Below are some of the subjects that Marlborough Boys’ College offers to their students for 2025/2026.
Year 10 Core Art
(ART010)
NCEA L1 ART
(ART1)
Year 10 Digital Art
(DAR010)
NCEA L2 Design
(DES2)
NCEA L3 Design
(DES3)
Year 9 Drama
(DRA001)
Year 10 Drama
(DRA010)
NCEA L1 Digital Technology
(DTY1)
NCEA L2 Digital Technology
(DTY2)
NCEA L3 Digital Technology
(DTY3)
Year 10 Media Studies
(MED010)
NCEA L1 Media Studies
(MED1)
NCEA L2 Media Studies
(MED2)
NCEA L3 Media Studies
(MED3)
Year 9 Music
(MUS001)
Year 10 Core Music
(MUS010)
NCEA L1 Music
(MUS1)
NCEA L2 Music
(MUS2)
NCEA L3 Music
(MUS3)
NCEA L2 Photography
(PHT2)
NCEA L3 Photography
(PHT3)
NCEA L2 Painting
(PTG2)
Year 10 Specialist Art
(SAR010)
Year 10 Specialist Music
(SMU010)
Year 9 Art
(ART001)
Year 10 Agriculture and Horticulture - Ahuwhenua me te Ahuone
(AGH010)
NCEA L1 Agriculture and Horticulture - Ahuwhenua me te Ahuone
(AGH1)
NCEA L2 Biology - Mātauranga Koiora
(BIO2)
NCEA L3 Biology - Mātauranga Koiora
(BIO3)
NCEA L2 Chemistry - Mātai Matū
(CHE2)
NCEA L3 Chemistry - Mātai Matū
(CHE3)
NCEA L2 Electronics - Mātai Tāhiko
(ELE2)
NCEA L2 Forestry - Ngāherehere
(FOR2)
NCEA L2 Physics - Mātai Ahupūngao
(PHY2)
NCEA L3 Physics - Mātai Ahupūngao
(PHY3)
Year 9 Science - Mātauranga Pūtaiao
(SCI001)
Year 10 Science - Mātauranga Pūtaiao
(SCI010)
NCEA L2 Science - Mātauranga Pūtaiao
(SCI2)
NCEA L2 Sustainable Marine Science - Pūtaiao Moana Pūmau
(SMS2)
NCEA L3 Sustainable Marine Science - Pūtaiao Moana Pūmau
(SMS3)
English for Speakers of Other Languages
(ESLS)
Year 9 English
(ENG001)
Year 10 English
(ENG010)
NCEA L1 English - An Equal Playing Field
(ENG1E)
NCEA L1 English - Divide and Conquer
(ENG1D)
NCEA L1 English - Top Of Their Game
(ENG1T)
NCEA L2 English - Communication Focus
(ENG2C)
NCEA L2 English - What does it mean to be a man?
(ENG2W)
NCEA L3 English - Communication A
(ENG3CA)
NCEA L3 English - Eye in the Sky
(ENG3E)
NCEA L3 English - One eye open
(ENG3W)
Year 9 Te Reo Māori
(REO001)
Year 10 Te Reo Māori
(REO010)
NCEA L1 Te Reo Māori
(REO1)
NCEA L2 Te Reo Māori
(REO2)
Year 10 Te Waharoa
(TWA010)
NCEA L1 Te Waharoa
(WAH1)
NCEA L2 Te Waharoa
(WAH2)
NCEA L3 Te Waharoa
(WAH3)
NCEA L2 Construction
(CON2)
NCEA L3 Construction
(CON3)
Year 9 Graphics
(DVC001)
Year 10 Graphics
(DVC010)
NCEA L1 Graphics and Design
(DVC1)
NCEA L2 Graphics and Design
(DVC2)
NCEA L3 Graphics and Design
(DVC3)
Year 9 Digital Technology
(DTY001)
Year 10 Digital Technology
(DTY010)
Year 10 Engineering Workshop Skills
(EWS010)
Year 9 Food Technology
(FTY001)
Year 10 Food Technology
(FTY010)
NCEA L1 Furniture Making
(FUR1)
NCEA L2 Furniture Making
(FUR2)
NCEA L1 General Engineering
(GEN1)
NCEA L2 General Engineering
(GEN2)
NCEA L3 General Engineering
(GEN3)
NCEA L1 Hospitality Studies / Chef Training
(HOS1)
NCEA L2 Hospitality Studies
(HOS2)
NCEA L3 Hospitality
(HOS3)
NCEA L1 Materials Technology (Design and Make)
(TEC1)
Year 10 Woodwork
(WWK010)
Year 9 Career Development
(CDV001)
NCEA L2 Career Development
(CDV2)
NCEA L3 Career Development
(CDV3)
NCEA L1 Employment Skills
(ESK1)
NCEA L2 Top of the South Trades Academy (NMIT) (NOT a separate course - optional part of doing a Careers Development course)
(TRA2N)
Year 9 Mathematics / Pāngarau
(MAT001)
Year 10 Mathematics/Pāngarau
(MAT010)
NCEA L1 Mathematics
(MAT1)
NCEA L2 Mathematics
(MAT2)
NCEA L1 Integrated Mathematics
(MAI1)
NCEA L2 Accounting
(ACC2)
NCEA L3 Accounting
(ACC3)
NCEA L2 Business Enterprise
(BNT2)
NCEA L3 Business Enterprise
(BNT3)
NCEA L1 Classical Studies
(CLS1)
NCEA L2 Classical Studies
