Modern Studies - updated documents
We’ve updated the course specifications for National 5 and Higher Modern Studies, the coursework assessment tasks for National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher Modern Studies, and the specimen question paper 2 for Higher Modern Studies.
National 5 and Higher course specifications and coursework assessment tasks
We’ve removed the wording around the penalty for non-submission of a research sheet as this will no longer apply.
Higher course specification
We’ve updated the ‘Further guidance for course assessment’ section in ‘Appendix 1: course support notes’.
Higher specimen question paper 2
We’ve made minor amendments to the general marking instructions for clarification.
Advanced Higher coursework assessment task
We’ve made minor amendments to the detailed marking instructions for clarification.
Additional changes
We’ve also made some formatting changes to the tables in the course specification and coursework assessment task documents in line with current accessibility guidelines.
About post-exam diet changes to documents
It’s normal practice for SQA to review course materials after the marking of exams and coursework is complete.
During marking, our exam teams sometimes identify minor corrections, or areas of the published marking instructions and instructions for candidates that could be made clearer.