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Course and Assessment

2 dot points across 2 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How is Advanced Higher Modern Studies structured and assessed, and how do the question paper and project-dissertation fit together?

Course structure and assessment: the three optional question paper sections, the question types and marks (90-mark paper over three hours), the project-dissertation (50 marks), grading and SCQF level 7.
How SQA Advanced Higher Modern Studies is structured and assessed. Covers the three optional question paper sections, the question types and the 90-mark, three-hour paper, the 50-mark project-dissertation, how the components combine, grading A to D, and the SCQF level 7 standing of the course.
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What skills does Advanced Higher Modern Studies develop, and how does it differ from Higher Modern Studies?

The skills assessed and the step up from Higher: independent research, critical evaluation of evidence, sustained analytical argument and the use of theory, and how these go beyond Higher Modern Studies.
The skills assessed in SQA Advanced Higher Modern Studies and how the course differs from Higher. Covers independent research, the critical evaluation of evidence, sustained analytical argument, the use of theory, and the step up in demand from Higher Modern Studies.
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