Writing Diploma Exams  |  About Grade 12 Diploma Exams

What are diploma exams?

Diploma exams are administered to students in select grade 12 courses. They have three main purposes:

• to certify the level of individual student achievement in selected grade 12 courses
• to ensure that province-wide standards of achievement are maintained
• to report individual and group results

Dates

Diploma exams are administered annually in January, April, June, August, and November.

For more information on the 2017-18 dates, you can see the "schedule" section here, or go to the General Information Bulletin for more.

Courses

The program has diploma exams in English and in French in selected Grade 12 courses:

• Biology 30
• Chemistry 30
• English Language Arts 30–1
• English Language Arts 30–2
• Français 30–1
• French Language Arts 30–1
• Mathematics 30–1
• Mathematics 30–2
• Physics 30
• Science 30
• Social Studies 30–1
• Social Studies 30–2

Practice Questions or Exemplars

Before writing diploma exams, students can try out the released questions from previous diploma exams. 

For more information, see "Exemplars".

Results

Student results are available on myPass approximately 3 weeks after the administration of diploma exams.