Advanced Higher Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies

The Alternative Certification Model included a national quality assurance activity, carried out in May 2021. SQA appointees reviewed and provided feedback on a selection of assessment evidence from SQA centres. Subject-specific feedback has been provided to those centres for each course and level they were selected for.

The key messages report provides information on any common themes and key points from the evidence submitted and reviewed across all the selections. This report is provided for all delivering centres to reflect upon and make any appropriate adjustments.

• Advanced Higher Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies 2020-21 key messages
  June 2021

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

• Advanced Higher Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies Course Specification
  August 2019
  

This section 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.

• Coursework Assessment Task for Advanced Higher Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies
  June 2019
  

• Guidance on conditions of assessment

• Coursework for External Assessment

Additional resources session 2021-22

New – New materials not previously published

Updated – published in 2020/21 but amended for 2021/22

Carried forward – published in 2020/21 carried forward to 2021/22

• Carried forward – Audio Presentation - Question paper and Dissertation (26 minutes) (38.92 MB)

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Please note: For session 2020-21 there have been modifications to this course. The materials below should therefore be viewed along with the National 5 to Advanced Higher Course information for 2020-21.

Examples of candidate evidence with commentaries

• Examples of candidate evidence with commentaries

Further examples of candidate evidence and commentaries can be found on the SQA Secure Site. You can access these through your SQA Coordinator.

Course assessment overview

• Overview of course assessment - presentation with audio (6 minutes) (7.05 MB)

Changes to understanding standards materials

• Changes to published Understanding Standards materials for all subjects

Please note: Understanding Standards materials are regularly reviewed to ensure they remain up to date.

Course Reports

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

• 2019 Advanced Higher Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies Course Report 
  October 2019
• Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies Qualification Verification Summary Report June 2019 
  June 2019
• 2018 Advanced Higher Religious, Moral and Philosophical studies Course Report 
  September 2018
• Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies Verification Key Messages Round 1 
  March 2018
• 2017 Advanced Higher Religious, Moral and Philosophical studies Course Report
  October 2017
• 2016 Advanced Higher Religious, Moral and Philosophical studies Course Report 
  September 2016

Verification Reports

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

• Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies Verification Key Messages Round 1
  March 2017
  
• Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies Qualification Verification Summary Report June 2019
  June 2019
  
• 2019 Advanced Higher Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies Course Report October 2019
• 2018 Advanced Higher Religious, Moral and Philosophical studies Course Report September 2018
• Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies Verification Key Messages Round 1 March 2018
• 2017 Advanced Higher Religious, Moral and Philosophical studies Course Report October 2017