The senior curriculum offers the range and diversity of subjects that will provide students with the prerequisite courses for the tertiary professions as well as the skills for a comprehensive suite of vocations. There are some 40 subjects to choose from.

This year, over 50 students are enrolled as either School Based Trainees or Apprentices and a similar number are enrolled in TAFE courses along with their normal school subjects.

Curriculum features include:

· The agricultural courses that are offered in the junior and senior school. The school is fortunate to have its own farm on the school site. It has prize winning Braham Stud cattle, market gardens, hydroponics facilities and an extensive collection of farm machinery.

· The largest number of information technology subjects of any school in the district. Over 80 per cent of our students are enrolled in these courses.

· The recent purchase of state of the art data processors that allow our students to perform sophisticated science experiments. This is a resource that is shared with our primary feeder schools.

· The Arts Department every year displays and presents their talent through an annual event called Music, Arts, Drama, Dance - MADD.

· Year 11 and 12 Tourism and Hospitality students experience a working environment for a week at Sea World Nara on the Gold Coast.

· Students experience Japanese Language immersion through a 3 week trip to Japan. The school also has a Japanese Guest Teacher who plays a key role in the immersion program.

· The Japanese CLIP Program offers an accelerated and continuous language program that commences in Year 3 at Crescent Lagoon State School and continues to be taught into the senior and university levels. This is a strong teaching and learning partnership that Rockhampton State High School shares with Crescent Lagoon State School.

· A Cultural Rugby League exchange between Rockhampton State High School and the Outwood Grange College, Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, England. Two of our students were guests of the College as part of a three month rugby league tour in England and two English players will join our school for term three.

The senior curriculum offers the range of subjects that will provide students with the prerequisites for the tertiary professions as well as the skills for a comprehensive suite of vocations. There are some forty subjects to choose from.

There is a growing number of students who succeed in acquiring school based apprenticeships or traineeships. As well, there has been a substantial increase in the numbers of students enrolling in TAFE courses.

A significant development in recent times has been the implementation of industry strands for Year 11 and 12. Presently, there are three strands, namely construction, engineering and hospitality. Students who enrol in these courses make an early commitment to seek an apprenticeship in their chosen field. They have a reduced curriculum with largely mandated subjects, attend school for three days a week, TAFE for one day and work experience for one day.