(CLS2)
NCEA L3 Classical Studies
(CLS3)
NCEA L2 Economics
(ECO2)
NCEA L3 Economics
(ECO3)
Year 10 Financial Management
(FMC010)
Year 10 Geography
(GEO010)
NCEA L1 Geography
(GEO1)
NCEA L2 Geography
(GEO2)
NCEA L3 Geography
(GEO3)
Year 10 History - tāhuhu kōrero
(HIS010)
NCEA L1 History - tāhuhu kōrero
(HIS1)
NCEA L2 History - tāhuhu kōrero
(HIS2)
NCEA L3 History
(HIS3)
Year 9 Social Studies
(SOS001)
Year 10 Social Studies
(SOS010)
Year 10 Health: I DO NOT give permission
(HeaNo)
Year 10 Health: I DO give permission
(HeaYes)
Year 10 Awata Sport Passion
(ASP010)
NCEA L1 Physical Education
(PED1)
NCEA L2 Physical Education
(PED2)
NCEA L3 Physical Education
(PED3)
Year 9 Physical Education
(PEH001)
Year 10 Physical Education
(PEd010)
NCEA L2 - Rugby Academy
(RAC2)
NCEA L3 Rugby Academy
(RAC3)
Year 10 Sport and Fitness
(SPF010)
NCEA L2 Sport Studies
(SPS2)
NCEA L3 Sport Studies
(SPS3)
NCEA L1 English - For the Revolution
(ENG1F)
NCEA L1 English - War, What is it Good For?
(ENG1W)
NCEA L1 English - Truth and Lies
(ENG1L)
NCEA L1 - English with a Literacy Focus
(ENG1R)
NCEA L2 Agriculture and Horticulture - Ahuwhenua me te Ahuone
(AGH2)
NCEA L2 Top of the South Trades Academy: Whenua iti (NOT a separate subject - included on top of chosen courses)
(TRA2W)
NCEA L2 English - The Road to Redemption
(ENG2R)
NCEA L1 English - Adrenaline Rush
(ENG1A)
NCEA L3 English - Eye in the Sky
(ENG3E)
NCEA L2 English - Now that's what I call music!
(ENG2N)
NCEA L2 English - Big Brother is Watching
(ENG2B)
NCEA L3 English - Communication B
(ENG3CB)
NCEA L2 Mathematics with Calculus
(MAC2)
NCEA L2 Statistics
(MAS2)
NCEA L3 Agriculture and Horticulture - Ahuwhenua me te Ahuone
(AGH3)
NCEA L3 Mathematics
(MAT3)
NCEA L3 Calculus
(MAC3)
NCEA L3 Statistics
(MAS3)
NCEA L3 Te Reo Māori
(REO3)
NCEA L3 Painting
(PTG3)
NCEA L2 Psychology - Mātai Hinengaro
(PSY2)
NCEA L1 Performance Dance
(PDA1)
NCEA L2 Performance Dance
(PDA2)
NCEA L3 Performance Dance
(PDA3)
Year 9 Te Ao Māori
(MAO001)
Study line
(Study)
Interchange French
(MGCINTFR)
Interchange Drama
(MGCINTDR)
NCEA L2 Hono - Connect/Dive
(HON2)
NCEA L1 Chemistry & Biological Science - Mātai Matū me te Mātauranga Koiora
(BCS1)
NCEA L1 Physics, Earth & Space Science - Mātai Ahupūngao me te Pūtaio Tuarangi
(ESP1)
NCEA L2 Basketball Academy
(BAC2)
NCEA L3 Basketball Academy
(BAC3)
Year 10 Digital Illustration
(DIL010)
Year 9 Woodwork
(WWK001)
NCEA L3 Top of the South Trades Academy (NMIT) (NOT a separate course - optional part of doing a Careers Development course) (Co
(TRA3N)
NCEA L3 Top of the South Trades Academy: Whenua iti (NOT a separate subject - included on top of chosen courses) (Copy)
(TRA3W)
NCEA L3 Hono - Connect/Dive
(HON3)
Interchange Environmental Sustainability
(MGCINTES)
NCEA L1 Commerce
(COM1)
NCEA L2 Outdoor Education 200
(OED200)
NCEA L3 Outdoor Education 300
(OED300)
Year 9 German - Option
(GER001)
Year 9 Artificial Intelligence & Robotics
(AIR001)
Year 10 Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
(AIR010)
NCEA L1 Te Ao Haka
(TAH1)
NCEA L2 Te Ao Haka
(TAH2)
NCEA L3 Te Ao Haka
(TAH3)
NCEA L3 Psychology - Mātai Hinengaro
(PSY3)
Year 10 German
(GER010)
NCEA L2 Integrated Mathematics
(MAI2)
Year 10 Health Education
(Hea010)
Year 9 Technology (Design and Make)
(Des001)
Year 10 Technology (Design and Make)
(Des010)
Year 10 Te Ao Haka
(TAH010)
Year 9 Ag Tech - Ahuwhenua-Hangarau
(AGT001)
Year 9 Aquabots - Karetao Hiko Ruku Wai
(AQB001)
English for Speakers of Other Languages
(ESLF)
English for Speakers of Other Languages
(ESLJ)
