2024 HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAM TIMETABLE Tuesday 15 October to Friday 8 November Important information about your written exam timetable This document provides important information about your written HSC exams. NESA has already distributed details about oral exams for languages, performance exams and submitted works to schools. Find out more at nsw.gov.au/education-andtraining/nesa/key-dates/hsc Your personal exam timetable Your personal exam timetable is available from studentsonline. nesa.nsw.edu.au. This timetable lists your written exams and where you will sit for them (usually at your school). It also lists any other exams you are entered for, including oral exams for languages, performance exams and submitted works. Details of your performance exams or projects such as title of work or category (supplied by your school) are also available via Students Online. If you are undertaking oral or performance exams, we will post the time and venue on Students Online later this year. If there are errors or omissions in the exams you are entered for, contact your school immediately to supply us with the correct information. Take special care if you are entered for a VET course that has an HSC exam. If the exam does not appear on your personal timetable, you have not been entered for it. You must be entered separately for the exam if you expect to sit for it. Preparing for your exams Disability provisions When preparing for your exams, find out what to expect in the exam room and the exam paper, including where to write your answers. For each course you are studying, know the rules and requirements, and what to expect in each exam. More information can be found at: nsw.gov.au/education-and-training/ nesa/hsc/student-guide/preparing-for-exams If you have a disability that affects reading exam questions or responding to them under exam conditions, your school can submit an application for provisions to help you. If you have not already done so, speak to your school if you think this applies to you. Information about the HSC exams Make sure you have read and understand the 2024 Higher School Certificate Rules and Procedures guide. You should have received a guide from your school and can also access it at: nsw.gov.au/education-and-training/nesa/hsc/rules-andprocedures/2024-guide. There are serious consequences for: • cheating in an exam • disobeying NESA’s rules for exam conduct • making a serious attempt across a range of questions in not each exam. Any of these offences may result in reduced marks, course cancellation or loss of your HSC. The exam starting time in the timetable is when reading time begins. Arrive at your exam venue well before the time specified. Further information about your HSC exams is available on Students Online.
It is expected that you come prepared to the exam room with the required approved equipment in working order: ✓ black pens to write with (recommended) – ensure to bring spare pens to each exam ✓ ruler ✓ highlighters ✓ pencils (at least 2B) ✓ sharpener ✓ water in a clear label-free bottle. You can wear a watch, but it should be taken off and placed in clear view on your desk once you sit down for your exam. Please note that programmable watches (eg. Smart watches) are not permitted in the exam room. All equipment you bring is subject to inspection on entry. Make sure any equipment you are allowed to bring, such as a calculator, is in good working order because an appeal under misadventure provisions for equipment failure will not be upheld. What you cannot bring into your exam room ✗ A mobile phone. Mobile phones are not permitted in an exam room under any circumstances. ✗ A programmable watch, eg a smart watch. ✗ Other electronic devices (except a calculator or wired headphones where permitted). This includes any other communication devices, organisers, tablets (eg. iPads), wireless earphones/headphones (eg AirPods), electronic dictionaries, and music players. item is essential, however you may bring and use it if you wish. Only those exams that require specific equipment are listed. See the list of approved calculators for the HSC examinations. Entertainment Industry (VET) Agriculture ✓ NESA-approved calculator Specialist dictionaries such as grammar dictionaries, dictionaries of idioms or syllabary dictionaries are not permitted. ✓ NESA-approved calculator ✓ Pencil Geography Digital dictionaries are not permitted. ✓ NESA-approved calculator ✓ Pair of dividers ✓ Pair of compasses ✓ Protractor ✓ Coloured pencils and/or coloured felt pens ✓ Ruler ✓ (Optional) a handheld magnifying glass ✓ (Optional) a piece of string or thread for Mathematics Standard 1, Mathematics Standard 2 Automotive (VET) ✓ NESA-approved calculator