Advanced Higher Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies

The alternative certification model is how National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher courses will be resulted this year, following the cancellation of the 2021 exams. It involves five different stages.

View the alternative certification model and see what will happen at each stage.

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

• Advanced Higher Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies: Guidance on gathering key evidence in session 2020-21

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

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.

• 2017 Advanced Higher Religious, Moral and Philosophical studies Course Report
  October 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

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