{"id":964,"date":"2024-03-02T21:15:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T21:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/?page_id=964"},"modified":"2025-09-07T12:33:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T11:33:30","slug":"modern-studies-n4-n5","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/curriculum\/social-subjects\/social-subjects-courses-n4-n5\/modern-studies-n4-n5\/","title":{"rendered":"Modern Studies N4\/N5"},"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: National 4\/5<\/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>Recommended (but not essential) S1-3 Modern Studies<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Good literacy skills<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>N4: Achieving level 3 in S3.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>N5: Achieving level 4 in S3.<\/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>Pupils study 3 units:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Unit 1 : Democracy in the UK: How the government works and how laws are made in the UK.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Unit 2: Social issues in the UK: This unit focuses on the social issues of crime and law.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Unit 3: International issues: USA: this unit focuses on the USA studying its government and social issues within the country.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Added Value Unit \/ Assignment: This unit \/ task requires learners to select a topic of study that interests them. They will then be expected to gather evidence on this topic from a variety of different sources and to present this information accordingly.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Assessment:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><strong>Internal:\u00a0<\/strong>Weekly tests based on the exam questions (results will generate a working grade for tracking purposes)\u00a0<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>External:<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>SQA Examination: 2 hours and 20 minutes, 80 marks.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Assignment: 20 marks (a one hour \u2018write up\u2019 done under exam conditions and assessed externally by the SQA)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\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-courses-n4-n5\/modern-studies-higher\/\">Higher Modern Studies with a National 5 C or above<\/a>.<\/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":946,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-964","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/964","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=964"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1787,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/964\/revisions\/1787"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}