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The NSWHigher School Certificate
Information for Year 10 Students and Parents
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The NSW HSC
• The Higher School Certificate (HSC) is the highest educational award you can gain in New South Wales schools.
• The HSC: is an internationally recognised credential provides a strong foundation for the future is standards-based. Students receive HSC marks
that indicate the standard they have achieved.
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Types of Courses
• Board Developed Courses Have HSC exams (except for Life Skills) May contribute to the ATAR (Australian Tertiary
Admission Rank) Include some VET courses Include Life Skills courses
• Board Endorsed Courses No HSC exams – schools assessment used Count towards the HSC Cannot contribute to the ATAR Include some VET courses
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HSC Course Structure
All courses in the HSC have a unit value
• Most courses are 2 Units2 Units
• 2 Units =120 hours per year
• 2 Units = 100 marks in the HSC exam
• 1 Unit = 60 hours; 50 marks in HSC exam
• All 2 unit HSC courses have equal statusAll 2 unit HSC courses have equal status
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VET Curriculum Frameworks - 1
• Board Developed Courses• based on National Training Packages• provide dual accreditation
VET qualifications HSC unit credit
• access to ATAR pathway optional exam
• have a mandatory work placement requirement 70 hours over the 240-hour/2-year course
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VET Curriculum Frameworks – 2
Business Services
Construction
Hospitality
Entertainment Industry
Information Technology
Metal and Engineering
Primary Industries
Retail Services
Tourism and Events
Automotive
Electrotechnology
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Extension Courses - 1• 1 unit courses • Designed for students with a particular aptitude and
talent in the corresponding course• Preliminary Extension courses:
English Mathematics
• HSC Extension courses: English 1 and 2 Mathematics 1 and 2 History Music Some languages Some VET
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Life Skills Courses
• Designed for some students with special education needs
• Student’s curriculum options determined through collaborative curriculum planning process
• Have Board Developed status
• Can count towards HSC
• Cannot contribute to ATAR
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Requirements for the HSC - 1
• Preliminary Course Minimum of 12 units
• HSC Course Minimum of 10 units Students must satisfactorily complete the
Preliminary course before they are eligible to commence the corresponding HSC course
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Requirements for the HSC - 2
• Both Preliminary and HSC Courses must include: 6 units from Board Developed Courses 2 units of English 3 courses of 2 units or greater at least 4 subjects
At most six units of courses in science can count towards HSC eligibility.
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HSC: All My Own Work
• HSC: All My Own Work: is a program designed to help HSC students
follow the principles and practices of good scholarship
includes understanding and valuing of ethical practices when locating and using information as part of HSC studies.
• All students must complete HSC: All My Own Work or its equivalent before they can be entered for any Preliminary or HSC course.
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Satisfactory Completion of a Course
• Students must: follow the course developed or endorsed by the
Board apply themselves with diligence and sustained
effort achieve some or all of the course outcomes complete work placement for VET courses make a genuine attempt at assessment tasks that
total more than 50% of the available school assessment marks for that course.
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Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR)
• In 2009, the Universities Admissions Index (UAI) changed to the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR).
• The maximum ATAR will be 99.95 (as opposed to a maximum UAI of 100).
• Achieving an ATAR of 99.95 is the same as achieving a UAI of 100.
• Rules for the ATAR are the same as for the UAI. There will be no changes to: scaling process, rank order of students, student
selection for university courses.
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ATAR - Requirements
• Completion of at least 10 units of Board Developed Courses including at least: eight units from Category A courses (no more
than two units of Category B courses) two units of English three Board Developed courses of two units or
greater four subjects.
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Category B Courses• Accounting• VET ICF Courses (240-hour courses + Exam)
Automotive Business Services Construction Electrotechnology Entertainment Industry Hospitality Information Technology Metal and Engineering Primary Industries Retail Services Tourism and Events (from 2010)
Note: Industrial Technology Category A from 2010
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Calculating the ATAR
Board of Studies Raw ModeratedExam + Assessment Marks
Universities Admissions Centre
Scaled
2 units of English + next best 8 units
ATAR
The scaled markfor each course is
based on the qualityof the candidates in that
course in that year
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HSC Pathways
• Students may accumulate the HSC over a 5-year period repeat some or all of their HSC courses accelerate in one or more courses gain Recognition of Prior Learning
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Selecting HSC Courses - 1
• Considerations: Board of Studies requirements for the award of
the HSC ATAR eligibility requirements (if required) Career/University Entry prerequisites
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Selecting HSC Courses - 2
What do I like?
What do I need to or
want to know ?
What am I good
at ?
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More information?
• Board of Studies website: www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au
• For the ATAR contact the Universities Admissions Centre see www.uac.edu.au