Biology ✓ NESA-approved calculator ✓ Pencil Business Services (VET) ✓ NESA-approved calculator ✓ NESA-approved calculator Financial Services (VET) measuring Dictionaries are not permitted in Classical Greek or Classical Hebrew exams. ✓ NESA-approved calculator ✓ Ruler Mathematics Advanced, Mathematics Extension 1, Mathematics Extension 2 ✓ NESA-approved calculator ✓ Ruler Physics Business Studies Hospitality (VET) ✓ NESA-approved calculator ✓ NESA-approved calculator ✓ NESA-approved calculator ✓ Pencil Chemistry Human Services (VET) Primary Industries (VET) ✓ NESA-approved calculator ✓ Pencil ✓ NESA-approved calculator ✓ NESA-approved calculator Industrial Technology Construction (VET) Retail Services (VET) ✓ NESA-approved calculator ✓ Pair of compasses ✓ Pencil ✓ Protractor ✓ Set squares ✓ NESA-approved calculator Information and Digital Technology (VET) ✓Headphones (wired) to listen to audio stimulus ✓ NESA-approved calculator Earth and Environmental Science ✓ NESA-approved calculator ✓ Pair of compasses ✓ Pencil ✓ Protractor ✓ Set squares ✓ NESA-approved calculator Information Processes and Technology Science Extension ✓ NESA-approved calculator ✓Desktop or laptop computer with the NESA lockdown browser pre-installed for questions ✓ Physical keyboard (wired or wireless) ✓Physical mouse (wired or wireless) Economics ✓ Pencil ✓ NESA-approved calculator Investigating Science Your presiding officer can provide you with blank working paper. Electrotechnology (VET) ✓ NESA-approved calculator ✓ NESA-approved calculator ✓ Pencil For more information, see Science Extension online exam. ✗ Correction fluid. Engineering Studies Languages Software Design and Development You are not allowed to borrow equipment during exams. ✓ NESA-approved calculator ✓ Pair of compasses ✓ Pencil ✓ Protractor ✓ Set squares ✓ Circle templates ✓ Isometric/ellipse templates ✗ Paper or any printed or written material. You can ask your presiding officer for working paper. ✗ Print dictionaries, except where permitted in language exams. Equipment for specific HSC exams The following list shows the exams for which you are to bring specific equipment, as there may be some exam questions that require the use of this equipment. If an item is listed as optional, it means that there will be no exam questions for which the ✓ Unannotated monolingual and/or bilingual print dictionaries are permitted in the HSC external examination for all Modern languages courses and Latin. This includes Beginners, Continuers, Extension, [Language] in Context and [Language] and Literature courses. Bilingual print dictionaries of any language combination are permitted. ✓ Pencil Tourism, Travel and Events (VET) ✓ NESA-approved calculator
Monday 14 October Tuesday 15 October Wednesday 16 October Thursday 17 October Friday 18 October No exams HSC Day 1 HSC Day 2 HSC Day 3 HSC Day 4 AM English Advanced Paper 1 – Texts and Human Experiences English Standard Paper 1 – Texts and Human Experiences English Studies English EAL/D Paper 1 – Module A and Focus on Writing PM * Approximate finishing time 9.50 am – 11.30 am 9.50 am – 11.30 am 9.50 am – 12.30 pm English Advanced Paper 2 – Modules 9.25 am – 11.30 am English Standard Paper 2 – Modules English EAL/D Paper 2 – Module B and Module C Listening Paper Dance Section I Core Appreciation 9.25 am – 10.30 am 9.25 am – 11.30 am Dance Section II Major Study Appreciation 10.40 am – 12 noon 9.25 am – 10.30 am Engineering Studies Classical Greek Extension 10.40 am – 11.10 am* Community and Family Studies Latin Extension 9.25 am – 12.30 pm 9.30 am – 11.40 am 9.25 am – 12.30 pm 9.30 am – 11.30 am 9.50 am – 11.30 am Latin Continuers 1.55 pm – 5.00 pm Primary Industries (VET) 1.55 pm – 4.00 pm Tourism, Travel and Events (VET) 1.55 pm – 4.00 pm Chinese Beginners 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Classical Hebrew Extension 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm Korean Continuers 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm Korean and Literature 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm Armenian Continuers † 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Croatian Continuers † 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Dutch Continuers † 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Filipino Continuers † 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Hindi Continuers † 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Hungarian Continuers † 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Khmer Continuers † 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Macedonian Continuers † 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Persian Continuers † 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Polish