{"id":1293,"date":"2024-03-03T16:32:10","date_gmt":"2024-03-03T16:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/?page_id=1293"},"modified":"2025-09-07T12:38:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T11:38:49","slug":"modern-studies-advanced-higher","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/curriculum\/social-subjects\/social-subjects-s5-s6-courses\/modern-studies-advanced-higher\/","title":{"rendered":"Modern Studies: Advanced Higher"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-image-965 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02211446\/ModernStudiesPoster-723x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02211446\/ModernStudiesPoster-723x1024.jpg 723w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02211446\/ModernStudiesPoster-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02211446\/ModernStudiesPoster-768x1087.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02211446\/ModernStudiesPoster-800x1133.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02211446\/ModernStudiesPoster.jpg 890w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\r\n<h1>Modern Studies: Advanced 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 Higher Modern Studies (ideally National 5 or S3 Modern Studies too)<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Good literacy skills are essential\u00a0<\/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>Unit 1: Social Issues: Law and Order and Social Research Methods Context A- Understanding criminal behaviour:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Definitions, measurements and perceptions of crime.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Contemporary relevance of theories of criminal behaviour.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Social and economic impacts of criminal behaviour.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>B &#8211; Responses by society to crime:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Contemporary relevance of theories of punishment.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Preventative responses to crime.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Criminal justice responses to crime.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>C &#8211; Research Methods:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Qualitative and quantitative social scientific research methodology.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Source evaluation.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Unit 2: Researching Contemporary Issues\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Pupils conduct independent primary and secondary research on a law and order topic, developing the investigative skills of planning, researching, analysing, and presentation through the production of a 5000 word dissertation.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Assessment:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>To gain a full award for this course, pupils must achieve all the component units of the course (internally assessed) as well as an external assessment.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The external assessment comprises an externally set and assessed question paper and the dissertation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Progression Pathway:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>University and college courses in Politics, Law, Psychology, Social Sciences<\/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<\/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-1293","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1293","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=1293"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1797,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1293\/revisions\/1797"}],"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=1293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}