HSC Chemistry New Syllabus Explained [2019]

So you may have heard that there is a New HSC Curriculum for 2019 and this means there is a NEW HSC CHEMISTRY SYLLABUS :S

In this video, Rowan from #AOSTV does a deep dive into the new HSC CHEMISTRY syllabus to identify:

- What the major changes are for Year 11 and 12
- What are these new things called Depth Studies?
- New Topics and New Content!

MAJOR CHANGES TO THE HSC CHEMISTRY SYLLABUS:

1) They have scrapped the Options for Year 12!
2) There are 4 new topics for Year 11 and 12!
3) You have to do a Depth Studies in Year 11 and 12, which is worth 20-40% of your marks!!!
4) There is new content in the course!
5) There is a bigger focus on the application of mathematical principles in the course!

Find out more including a breakdown of the specific new topics and content by watching the video!

Have more questions about the new HSC Chemistry Syllabus? Leave them in the comments - we’d love to hear from you! So take a second and say ‘Hey’ and ask a question ;)

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[tranlenamphuong]

Hi I'm a year 11 chem student. Can people who've studied chemistry in year 12 kindly share their experience please? Will there be lots of prac/ research paper/ how did you guys find the course?
It's almost subject selection time and I would love to know. Tysm

[archirnobenz]

Hi. I've been taking HSC for 9 months now and only 3 weeks of classes are left. Chemistry Exam is on the 9th of November. So far, i have been revising a lot for Chemistry and was feeling confident before every exam only to turn out that I encounter some questions which I didn't know how to answer/answer incorrectly or I just do not get the full marks for the question. I'm sitting on a 80% Band 5.

My study plan included remodifying my notes 3 times now, because when i write, i remember but seems like I'm not covering the whole syllabus yet, with some holes in my checklist. Do you have any tips how i can make sure I'm covering everything that is in the syllabus?

Thank you!!!

[CrateCraftminecraft]

Hi . I was wonderong whether u guys can help me. I want to be a doctor and need help.on what subjecys to choose. Ty

[davidlp]

Just did the HSC paper for new chem syllabus. Was so bloody hard I thought, much tougher than the sample paper. They asked about entropy and enthalpy and how it affects solubility which isn't even in the year 12 syllabus afaik. I thought it was by far the worst exam I had to do for HSC. The problem with chem is there is so much to know and such little things they can ask. Like the second question was "Outline a chemical test that could be used to differentiate between 1-pentane and 2-pentane" and like many of the questions I had no idea cause I could not remember the million different reactions.

[jusdorange]

Will I be screwed if I don't do maths for the hsc and I'm doing chemistry?

[twicetiful]

Hello! I had a question about this whole HSC Chemistry extravaganza. I'm currently in year 10 and I've chosen chemistry, however I'm a very big 'theory' and less 'practical' person and was wondering how the prac part of chemistry would be marked, like how much lab lessons are you going to have to do for the new syllabus or is it just theory? and is prac optional? like is there a way to avoid doing practicals?

[akaBaye]

do you think the band 6 success rates will drop significantly for the first few years of new Chem syllabus ?

[MuscRepeats]

Which maths do you think would be best for the new chemistry course - Advanced, Extension 1 or Extension 2?

[samk]

Hey can u do a video on the new syllabus for physics?

[danielking]

Is this syllabus in western australia? Ive seen that there was a new english syllabus recently with something to do with des writing or something. However i havent heard people complaining about it here.

Basically are the syllabus' different for each state or is it all the same?

[SuperOnionmaster]

could you tutor me to prepare guide me through a first year uni Chem subject? Graduated '09 with no chem background.