{"id":1276,"date":"2024-03-03T15:22:45","date_gmt":"2024-03-03T15:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/?page_id=1276"},"modified":"2025-09-07T12:40:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T11:40:14","slug":"politics-higher","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/curriculum\/social-subjects\/social-subjects-s5-s6-courses\/politics-higher\/","title":{"rendered":"Politics: Higher"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\r\n<h1>Politics: Higher<\/h1>\r\n<p><strong>Entry requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>A or B at National 5 English<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>A or B at National 5 Modern Studies (an A or B in National 5 Geography or History will also be considered)<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Good literacy skills are important<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Course Content:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The course consists of three areas of study:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Political theory<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Political systems<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Political parties and elections<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>There is considerable flexibility in the contexts that can be studied within each area to allow for personalisation and choice.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Assessment:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Question paper 1 &#8211; 52 marks. This question paper has three sections:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Section 1: Political theory\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Section 2: Political systems\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Section 3: Political parties and elections.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Question paper 2 &#8211; 28 marks. This question paper enables candidates to demonstrate the following skills: comparing information about political theories, systems and parties interpreting, evaluating and synthesising a wide range of electoral data\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Assignment &#8211; 30 marks. The assignment asks candidates to: identify a political issue that invites discussion and debate research a political issue using a range of sources of information show detailed factual and theoretical knowledge and understanding of a political issue communicate information from, and refer to, political sources analyse and synthesise information in a structured manner draw a detailed and reasoned conclusion, showing an awareness of different points of view.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Progression Pathway:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/curriculum\/social-subjects\/social-subjects-s5-s6-courses\/modern-studies-advanced-higher\/\">Advanced Higher Modern Studies<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>University &#8211; Law, Social Sciences, Politics and Psychology.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>For more information about a wide range of higher education and career options, see Ms. Day.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-image-956 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02210616\/Social-Sciences-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02210616\/Social-Sciences-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02210616\/Social-Sciences-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02210616\/Social-Sciences-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02210616\/Social-Sciences-800x1131.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02210616\/Social-Sciences.jpg 891w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7553,"featured_media":0,"parent":1259,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1276","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7553"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1276"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1799,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1276\/revisions\/1799"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}