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Statistics - Higher School Certificate 1991

Total Candidature by Subject

Higher School Certificate 1991

Calendar
Year

Study
Year

Course
No.

Course Name

Units

Male

Female

Total

1991

12

20600

Aboriginal Studies

2

0

0

0

1991

12

21800

Accounts Clerical

2

206

310

516

1991

12

21810

Agriculture

2

1,058

646

1,704

1991

12

21811

Agriculture

3

385

215

600

1991

12

20630

Ancient History

2

1,336

2,542

3,878

1991

12

20631

Ancient History

3

697

1,387

2,084

1991

12

20620

Ancient History (General)

2

483

811

1,294

1991

12

21202

Arabic

2

45

51

96

1991

12

21203

Arabic

3

68

64

132

1991

12

21200

Arabic Z

2

26

19

45

1991

12

21212

Bahasa Indonesia/Malaysia

2

24

14

38

1991

12

21213

Bahasa Indonesia/Malaysia

3

19

15

34

1991

12

20260

Biology

2

6,781

12,001

18,782

1991

12

20640

Business Studies

2

711

768

1,479

1991

12

20641

Business Studies

3

0

0

0

1991

12

20270

Chemistry

2

7,959

6,147

14,106

1991

12

21222

Chinese (BS)

2

99

128

227

1991

12

21223

Chinese (BS)

3

124

180

304

1991

12

21220

Chinese Z

2

2

6

8

1991

12

22200

Classical Ballet

2

0

0

0

1991

12

22201

Classical Ballet

3

0

0

0

1991

12

21232

Classical Greek

2

3

0

3

1991

12

21233

Classical Greek

3

8

1

9

1991

12

21820

Computing Studies

2

4,293

3,796

8,089

1991

12

20050

Contemporary English

2

4,851

3,394

8,245

1991

12

21240

Croatian

2

13

29

42

1991

12

21250

Czech

2

3

2

5

1991

12

21262

Dutch

2

2

1

3

1991

12

21263

Dutch

3

0

5

5

1991

12

20650

Economics

2

7,147

6,501

13,648

1991

12

20651

Economics

3

3,165

2,895

6,060

1991

12

21830

Electronics Technology

2

170

10

180

1991

12

21840

Engineering Science

2

2,665

237

2,902

1991

12

21841

Engineering Science

3

996

80

1,076

1991

12

20070

English

2

4,387

6,998

11,385

1991

12

20071

English

3

999

2,603

3,602

1991

12

20060

English (General)

2

16,285

16,043

32,328

1991

12

21270

Estonian

2

0

2

2

1991

12

21282

French

2

156

552

708

1991

12

21283

French

3

130

253

383

1991

12

21281

French (General)

2

31

120

151

1991

12

21280

French Z

2

90

557

647

1991

12

20300

General Science

2

2,001

1,584

3,585

1991

12

20660

General Studies

1

8,630

9,956

18,586

1991

12

20670

Geography

2

4,621

4,506

9,127

1991

12

20671

Geography

3

2,819

2,640

5,459

1991

12

20280

Geology

2

311

178

489

1991

12

21292

German

2

93

243

336

1991

12

21293

German

3

89

155

244

1991

12

21291

German (General)

2

28

64

92

1991

12

21290

German Z

2

62

154

216

1991

12

21302

Hebrew

2

5

6

11

1991

12

21303

Hebrew

3

5

12

17

1991

12

21301

Hebrew (General)

2

18

38

56

1991

12

21850

Home Science

2

349

2,508

2,857

1991

12

21851

Home Science

3

89

1,625

1,714

1991

12

21310

Hungarian

2

4

4

8

1991

12

21322

Indonesian

2

20

57

77

1991

12

21323

Indonesian

3

30

59

89

1991

12

21320

Indonesian Z

2

19

60

79

1991

12

21860

Industrial Technology

2

4,167

272

4,439

1991

12

21332

Italian

2

78

190

268

1991

12

21333

Italian

3

61

135

196

1991

12

21330

Italian Z

2

58

210

268

1991

12

21342

Japanese

2

58

176

234

1991

12

21343

Japanese

3

64

124

188

1991

12

21345

Japanese

2

0

0

0

1991

12

21344

Japanese (BS)

2

0

0

0

1991

12

21340

Japanese Z

2

116

405

521

1991

12

21362

Latin

2

60

64

124

1991

12

21363

Latin

3

62

55

117

1991

12

21360

Latin Z

2

3

3

6

1991

12

21370

Latvian

2

0

0

0

1991

12

20680

Legal Studies

2

2,890

4,048

6,938

1991

12

21380

Lithuanian

2

2

1

3

1991

12

21390

Macedonian

2

19

53

72

1991

12

20170

Mathematics

2

9,342

10,671

20,013

1991

12

20171

Mathematics

3

5,807

4,840

10,647

1991

12

20172

Mathematics

4

2,897

1,525

4,422

1991

12

20150

Mathematics in Practice

2

329

589

918

1991

12

20160

Mathematics in Society

2

7,849

10,280

18,129

1991

12

21402

Modern Greek

2

84

160

244

1991

12

21403

Modern Greek

3

112

230

342

1991

12

21400

Modern Greek Z

2

4

7

11

1991

12

20700

Modern History

2

3,334

4,609

7,943

1991

12

20701

Modern History

3

1,546

1,976

3,522

1991

12

20690

Modern History (People and Events)

2

1,216

1,582

2,798

1991

12

22240

Music (AMEB)

2

20

68

88

1991

12

22241

Music (AMEB)

3

18

29

47

1991

12

22231

Music(Board)

2

161

324

485

1991

12

22232

Music(Board)

3

154

253

407

1991

12

22230

Music(Board) Course 1

2

926

1,108

2,034

1991

12

22600

Personal Development Health and P.E

2

0

0

0

1991

12

20290

Physics

2

9,310

3,621

12,931

1991

12

21410

Polish

2

14

22

36

1991

12

21890

Rural Technology

2

123

1

124

1991

12

21422

Russian

2

2

4

6

1991

12

21423

Russian

3

1

7

8

1991

12

21420

Russian Z

2

6

8

14

1991

12

20250

Science

3

119

155

274

1991

12

20251

Science

4

340

301

641

1991

12

20310

Science for Life

2

254

199

453

1991

12

21430

Serbian

2

4

3

7

1991

12

21900

Sheep Husbandry & Wool Technology

2

78

6

84

1991

12

21440

Slovenian

2

3

13

16

1991

12

21910

Small Business Practice

2

31

39

70

1991

12

20720

Society & Culture

2

524

1,592

2,116

1991

12

20721

Society & Culture

3

99

645

744

1991

12

21452

Spanish

2

30

49

79

1991

12

21453

Spanish

3

70

98

168

1991

12

21454

Spanish

2

0

1

1

1991

12

21450

Spanish Z

2

19

26

45

1991

12

21920

Textiles & Design

2

20

1,393

1,413

1991

12

21921

Textiles & Design

3

6

688

694

1991

12

21930

Travel

2

32

255

287

1991

12

21460

Turkish

2

44

54

98

1991

12

21461

Turkish

3

0

0

0

1991

12

21470

Ukrainian

2

2

1

3

1991

12

21480

Vietnamese

2

115

117

232

1991

12

22250

Visual Arts

2

1,500

2,832

4,332

1991

12

22251

Visual Arts

3

1,306

3,022

4,328

Last Updated: 17 April 1998

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