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86 subjects across Year 11, Year 12
AI-powered exam prep tailored to the SACE curriculum in Australia. Every question marked against official SACE criteria.
Australia 86 subjects
Year 11, Year 12
Aboriginal StudiesAccountingActivating Identities and FuturesAgricultural ProductionAgricultural SystemsAgricultureAncient StudiesArabic (continuers)Armenian (continuers)Auslan (continuers)Australian Languages – Additional LanguageAustralian Languages – First Language+74 more
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All Your SACE Subjects Covered
Aboriginal Studies
Accounting
Activating Identities and Futures
Agricultural Production
Agricultural Systems
Agriculture
Ancient Studies
Arabic (continuers)
Armenian (continuers)
Auslan (continuers)
Australian Languages – Additional Language
Australian Languages – First Language
Australian Languages – Revival Language
Biology
Business Innovation
Business and Enterprise
Chemistry
Child Studies
Chinese (background speakers)
Chinese (beginners)
Chinese (continuers)
Creative Arts
Croatian (continuers)
Dance
Design, Technology and Engineering
Digital Technologies
Drama
Earth and Environmental Science
Economics
Aboriginal Studies
Accounting
Activating Identities and Futures
Agricultural Production
Agricultural Systems
Agriculture
Ancient Studies
Arabic (continuers)
Armenian (continuers)
Auslan (continuers)
Australian Languages – Additional Language
Australian Languages – First Language
Australian Languages – Revival Language
Biology
Business Innovation
Business and Enterprise
Chemistry
Child Studies
Chinese (background speakers)
Chinese (beginners)
Chinese (continuers)
Creative Arts
Croatian (continuers)
Dance
Design, Technology and Engineering
Digital Technologies
Drama
Earth and Environmental Science
Economics
Aboriginal Studies
Accounting
Activating Identities and Futures
Agricultural Production
Agricultural Systems
Agriculture
Ancient Studies
Arabic (continuers)
Armenian (continuers)
Auslan (continuers)
Australian Languages – Additional Language
Australian Languages – First Language
Australian Languages – Revival Language
Biology
Business Innovation
Business and Enterprise
Chemistry
Child Studies
Chinese (background speakers)
Chinese (beginners)
Chinese (continuers)
Creative Arts
Croatian (continuers)
Dance
Design, Technology and Engineering
Digital Technologies
Drama
Earth and Environmental Science
Economics
Aboriginal Studies
Accounting
Activating Identities and Futures
Agricultural Production
Agricultural Systems
Agriculture
Ancient Studies
Arabic (continuers)
Armenian (continuers)
Auslan (continuers)
Australian Languages – Additional Language
Australian Languages – First Language
Australian Languages – Revival Language
Biology
Business Innovation
Business and Enterprise
Chemistry
Child Studies
Chinese (background speakers)
Chinese (beginners)
Chinese (continuers)
Creative Arts
Croatian (continuers)
Dance
Design, Technology and Engineering
Digital Technologies
Drama
Earth and Environmental Science
Economics
English
English Literary Studies
English as an Additional Language
Essential English
Essential Mathematics
Exploring Identities and Futures (EIF)
Food and Hospitality
French (beginners)
French (continuers)
General Mathematics
Geography
German (beginners)
German (continuers)
Health and Wellbeing
Indonesian (background speakers)
Indonesian (beginners)
Indonesian (continuers)
Information Processing and Publishing
Italian (beginners)
Italian (continuers)
Japanese (background speakers)
Japanese (beginners)
Japanese (continuers)
Korean (background speakers)
Korean (beginners)
Korean (continuers)
Language and Culture
Legal Studies
Mathematical Methods
English
English Literary Studies
English as an Additional Language
Essential English
Essential Mathematics
Exploring Identities and Futures (EIF)
Food and Hospitality
French (beginners)
French (continuers)
General Mathematics
Geography
German (beginners)
German (continuers)
Health and Wellbeing
Indonesian (background speakers)
Indonesian (beginners)
Indonesian (continuers)
Information Processing and Publishing
Italian (beginners)
Italian (continuers)
Japanese (background speakers)
Japanese (beginners)
Japanese (continuers)
Korean (background speakers)
Korean (beginners)
Korean (continuers)
Language and Culture
Legal Studies
Mathematical Methods
English
English Literary Studies
English as an Additional Language
Essential English
Essential Mathematics
Exploring Identities and Futures (EIF)
Food and Hospitality
French (beginners)
French (continuers)
General Mathematics
Geography
German (beginners)
German (continuers)
Health and Wellbeing
Indonesian (background speakers)
Indonesian (beginners)
Indonesian (continuers)
Information Processing and Publishing
Italian (beginners)
Italian (continuers)
Japanese (background speakers)
Japanese (beginners)
Japanese (continuers)
Korean (background speakers)
Korean (beginners)
Korean (continuers)
Language and Culture
Legal Studies
Mathematical Methods
English
English Literary Studies
English as an Additional Language
Essential English
Essential Mathematics
Exploring Identities and Futures (EIF)
Food and Hospitality
French (beginners)
French (continuers)
General Mathematics
Geography
German (beginners)
German (continuers)
Health and Wellbeing
Indonesian (background speakers)
Indonesian (beginners)
Indonesian (continuers)
Information Processing and Publishing
Italian (beginners)
Italian (continuers)
Japanese (background speakers)
Japanese (beginners)
Japanese (continuers)
Korean (background speakers)
Korean (beginners)
Korean (continuers)
Language and Culture
Legal Studies
Mathematical Methods
Mathematics
Media Studies
Modern Greek (beginners)
Modern Greek (continuers)
Modern History
Music
Music Explorations
Music Performance – Ensemble
Music Performance – Solo
Music Studies
Outdoor Education
Philosophy
Physical Education
Physics
Politics, Power and People
Psychology
