2 Unit Modern History Courses.There is one History Extension Course. This course allows students the flexibility to pursue areas of interest in Ancient and/or Modern History.

2. Of the 12 Preliminary and 10 HSC Units required for the Higher School Certificate, no more than 6 PreliminaryUnits and 7 HSC Units of Science can be included. A 1-unit extension course in Science is an HSC Course, hence 7 HSC units of Science can be studied

3. You must study Music Course 2 if you wish to study HSC Music Extension.

4. You may not study both Studies of Religion I and Studies of Religion II.