2024 VCE examination periods

Source: https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/administration/Key-dates/Pages/VCE-exam-timetable.aspx

• Students should check the starting time of each examination and arrive at least 30 minutes earlier and be familiar with rules about late admission to examinations.
• The start time for the afternoon session on Friday 1 November, Monday 4 November, Tuesday 12 November, Thursday 14 November – when only two sessions are scheduled is 2:00 pm.
• The start time for the afternoon session on all other days when three sessions are scheduled is 3:00 pm.
• The reading period is included in the times shown in the timetable. Each examination commences with a 15-minute reading period unless otherwise specified.
• All written responses must be in English, unless otherwise instructed in the question book for that particular examination.
• If students are presenting for Performance examinations, Languages examinations oral component or the Extended Investigation oral presentation they will be issued with individual examination advice slips. Photo identification and examination advice slips must be presented for entry to their assessment. In some cases, students in regional and rural areas may be required to attend venues in Melbourne.
• The following written examinations have an audio component: Music Composition, Music Contemporary Performance, Music Inquiry, Music Repertoire Performance, VET Music: Sound Production and all Languages including Chinese Language, Culture and Society, except Auslan, Aboriginal Languages of Victoria, Classical Greek, Classical Hebrew and Latin.

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Monday 7 October to Monday 28 October

Languages examinations oral component
(except Classical Greek, Classical Hebrew, Aboriginal Languages of Victoria)

Auslan Interactive Sign examination

Performance examinations:

• Dance
• VET Dance
• Drama: Solo
• Theatre Studies: Monologue examination
  

Students will be notified of dates, times and locations via advice slips from Monday 29 July.

Monday 7 October to Sunday 3 November

Performance examinations:

• Music Repertoire Performance
• Music Contemporary Performance
• VET Music Performance

Students will be notified of dates, times and locations via advice slips from Monday 29 July.

Monday 14 October to Friday 18 October

Extended Investigation Externally-assessed Task oral presentation

Students will be notified of dates, times and locations via advice slips from Monday 29 July.

Tuesday 15 October

2:00 pm – 4:40 pm

Armenian, Bengali, Bosnian, Chin Hakha, Croatian, Dutch, Filipino, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Karen, Khmer, Macedonian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Yiddish

Each examination commences with a 10-minute reading period.

8:00 am – 6:00 pm

Auslan Sign Comprehension and Sign Production examination

Students are scheduled in one two-hour session. Each session is preceded by 10 minutes reading/viewing time.

Tuesday 22 October

9:25 am – 12:30 pm

Classical Greek

This examination commences with a 5-minute reading period.

1:55 pm – 5:00 pm

Classical Hebrew

This examination commences with a 5-minute reading period.

Tuesday 29 October

9:00 am – 12:15 pm

English

English as an Additional Language (EAL)

Wednesday 30 October

9:00 am – 10:45 am

VET Community Services

11:45 am – 2:00 pm

Chinese First Language

English Language

Indonesian First Language

Japanese First Language

3:00 pm – 4:45 pm

Visual Communication Design

Thursday 31 October

9:00 am – 10:45 am

VET Business

11:45 am – 2:00 pm

Economics

3:00 pm – 5:15 pm

Literature

Friday 1 November

9:00 am – 11:45 am

Biology

2:00 pm – 3:45 pm

General Mathematics Examination 1

Monday 4 November

9:00 am – 11:45 am

Psychology

2:00 pm – 3:45 pm

General Mathematics Examination 2

Tuesday 5 November

Melbourne Cup public holiday

Wednesday 6 November

9:00 am – 10:15 am

Mathematical Methods Examination 1

11:45 am – 2:00 pm

Australian Politics

Classical Studies

3:00 pm – 5:15 pm

Business Management

Thursday 7 November

9:00 am – 10:45 am

Art Creative Practice

VET Hospitality

11:45 am – 2:00 pm

Mathematical Methods Examination 2

3:00 pm – 5:15 pm

Arabic

Chinese Language, Culture and Society

Korean First Language

Physical Education

Vietnamese Second Language

Friday 8 November

9:00 am – 10:45 am

Product Design and Technologies

Theatre Studies

VET Equine Studies

VET Furnishing

VET Information and Communication Technology

11:45 am – 1:00 pm

Music Inquiry

3:00 pm – 5:15 pm

Algorithmics

Health and Human Development

VET Creative and Digital Media

Monday 11 November

9:00 am – 10:15 am

Music Composition

Specialist Mathematics Examination 1

11:45 am – 2:00 pm

Aboriginal Languages of Victoria

History: Ancient History

Outdoor and Environmental Studies

Texts and Traditions

3:00 pm – 5:15 pm

Legal Studies

Tuesday 12 November

9:00 am – 11:45 am

Chemistry

2:00 pm – 4:15 pm

Applied Computing Data Analytics

History: Revolutions

Industry and Enterprise

Vietnamese First Language

Wednesday 13 November

9:00 am – 10:45 am

Agricultural and Horticultural Studies

Dance

VET Hospitality (Cookery)

VET Laboratory Skills

VET Music (Sound Production)

11:45 am – 2:00 pm

Media

Specialist Mathematics Examination 2

3:00 pm – 5:15 pm

Accounting

Sociology

Thursday 14 November

9:00 am – 11:45 am

Physics

2:00 pm – 4:15 pm

Geography

Greek

Philosophy

Friday 15 November

9:00 am – 10:45 am

Art Making and Exhibiting

11:45 am – 1:30 pm

Drama

VET Integrated Technologies

VET Sport and Recreation

3:00 pm – 5:15 pm

Applied Computing Software Development

Environmental Science

Global Politics

Monday 18 November

9:00 am – 10:45 am

Food Studies

Systems Engineering

VET Health

11:45 am – 2:00 pm

History: Australian History

Latin

3:00 pm – 4:15 pm

Music Repertoire Performance

Tuesday 19 November

9:00 am – 10:15 am

Music Contemporary Performance

11:45 am – 2:00 pm

Foundation Mathematics

Korean Second Language

Spanish

3:00 pm – 5:15 pm

German

Religion and Society

Wednesday 20 November

9:00 am – 10:45 am

VET Engineering Studies

11:45 am – 2:00 pm

French

Indonesian Second Language

3:00 pm – 5:15 pm

Chinese Second Language

Chinese Second Language Advanced

Italian

Japanese Second Language

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