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Course Assessment

3 dot points across 3 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

What is the Advanced Higher Business Management project, and what does it require?

The project: an independent investigation of a live organisation or issue, presented as a researched report with analysis, conclusions and recommendations, worth 40 marks (one third of the course).
An overview of the SQA Advanced Higher Business Management project: an independent investigation of a live organisation or issue, written up as a researched report with analysis, evidence-based conclusions and recommendations, worth 40 marks and externally marked.
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How is the Advanced Higher Business Management question paper structured, and what do the command words require?

The question paper: its two sections (a case-study section and a section sampling all areas), the marks, duration and weighting, and the command words (describe, explain, compare, distinguish, discuss) that signal what an answer must do.
How the SQA Advanced Higher Business Management question paper works: the case-study section and the section sampling all areas, the marks, time and weighting, and the command words that tell you whether to describe, explain, compare, distinguish or discuss.
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What does SCQF level 7 mean for Advanced Higher Business Management, and how is the course graded?

The SCQF level and grading: Advanced Higher as an SCQF level 7 qualification, how the question paper and project combine into an overall grade A to D, and what the level signals for progression.
What SCQF level 7 means for SQA Advanced Higher Business Management: how the 80-mark question paper and the 40-mark project combine into a single grade A to D, and what the level signals for progression to university and beyond.
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