Course and assessment: SQA Advanced Higher Art and Design quiz quiz

100 marks

64 marks

50 marks

140 marks

50 per cent

100 per cent

70 per cent

90 per cent

As a single combined course

Only as a Design course

As two separate awards: Expressive and Design

As three awards: Art, Craft and Design

30 marks

50 marks

100 marks

64 marks

30 marks

6 marks

20 marks

64 marks

16 marks

6 marks

30 marks

50 marks

500 words

1,000 words

2,000 words

5,000 words

As an online slideshow only

As a single A4 booklet

As 20 to 30 A2 sheets

As 6 to 12 single-sided A1 sheets or equivalent

Level 7

Level 5

Level 6

Level 8

Pass or fail only

1 to 9

A to D

Percentages only

No; the whole assessment is the portfolio

Yes, a three-hour paper

Yes, a one-hour paper

Yes, but only for the Design route

Memorising facts, copying, tracing and labelling

Independent creative thinking, sustained investigation and development, critical analysis, and self-evaluation

Only painting technique

Only essay writing

In the practical sheets

In a written exam

In the contextual analysis

In the evaluation

Expressive has an exam; Design does not

Design is worth fewer marks

There is no difference

Expressive develops a personal body of artwork; Design works through a brief to a resolved outcome

It demands far more independent, self-directed practice and deeper written work at SCQF level 7

It is set at a lower level

It removes all practical work

It adds a written exam

Starting the portfolio too early

Submitting too few sheets on purpose

Thinking there is an exam, and rushing the contextual analysis and evaluation

Reading the submission guidance