Higher Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies

This explains the overall structure of the Course, including its purpose and aims and information on the skills, knowledge and understanding that will be developed.

• Higher Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies Course Specification
  April 2014

This explains the structure of the Course assessment; including the type and method of assessment. It also includes information on Course coverage.

• Higher Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies Course Assessment Specification
  April 2016

These provide an outline of what each Unit will cover within the Course and detail the Outcomes and Assessment Standards.

• World Religion (Higher) Unit Specification
  April 2016
• Religious and Philosophical Questions (Higher) Unit Specification
  April 2016
• Morality and Belief (Higher) Unit Specification
  April 2016

These provide advice and guidance for teachers/lecturers on learning, teaching and assessment within the Course and its Units.

The following document contains the Course Support Notes and the Unit Support Notes for this Course. They can be printed together or separately.

• Higher Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies Course and Unit Support Notes
  May 2016

These illustrate the standard, structure and requirements of the question papers learners will sit. These also include marking instructions.

• Higher Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies Specimen Question Paper
  February 2017

Questions in the Higher Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies question paper will now be numbered sequentially throughout, as shown in the Exemplar Question Paper. The Specimen Question Paper will be updated to reflect this in due course.

Provides information on marking instructions and/or the coursework assessment task(s). It includes information that centres need to administer coursework and must be read in conjunction with the course specification.

• General assessment information for Higher Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies
  September 2015
• Guidance on conditions of assessment (409 KB)

Information on the production and submission of SQA-assessed coursework for National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher.

These documents contain details of Unit assessment task(s), show approaches to gathering evidence and how the evidence can be judged against the Outcomes and Assessment Standards. Teachers/lecturers can arrange access to these confidential documents through their SQA Co-ordinator.

There was no round 2 verification activity at this level in 2017.
There was no Round 2 verification activity at this level in 2016.

• Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies Verification Key Messages Round 1
  March 2018
• 2017 Higher Religious, Moral and Philosophical studies Course Report October 2017
• 2016 Higher Religious, Moral and Philosophical studies Course Report October 2016
• 2015 Higher Religious, Moral and Philosophical studies Course Report
• Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies Verification Key Messages Round 1 March 2017
• Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies Verification Key Messages October 2016
• Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies Verification Key Messages October 2015

• RMPS: Quality Assurance - external verification

Explains the structure of the Course, including its purpose and aims and information on the skills, knowledge and understanding that will be developed.

• Higher Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies Course Specification
  April 2018

Provides information on the performance of candidates - which is useful to teachers, lecturers and assessors in their preparation of candidates for future assessment.

There was no round 2 verification activity at this level in 2017.
There was no Round 2 verification activity at this level in 2016.

• 2017 Higher Religious, Moral and Philosophical studies Course Report October 2017
• 2016 Higher Religious, Moral and Philosophical studies Course Report October 2016
• 2015 Higher Religious, Moral and Philosophical studies Course Report
• Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies Verification Key Messages Round 1 March 2017
• Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies Verification Key Messages October 2016
• Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies Verification Key Messages October 2015

• RMPS: Quality Assurance - external verification

• Examples of candidate evidence with commentaries
• Changes to published Understanding Standards materials for all subjects

Please note: Understanding Standards material is regularly reviewed to ensure it remains up to date.

Additional CPD support

Where any particular areas of concern are identified, which are not addressed by our Understanding Standards events or support materials, we will offer free continuing professional development (CPD) training, subject to request. CPD support is subject-specific and can be tailored to cover one or more qualification level. To find out more about this service visit our CPD page.