Scientific Studies
Society and Culture
Spanish (beginners)
Spanish (continuers)
Special provisions
Specialist Mathematics
Spiritualities, Religion and Meaning
Vietnamese (background speakers)
Vietnamese (continuers)
Visual Arts – Design
Vocational Education and Training (VET)
Women's Studies
Mathematics
Media Studies
Modern Greek (beginners)
Modern Greek (continuers)
Modern History
Music
Music Explorations
Music Performance – Ensemble
Music Performance – Solo
Music Studies
Outdoor Education
Philosophy
Physical Education
Physics
Politics, Power and People
Psychology
Scientific Studies
Society and Culture
Spanish (beginners)
Spanish (continuers)
Special provisions
Specialist Mathematics
Spiritualities, Religion and Meaning
Vietnamese (background speakers)
Vietnamese (continuers)
Visual Arts – Design
Vocational Education and Training (VET)
Women's Studies
Mathematics
Media Studies
Modern Greek (beginners)
Modern Greek (continuers)
Modern History
Music
Music Explorations
Music Performance – Ensemble
Music Performance – Solo
Music Studies
Outdoor Education
Philosophy
Physical Education
Physics
Politics, Power and People
Psychology
Scientific Studies
Society and Culture
Spanish (beginners)
Spanish (continuers)
Special provisions
Specialist Mathematics
Spiritualities, Religion and Meaning
Vietnamese (background speakers)
Vietnamese (continuers)
Visual Arts – Design
Vocational Education and Training (VET)
Women's Studies
Mathematics
Media Studies
Modern Greek (beginners)
Modern Greek (continuers)
Modern History
Music
Music Explorations
Music Performance – Ensemble
Music Performance – Solo
Music Studies
Outdoor Education
Philosophy
Physical Education
Physics
Politics, Power and People
Psychology
Scientific Studies
Society and Culture
Spanish (beginners)
Spanish (continuers)
Special provisions
Specialist Mathematics
Spiritualities, Religion and Meaning
Vietnamese (background speakers)
Vietnamese (continuers)
Visual Arts – Design
Vocational Education and Training (VET)
Women's Studies
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SACE – Common questions
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StudyPulse covers 86 SACE subjects across Year 11, Year 12. Each subject has questions sourced from real past papers with marking calibrated to the official SACE mark schemes.
Yes, there's a free tier with 3 daily practice submissions, basic AI feedback, 15 AI Tutor messages, and leaderboard access. Premium unlocks 1,000 daily submissions, full question bank access, advanced feedback, handwritten answer scanning, and essay marking from $20/month.
Our AI is trained specifically on SACE mark schemes and examiner reports from Australia. It understands the precise language and criteria examiners use, so feedback is accurate and actionable, not generic advice that could apply to any curriculum.
Yes, one account works across all 60+ curricula we support. Your progress, streaks, and subscription carry over automatically between curricula.
StudyPulse supports SACE for Year 11, Year 12. Questions and mark schemes are specific to each level so you're always practising the right material for your exams.
You need 200 credits in total. The compulsory requirements (50 credits) include: Exploring Identities and Futures at Stage 1 (10 credits), a literacy subject at Stage 1 or Stage 2 (20 credits), a numeracy subject at Stage 1 (10 credits), and Activating Identities and Futures at Stage 2 (10 credits). The remaining 150 credits come from elective subjects, with at least 60 credits required at Stage 2 level. You must achieve a C grade or better at Stage 1 and a C- or better at Stage 2.
SATAC calculates your ATAR from your best 90 credits of Stage 2 study (typically your best five 20-credit subjects, or equivalent). Each subject receives a scaled score out of 20 after scaling adjusts for relative difficulty and cohort strength. Your top three Tertiary Admissions Subjects (TAS) scores plus your next best two scaled scores are summed into a university aggregate, which is then converted to a percentile rank (your ATAR) against the entire age group in South Australia.
Scaling adjusts your raw subject scores to account for differences in subject difficulty and the academic strength of each subject cohort. If students taking a particular subject also perform strongly in their other subjects, that subject may receive positive scaling. Subjects like Specialist Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry typically scale upward because their cohorts tend to be academically strong across all their subjects. Scaling is recalculated each year based on current cohort data.
Stage 1 subjects are generally studied in Year 11 and are graded A to E by your school. Stage 2 subjects are studied in Year 12, graded from A+ to E-, and include an externally assessed component (typically worth 30% of the final grade) moderated by the SACE Board. Only Stage 2 subjects count toward your ATAR. Stage 1 subjects contribute to your 200-credit total and satisfy prerequisites for Stage 2 courses.
Entry requirements vary widely by course and institution. At the University of Adelaide, medicine requires an ATAR of 99+ plus interview. Engineering typically requires around 80-90. Nursing and teaching programs may require ATARs in the 60-75 range. The University of South Australia and Flinders University publish guaranteed entry ATAR thresholds for most courses annually via SATAC. Check SATAC for current cut-offs as they shift each year based on demand.
Yes. Vocational Education and Training (VET) and community learning can contribute credits toward your 200-credit SACE total. VET certificates at Certificate III level or above can count as Stage 2 credits and may be included in your ATAR calculation if they are recognized Tertiary Admissions Subjects. Community-developed programs and workplace learning can also contribute credits, though they may not all be eligible for ATAR purposes.
