STEPS TO UNI FOR YEAR 10 STUDENTS
For the other area of study: Refer to the relevant entry.
LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCE Areas of study: Major from Arts and Social Sciences or a major from Science, a sequence of subjects in Science (if an Arts major is chosen) or in Arts (if a Science major is chosen) and a sequence in the Liberal Studies stream (analytical thinking, communication, culture, ethics, scientific enquiry, society and global citizenship, technological literacy). For majors, see Arts and Social Sciences or Science. Assumed knowledge: Depends on first-year subjects chosen.
MEDICINE (DOUBLE DEGREE) Arts/Doctor of Medicine Science/Doctor of Medicine
Course prerequisites: Mathematics Advanced (Band 4). Assumed knowledge: Refer to the relevant entry. All students in Double Degree Medicine must take some study in biology and medical science during their undergraduate degree. All students in Science/ Doctor of Medicine must take some study in mathematics during their undergraduate degree.
MUSIC Areas of study: Composition, composition for creative industries, contemporary music practice, digital music and media, improvised music, music education, musicology, performance (historical, instrumental, jazz or vocal). Course prerequisites: For music education: Band 5 in 2 units of English (English Standard or English Advanced), Band 5 in two other HSC subjects. Assumed knowledge: Music 1. For composition and music performance: Music 1 or Music 2. For music education: Music 2. Additional selection criteria: Audition and/or interview. For music education: Audition and/or interview and personal statement.
NURSING Areas of study: Child and adolescent health, chronic care, community healthcare, health and human biology, health policy, Indigenous health, mental health, palliative care, population health, professional practice.
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY Areas of study: Biological sciences, occupational therapy, social sciences, theory and practice. Recommended studies: Biology.
PHARMACY Pharmacy Pharmacy and Management
Areas of study: Biology, chemistry, medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutical sciences, pharmaceutics, pharmacology, pharmacy and pharmacy practice. For pharmacy and management: Business. Course prerequisites: Mathematics Advanced (Band 4). Assumed knowledge: Chemistry. Recommended studies: Biology or Physics.
PHYSIOTHERAPY Areas of study: Biomechanics, exercise physiology, human anatomy and physiology, measurement of human performance, motor performance and learning, neuroscience, psychology, research design and statistics. Assumed knowledge: Chemistry, Physics.
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Recommended studies: Mathematics Advanced.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT Areas of study: Majors: Built environment, construction. Studies include complex project coordination, management data, organisational behaviour, people and change, project change, project control, project finance, psychology, quality management, risk management, statistics. Course prerequisites: Mathematics Advanced (Band 4). Assumed knowledge: Mathematics Extension 1.
PSYCHOLOGY Areas of study: Psychology, psychological science. Course prerequisites: Mathematics Advanced (Band 4). Assumed knowledge: Depends on first-year subjects chosen.
SCIENCE Areas of study: Majors: Agriculture; agroecosystems; anatomy and histology; animal and veterinary bioscience; animal health, disease and welfare; animal production; applied medical science; biochemistry and molecular biology; biology; cell and developmental biology; chemistry; computer science; data science; ecology and evolutionary biology; environmental science; environmental studies; financial mathematics and statistics; food and agribusiness; food science; genetics and genomics; geography; geology and geophysics; health; history and philosophy of science; human movement (Health stream only); immunology; immunology and pathology; infectious diseases; information systems; marine science; mathematical sciences; mathematics; medical science; medicinal chemistry; microbiology; nanoscience and nanotechnology; neuroscience; nutrition and dietetics; nutrition science; pathology; pharmacology; physics; physiology; plant production; plant science; psychological science; quantitative life sciences; software development; soil science and hydrology; statistics; virology.
Science Science (Advanced) Dalyell Scholars including Mathematical Sciences
Course prerequisites: Mathematics Advanced (Band 4). Assumed knowledge: Science, Science (Advanced) and Dalyell Scholars: Mathematics Extension 1 (depends on major chosen). Mathematical Sciences: Mathematics Extension 2. All students undertaking a science degree must take some study in mathematics.
Agriculture
Areas of study: Agriculture, including a major in animal production, plant production or soil science and hydrology; plus a second major from those offered for Science. Course prerequisites: Mathematics Advanced (Band 4). Assumed knowledge: Chemistry.
Animal and Veterinary Bioscience
Areas of study: Animal and veterinary bioscience plus a second major from those offered for Science. Course prerequisites: Mathematics Advanced (Band 4). Assumed knowledge: Chemistry. Recommended studies: Biology.
Food and Agribusiness
Areas of study: Food science and a second major from: Accounting, agricultural and resource economics, banking, business analytics, business information systems, business law, economic policy, economics, finance, industrial relations and human resource management, international business, management or marketing. Course prerequisites: Mathematics Advanced (Band 4). Assumed knowledge: Chemistry.