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The Project-Dissertation

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What is the Advanced Higher Modern Studies project-dissertation, and how do you plan, research and write it?

The project-dissertation: an independent 5,000-word research piece worth 50 marks, requiring a focused question, a justified methodology, the critical use of evidence and a sustained argument with a conclusion.
An overview of the SQA Advanced Higher Modern Studies project-dissertation: a 50-mark, independent research piece of up to 5,000 words. Covers choosing a focused question, justifying a methodology, gathering and critically using evidence, and building a sustained argument to a substantiated conclusion.
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