Continuers † 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Portuguese Continuers † 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Punjabi Continuers † 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Russian Continuers † 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Serbian Continuers † 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Swedish Continuers † 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Tamil Continuers † 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Turkish Continuers † 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Music 1 Aural Skills Music 2 Musicology and Aural Skills 1.55 pm – 3.00 pm* 3.25 pm – 5.00 pm* † Collaborative Curriculum and Assessment Framework for Languages (CCAFL) Agriculture 1.55 pm – 5.00 pm Korean in Context 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Vietnamese Continuers 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm Earth and Environmental Science Information and Digital Technology (VET) Chinese Extension Korean Beginners 1.55 pm – 5.00 pm 1.55 pm – 4.00 pm 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm
Monday 21 October PM Wednesday 23 October Thursday 24 October Friday 25 October HSC Day 5 AM Tuesday 22 October HSC Day 6 HSC Day 7 HSC Day 8 HSC Day 9 Mathematics Advanced Mathematics Standard 1 Mathematics Standard 2 Mathematics Extension 2 9.20 am – 12.30 pm 9.20 am – 11.30 am 9.20 am – 12 noon 1.50 pm – 5.00 pm Ancient History Classical Greek Continuers Chinese and Literature Chinese in Context 9.25 am – 12.30 pm 9.25 am – 12.30 pm Hospitality (VET) 9.25 am – 11.30 am Kitchen Operations and Cookery Food and Beverage 9.30 am – 12.30 pm 9.30 am – 12.10 pm Chinese Continuers Italian Extension Construction (VET) Classical Hebrew Continuers Software Design and Development French Beginners French Extension Italian Beginners 1.55 pm – 4.00 pm 1.55 pm – 5.00 pm 1.55 pm – 5.00 pm 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Modern History 9.30 am – 12.30 pm 9.30 am – 11.30 am 1.55 pm – 5.00 pm Human Services (VET) Information Processes and Technology French Continuers Japanese Continuers 9.25 am – 11.30 am 9.25 am – 12.30 pm 9.30 am – 12.30 pm 9.30 am – 12.30 pm Electrotechnology (VET) 1.55 pm – 4.00 pm Textiles and Design 1.55 pm – 3.30 pm Aboriginal Studies 9.25 am – 12.30 pm Investigating Science 9.25 am – 12.30 pm Italian Continuers 9.30 am – 12.30 pm Industrial Technology 1.55 pm – 3.30 pm Automotive Technologies Electronics Technologies Graphics Technologies Metal and Engineering Technologies Multimedia Technologies Timber and Furniture Technologies Arabic Extension 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Monday 28 October PM Wednesday 30 October Thursday 31 October Friday 1 November HSC Day 10 AM Tuesday 29 October HSC Day 11 HSC Day 12 HSC Day 13 HSC Day 14 Mathematics Extension 1 10.20 am – 12.30 pm Visual Arts Art Criticism and Art History 1.55 pm – 3.30 pm Indonesian and Literature 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm Business Studies 9.25 am – 12.30 pm Indonesian Extension 9.30 am – 11.30 am Studies of Religion I Studies of Religion II History Extension Japanese Beginners Japanese Extension Japanese in Context Spanish Beginners Science Extension Financial Services (VET) Arabic Continuers German Extension Modern Greek Beginners Modern Greek Continuers 1.50 pm – 4.00 pm 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm 9.25 am – 11.00 am 9.25 am – 12.30 pm 1.50 pm – 4.00 pm 1.55 pm – 4.00 pm 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm Legal Studies Modern Hebrew Continuers Drama German Beginners Indonesian Continuers Spanish Continuers 9.25 am – 12.30 pm Biology 9.25 am – 12.30 pm 9.30 am – 12.30 pm 1.55 pm – 3.30 pm 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm Economics Indonesian Beginners Modern Greek Extension 1.55 pm – 5.00 pm 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Monday 4 November Tuesday 5 November Wednesday 6 November Thursday 7 November Friday 8 November HSC Day 15 HSC Day 16 HSC Day 17 HSC Day 18 HSC Day 19 AM Chemistry PM English Extension 1 Retail Services (VET) Spanish Extension 9.25 am – 12.30 pm Personal Development, Health and Physical Education 9.25 am – 12.30 pm Society and Culture 10.25 am – 12.30 pm Physics 1.50 pm – 4.00 pm 1.55 pm – 4.00 pm 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm Design and Technology 1.55 pm – 3.30 pm German Continuers 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm Automotive (VET) Business Services (VET) Entertainment Industry (VET) Food Technology 1.55 pm – 4.00 pm 1.55 pm – 4.00 pm 1.55 pm – 4.00 pm 9.25 am – 12.30 pm 1.55 pm – 5.00 pm Geography 9.25 am – 12.30 pm
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