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Course and Assessment

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How is Advanced Higher Art and Design structured and assessed, and what does the 100-mark portfolio contain?

Course structure and assessment: the two separate awards (Expressive and Design), the single 100-mark portfolio (100% of the course), its three sections (practical work, contextual analysis, evaluation), submission as 6 to 12 A1 sheets, grading A to D and SCQF level 7.
How SQA Advanced Higher Art and Design is structured and assessed. Covers the two separate awards (Expressive and Design), the single 100-mark portfolio that is the whole course assessment, its three sections, submission as 6 to 12 A1 sheets, grading A to D, and SCQF level 7.
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What skills does Advanced Higher Art and Design assess, and how does it differ from Higher?

The skills assessed (independent creative thinking, sustained practical investigation and development, critical analysis of art and design, and evaluation of one's own work) and how Advanced Higher steps up from Higher to SCQF level 7.
The skills assessed in SQA Advanced Higher Art and Design and how the course differs from Higher. Covers independent creative thinking, sustained practical investigation and development, critical analysis of art and design, the critical evaluation of one's own work, and the step up to SCQF level 7.
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