Planning ahead for Tertiary Studies
If you are planning to study at university it is recommended that you plan towards taking for Year 13 a minimum of 4 subjects from the approved list, or 5 if you will be looking at a limited entry programme at one of the universities referred to above. Information from university websites will give more specific requirements for entry to each particular university.
Credits for the university entrance and rank score requirements can be accumulated over more than one year.
The above information regarding tertiary requirements and your subject needs for Levels 2 and 3 is very important to consider as you now proceed with your subject selections for 2019.
| APPROVED SUBJECT | ACHIEVEMENT STANDARDS |
| Accounting | 91404, 91405, 91406, 91407, 91408, 91409 |
| Agriculture & Horticulture | 91528, 91529, 91530, 91531, 91532 |
| Biology | 91601, 91602, 91603, 91604, 91605, 91606, 91607 |
| Business Studies | 91379, 91380, 91381, 91382, 91383, 91384, 91385 |
| Calculus | 91573, 91574, 91575, 91576, 91577, 91578, 91579, 91587 |
| Chemistry | 91387, 91388, 91389, 91390, 91391, 91392, 91393 |
| Chinese | 91533, 91534, 91535, 91536, 91537 |
| Classical Studies | 91394, 91395, 91396, 91397, 91398 |
| Construction and Mechanical Technologies | 91620, 91621, 91622, 91623, 91624, 91625, 91626, and 91627, 91628, 91629, 91630, 91631, and 91632, 91633, 91634, 91635, 91636, 91637, 91638, 91639, 91640, 91641, 91642, and 91643, 91644, and 91608, 91609, 91610, 91611, 91612, 91613, 91614, 91615, 91616, 91617, 91618, 91619 |
| Cook Islands Māori | 91538, 91539, 91540, 91541, 91542 |
| Dance | 91588, 91589, 91590, 91591, 91592, 91593, 91594, 91595 |
| Design (Practical Art) | 91440, 91445, 91450, 91455, and 91460 |
| Design and Visual Communication | 91627, 91628, 91629, 91630, 91631, and 91620, 91621, 91622, 91623, 91624, 91625, 91626, and 91632, 91633, 91634, 91635, 91636, 91637, 91638, 91639, 91640, 91641, 91642, and 91643, 91644, and 91608, 91609, 91610, 91611, 91612, 91613, 91614, 91615, 91616, 91617, 91618, 91619 |
| Digital Technologies | 91632, 91633, 91634, 91635, 91636, 91637, 91638, 91639, 91640, 91641, 91642, and 91627, 91628, 91629, 91630, 91631, and 91620, 91621, 91622, 91623, 91624, 91625, 91626, and 91643, 91644, and 91608, 91609, 91610, 91611, 91612, 91613, 91614, 91615, 91616, 91617, 91618, 91619 |
| Drama | 91512, 91513, 91514, 91515, 91516, 91517, 91518, 91519, 91520 |
| Earth and Space Science | 91410, 91411, 91412, 91413, 91414, 91415 |
| Economics | 91399, 91400, 91401, 91402, 91403 |
| Education for Sustainability | 90828, 90831, 90832, 91735, 91736 |
| English | 91472, 91473, 91474, 91475, 91476, 91477, 91478, 91479, 91480 |
| French | 91543, 91544, 91545, 91546, 91547 |
| Geography | 91426, 91427, 91428, 91429, 91430, 91431, 91432, 91433 |
| German | 91548, 91549, 91550, 91551, 91552 |
| Health Education | 91461, 91462, 91463, 91464, 91465 |
| History | 91434, 91435, 91436, 91437, 91438, 91439 |
| History of Art | 91482, 91483, 91484, 91485, 91486, 91487, 91488, 91489 |
| Home Economics | 91466, 91467, 91468, 91469, 91470, 91471 |
| Indonesian | 91645, 91646, 91647, 91648, 91649 |
| Japanese | 91553, 91554, 91555, 91556, 91557 |
| Korean | 91558, 91559, 91560, 91561, 91562 |
| Latin | 91506, 91507, 91508, 91509, 91510, 91511 |
| Mathematics | 91573, 91574, 91575, 91576, 91577, 91578, 91579, 91587, and 91580, 91581, 91582, 91583, 91584, 91585, 91586 |
| Media Studies | 91490, 91491, 91492, 91493, 91494, 91495, 91496, 91497 |
| Music Studies | 91416, 91417, 91418, 91419, 91420, 91421, 91422, 91423, 91424, 91425 |
| Painting (Practical Art) | 91441, 91446, 91451, 91456, and 91460 |
| Photography (Practical Art) | 91442, 91447, 91452, 91457, and 91460 |
| Physical Education | 91498, 91499, 91500, 91501, 91502, 91503, 91504, 91505, 91789 |
| Physics | 91521, 91522, 91523, 91524, 91525, 91526, 91527 |
| Printmaking (Practical Art) | 91443, 91448, 91453, 91458, and 91460 |
| Processing Technologies | 91643, 91644, and 91632, 91633, 91634, 91635, 91636, 91637, 91638, 91639, 91640, 91641, 91642, and 91627, 91628, 91629, 91630, 91631, and 91620, 91621, 91622, 91623, 91624, 91625, 91626, and 91608, 91609, 91610, 91611, 91612, 91613, 91614, 91615, 91616, 91617, 91618, 91619 |
| Religious Studies | 90825, 90826, 90827, 91725 |
| Samoan | 91563, 91564, 91565, 91566, 91567 |
| Science | 91601, 91602, 91603, 91604, 91605, 91606, 91607, and 91387, 91388, 91389, 91390, 91391, 91392, 91393, and 91410, 91411, 91412, 91413, 91414, 91415, and 91521, 91522, 91523, 91524, 91525, 91526, 91527 |
| Sculpture (Practical Art) | 91444, 91449, 91454, 91459, and 91460 |
| Spanish | 91568, 91569, 91570, 91571, 91572 |
| Social Studies | 91596, 91597, 91598, 91599, 91600 |
| Statistics | 91580, 91581, 91582, 91583, 91584, 91585, 91586 |
| Technology | 91608, 91609, 91610, 91611, 91612, 91613, 91614, 91615, 91616, 91617, 91618, 91619, and 91643, 91644, and 91632, 91633, 91634, 91635, 91636, 91637, 91638, 91639, 91640, 91641, 91642, and 91627, 91628, 91629, 91630, 91631, and 91620, 91621, 91622, 91623, 91624, 91625, 91626 |
| Te Reo Māori | 91650, 91651, 91652, 91653, 91654 |
| Te Reo Rangatira | 90536, 90785, 90786, 90787, 90788, 90789, 90790, 90791 (This series of standards expires 31/12/2016), and 91803, 91804, 91805, 91806, 91807, 91808, 91809, 91810, 91817 |
| Tongan | 91679, 91680, 91681, 91682, 91683 |