what is meant by subject areas? (1 Viewer)

[user9314]

I was told we need 4 subject areas on top of english? and that phys, chem and bio are all one subject area. Does that mean I can't do maths ext1, englishext, chem, phys, bio?

 

[nsw..wollongong]

4 subject areas? ive never heard of that, u very much are able to do those subjects as far as I'm aware

 

[user9314]

4 subject areas? ive never heard of that, u very much are able to do those subjects as far as I'm aware

uac said "Although eligibility for an ATAR requires completion of at least four subject areas, the aggregate may be based on fewer subject areas"

 

[carrotsss]

Basically maths is a subject area and English is a subject area and then every other subject is too so you can’t just do 4u English 4u math and only one other subject, I’m p sure that’s the only purpose of that requirement

 

[synthesisFR]

uac said "Although eligibility for an ATAR requires completion of at least four subject areas, the aggregate may be based on fewer subject areas"

pretty sure u need to do 4 diff subjecst
so like if u do mx2 engx2 phys thats not enough and u need another 2 unit

 

[mmmmmmmmaaaaaaa]

I think it just means 4 different subjects

from what I know,

your 10 units contributing to hsc can’t be 4u eng, 4u math and one other subject … I think it referring to that

 

[nsw..wollongong]

uac said "Although eligibility for an ATAR requires completion of at least four subject areas, the aggregate may be based on fewer subject areas"

i think that's talking abt 4 'ideal' subjects in addition to english (compulsory 2 units). this means that u need to fill up the remaining EIGHT units which could be whatever u want (even if its fewer subject areas).
so if u want, u could do eng adv + ext 1 + ext 2, math adv + ext 1 + ext 2 + another subject
it doesn't rlly matter

 

[mmmmmmmmaaaaaaa]

Wow we all said the same thing at the same time

 

[nsw..wollongong]

Basically maths is a subject area and English is a subject area and then every other subject is too so you can’t just do 4u English 4u math and only one other subject, I’m p sure that’s the only purpose of that requirement

huh? i know someone doing that atm

 

[carrotsss]

How did we all manage to say the exact same thing

 

[carrotsss]

huh? i know someone doing that atm

You can do 4u maths and 4u English but you have to do 2 other subjects

 

[user9314]

that makes sense. thanks

 

[scaryshark09]

"4 subject areas" is what you have to take in Year 12, although it is possible that only 3 of them count towards your atar. As far as I'm aware, the only subjects that do not count as additional "subject areas" are ext subjects.

English counts as a subject area.

In your case, Chem Bio and Physics are all considered 3 different subject areas. Currently, you have 5 subject areas if you are doing 3 math, 3 English, chem, bio, and physics. This means you can afford to drop any one of your subjects (besides english ofc) and still meet the requirements.