Students are able to choose one or more of the following Science subjects to study for the HSC:
Biology Stage 6
Year 11 biology course topics
- Module 1 - Cells as the Basis of Life
- Module 2 - Organisation of Living Things
- Module 3 - Biological Diversity
- Module 4 - Ecosystem Dynamics.
Year 12 biology course topics
- Module 5 - Heredity
- Module 6 - Genetic Change
- Module 7 - Infectious Disease
- Module 8 - Non-infectious Disease and Disorders.
Chemistry Stage 6
Year 11 chemistry course topics
- Module 1 - Properties and Structure of Matter
- Module 2 - Introduction to Quantative Chemistry
- Module 3 - Reactive Chemistry
- Module 4 - Drivers of Reactions.
Year 12 chemistry course topics
- Module 5 - Equilibrium and Acid Reactions
- Module 6 - Acid/Base Reactions
- Module 7 - Organic Chemistry
- Module 8 - Applying Chemical Ideas.
Earth and Environmental Science Stage 6
Year 11 earth and environmental science course topics
- Module 1 - Earth's resources
- Module 2 - Plate tectonics
- Module 3 - Energy transformations
- Module 4 - Human impact.
Year 12 earth and environmental science course topics
- Module 5 - Earth's processes
- Module 6 - Hazards
- Module 7 - Climate science
- Module 8 - Resource management.
Physics Stage 6
Year 11 physics course topics
- Module 1 - Kinematics
- Module 2 - Dynamics
- Module 3 - Waves and Thermodynamics
- Module 4 - Electricity and Magnetism.
Year 12 physics course topics
- Module 5 - Advanced Mechanics
- Module 6 - Electromagnetism
- Module 7 - The Nature of Light
- Module 8 - From the Universe to the Atom.
Year 12 science extension
Students must be studying at least 2 units of science to then pick up science extension.
- Module 1 - The Foundations of Scientific Thinking
- Module 2 - The Scientific Research Proposal
- Module 3 - The Data, Evidence and Decisions
- Module 4 - The Scientific Research Report.
