SQA Advanced Higher Economics Course and Assessment overview quiz quiz

Level 5, the same as National 5

Level 6, the same as Higher

Level 7, one level above Higher

Level 8, the same as an Ordinary degree

Two areas of study

Three areas of study

Four areas of study

Five areas of study

Economic Markets: Structures and Intervention

Personal Finance and Budgeting

Business Accounting and Costing

Statistics and Probability

90 marks across two components

100 marks across three components

120 marks across two components

140 marks across two components

40 marks

60 marks

80 marks

120 marks

10 marks, a small part of the award

30 marks, a quarter of the award

40 marks, a third of the award

80 marks, two-thirds of the award

Marked by the candidate's own teacher only

Set and externally marked by the SQA

Optional and chosen by the candidate

Assessed entirely by multiple-choice questions

Only the candidate's ability to memorise definitions

The Researching an Economic Issue area in depth

Practical laboratory skills in economics

The ability to sit an exam quickly

Describe

State

Evaluate

List

Move on immediately without comment

Interpret what the figure means for the issue

Round it to the nearest hundred and stop

Repeat the same calculation a second time

Pass or fail only

A to D, on the combined total of both components

As a percentage with no letter grade

Separately for each component, with no overall grade

Leave the project until the last week before the deadline

Ignore command words and write as much as possible

Start the project early and split effort to match the mark weighting

Study only the project and skip the question-paper content