The course introduces students to many concepts that they would otherwise first encounter in undergraduate engineering programmes at university. Students learn about engineering history and societal implications, engineering mechanics, engineering materials, engineering electronics and engineering communication methods. The course looks at a variety of engineering applications and fields of engineering. Engineering Studies is primarily a theory course that introduces students to the engineered world.The Major Design project counts for 60% of their final HSC examination mark. A key part of the project is evaluation through the design process. Students establish a need and then try to solve it and realise a solution. For their HSC students must create a Major Design Project.

The course centres on design without a prescribed context, so students may work with a variety of non-specified technologies. Design and Technology is an extension of the junior course of the same name.In Years 11 and 12 Industrial Arts offers three Higher School Certificate (HSC) non-Vocational courses: Design and Technology, Engineering Studies and Industrial Technology. A key part of the project report is evaluation of the finished product. The development of their project is documented in their Project Report. For example, a student in Industrial Technology – Multimedia may be asked to design an animation or website advertising a product. All have a common theme that students are involved in designing and making projects relevant to the context being studied. Industrial Technology: this course may be studied with a variety of different disciplines with the most popular ones being: timber, metal, electronics, multimedia and engineering.This course has a core study in Year 9 and then a variety of electives for Year 10 including: Engineering Drawing, Architectural Drawing and Computer Animation. Graphics Technology: this course introduces students to both manual (pencil) technical drawing and Computer Aided Design (CAD).In some schools Design and Technology may not be delivered by the Industrial Arts faculty, in some schools the Home Economics faculty may run the Design and Technology course. Their passage through the design process is documented in a Design Folio. Students are given a design challenge and they come up with a solution. Design and Technology: this course centres on design without a prescribed context, so students may work with a variety of non-specified technologies.The most popular Industrial Arts elective is Industrial Technology. For Years 9 and 10 all Industrial Arts courses are electives, the three electives on offer are Design and Technology, Graphics Technology and Industrial Technology.

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