Transcript The NSW HSC: An Introduction (power point presentation)

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The NSW
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The NSW HSC
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educational award you can gain in New South Wales
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• The HSC:
 is an internationally
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 provides a strong foundation for the future
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 is standards-based. Students receive HSC marks
that indicate the standard they have achieved.
Types of Courses
• Board Developed Courses
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 Have HSC exams (except for Life Skills)
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 May contribute to the ATAR (Australian Tertiary
Admission Rank)
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 Include some VET courses
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 Include Life Skills courses
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• Board Endorsed Courses
 No HSC exams – schools assessment used
 Count towards the HSC
 Cannot contribute to the ATAR
 Include some VET courses
HSC Course Structure
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• 2 Units =120 hours per year
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• 2 Units = 100 marks in the HSC exam
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• 1 Unit = 60 hours; 50 marks in HSC exam
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• All 2 unit HSC courses
equal status
VET Curriculum Frameworks - 1
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• based on National Training Packages
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• provide dual accreditation
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 VET qualifications
 HSC unit credit
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 optional exam
• have a mandatory work placement requirement
 70 hours over the 240-hour/2-year course
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 English
 Mathematics
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 English 1 and 2
 Mathematics 1 and 2
 History
 Music
 Some languages
 Some VET
Life Skills Courses
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• Cannot contribute to ATAR
Requirements for the HSC - 1
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 Minimum of 12 units
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Preliminary course before they are eligible to
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Requirements for the HSC - 2
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Preliminary
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 6 units from Board Developed Courses
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 2 units of English
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 at least 4 subjects
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At most six units of courses in science can count towards HSC eligibility.
HSC: All My Own Work
• HSC: All My Own Work:
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 is a program designed to help HSC students
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practices when locating and using information as
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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.
Satisfactory Completion of a Course
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 follow the course developed or endorsed by the
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 apply themselves with diligence and sustained
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 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.
Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR)
• In 2009, the Universities Admissions Index (UAI)
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• 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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 four subjects.
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Note: Industrial Technology Category A from 2010
Calculating the ATAR
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next best 8 units
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HSC Pathways
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 accumulate the HSC over a 5-year period
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 repeat some or all of their HSC courses
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 gain Recognition of Prior Learning
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Selecting HSC Courses - 1
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 Board of Studies requirements for the award of
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the HSC
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 ATAR eligibility requirements (if required)
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see www.uac.edu.au
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