WA WACE — curriculum reference
The Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) is taken by Year 11 and 12 students in WA. Year 12 ATAR courses are scaled by TISC; the WACE aggregate uses a 10% bonus for Mathematics Methods, Mathematics Specialist, and LOTE subjects.
Syllabus authority
SCSA — School Curriculum and Standards Authority (WA) publishes the official syllabuses for WA WACE. We do not republish syllabus content — for the formal syllabus documentation, go to the authority directly: https://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/syllabus-and-support-materials.
Scaling for WA WACE is calculated annually by TISC. See our WA WACE ATAR scaling page for the full 2024 data.
Subjects with 2024 ATAR scaling data
68 subjects are listed below. Each links to its dedicated scaling page where you can see the verbatim 2024 percentile distribution, scaled mean, and standard deviation.
| Subject | Scaling page |
|---|---|
| Accounting and Finance WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Ancient History Year 12: Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Near East. Focus on source interpretation. Less popular than Modern History but with similar essay-writing demands. | Scaling → |
| Animal Production Systems WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Applied Information Technology WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Arabic WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Auslan WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Aviation WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Biology Year 11: cells, organisms, ecosystems, genetics. Year 12: heredity, inheritance, infectious disease, non-infectious disease, immunity, biotechnology. Heavier on memorisation than other sciences. | Scaling → |
| Business Management and Enterprise WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Career and Enterprise WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Chemistry Year 11: chemical reactions, stoichiometry, periodic table, organic chemistry intro. Year 12: equilibrium, acid-base reactions, organic chemistry depth, analytical techniques. Calculation-heavy. | Scaling → |
| Chinese: Background Language WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Chinese: First Language WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Chinese: Second Language WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Computer Science WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Dance WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Design WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Drama WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Earth and Environmental Science WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Economics Year 11: introduction to economics, micro and macro foundations. Year 12: Australian economy in detail, economic issues, policies, global economy. Numerical, analytical, current-affairs heavy. | Scaling → |
| Engineering Studies WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| English Reading and creating texts; analysing argument; comparative analysis. Required for ATAR eligibility in VIC. | Scaling → |
| English as an Additional Language or Dialect WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Food Science and Technology WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| French: Background Language WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| French: Second Language WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Geography WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| German: Background Language WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| German: Second Language WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Health Studies WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Hebrew WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Hindi: Background Language WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Human Biology WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Indonesian: First Language WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Indonesian: Second Language WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Integrated Science WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Italian: Second Language WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Japanese: Background Language WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Japanese: Second Language WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Korean: Background Language WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Korean: Second Language WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Literature Close reading of canonical and contemporary literary texts. Analytical and creative responses. Higher-scaling than English; lower than English Language in some years. | Scaling → |
| Marine and Maritime Studies WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Materials Design and Technology WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Mathematics Applications WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Mathematics Methods WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Mathematics Specialist WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Media Production and Analysis WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Modern History Year 12: power and authority, national studies (Russia/USSR, Indonesia, USA etc.), peace and conflict (WWI, Cold War etc.), change in the modern world. Strong essay-writing required. | Scaling → |
| Music WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Outdoor Education WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Persian WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Philosophy and Ethics WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Physical Education Studies WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Physics Year 11: kinematics, dynamics, waves, thermodynamics. Year 12: advanced mechanics, electromagnetism, the nature of light, quantum and special relativity. Heavy on calculation, light on memorisation. | Scaling → |
| Plant Production Systems WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Politics and Law WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Psychology Year 12: how the brain functions, learning and memory, mental health, social cognition. Increasingly popular VCE subject. | Scaling → |
| Punjabi WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Religion and Life WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Russian WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Sinhala WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Spanish WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Students WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Tamil WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Turkish WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Vietnamese WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
| Visual Arts WACE course with 2024 scaled-score statistics published by TISC. | Scaling → |
If your subject is not listed
Subjects with fewer than 40 students per year are omitted from the published scaling tables (this is the threshold the tertiary admissions centres themselves use — small-cohort statistics are not reliable). These subjects are still part of the qualification; they simply do not have the same published-scaling reference data. See the syllabus authority's own page for details.