{"id":361,"date":"2019-08-29T21:46:19","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T21:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/?page_id=361"},"modified":"2019-10-25T19:10:34","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T19:10:34","slug":"modern-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/modern-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Modern Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What is Modern Studies?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is a broad social sciences course that covers <strong>three main disciplines:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Politics\u00a0<\/strong><b>\u2013 <\/b>government, participation, rights and influence in political systems<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sociology\u00a0<\/strong><b>\u2013 <\/b>the study of inequalities among different groups, and their causes and impacts on society.<\/li>\n<li><strong>International Relations\u00a0<\/strong><b>\u2013 <\/b>power, Influence and decision making between countries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What skills are developed?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Hot Skills:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Knowledge &#8211; describing, explaining, analysing and evaluating (making judgements based on evidence)<\/li>\n<li>Using evidence \u2013 identifying, interpreting, comparing, evaluating reliability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Skills for life, learning and work:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Essay writing and close reading<\/li>\n<li>Organisation and time-management<\/li>\n<li>Revision techniques and strategies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What kind of person does it take?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Likes to argue or question issues<\/li>\n<li>Can work with others to share ideas and views in a respectful and open-minded way<\/li>\n<li>Someone who can reflect on themselves and their learning<\/li>\n<li>Sets targets and plots the steps toward them<\/li>\n<li>Motivated and willing to work at home and in school<\/li>\n<li>Regularly accesses the media\u2013 TV News, Newspapers, Internet newsfeeds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Horizons &#8211; where can this subject take you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Modern Studies provides a knowledge and skills base for a broad range of\u00a0 careers in the modern world.<\/p>\n<p><em>Education and Social Care<\/em>: Teaching (recommended with another subject to dual qualify), Social Work, Child care, Nursing\/Medicine, Psychology<\/p>\n<p><em>Public Service<\/em><strong>:<\/strong> Politics, Law, Diplomatic Service (recommended with French), Civil Service, Police, Armed Forces (particularly for officer candidates)<\/p>\n<p><em>Media<\/em><strong>:<\/strong> Journalism, Broadcasting<\/p>\n<p><em>Academic<\/em><strong>:<\/strong> Lecturing, Researcher<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pathways &#8211; how can I make progression?<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/sqa\/45629.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-692 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/public\/subjectchoicetest\/uploads\/sites\/5593\/2019\/10\/sqa-e1571921569942.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>School<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/public\/subjectchoicetest\/uploads\/sites\/5593\/2019\/09\/N4-Modern-Studies.pdf\"><strong>N4 Modern Studies<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/public\/subjectchoicetest\/uploads\/sites\/5593\/2019\/10\/N5_modernstudies_E.pdf\"><strong>N5 Modern Studies<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/public\/subjectchoicetest\/uploads\/sites\/5593\/2019\/09\/Higher-Modern-Studies.pdf\"><strong>Higher Modern Studies<\/strong><\/a>, Advanced Higher (uptake dependent)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some skills useful from English, Social Subjects or Business.<\/p>\n<p><em>College<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Many diverse courses on offer at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moray.uhi.ac.uk\/courses\/?auto=&amp;keyword=social+science\"><strong>Moray College<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Employment<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Opportunities in local employers that offer\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.apprenticeships.scot\"><strong>Foundation, Modern and Graduate apprenticeships<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>University<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Engineering courses on offer at university example<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strath.ac.uk\/humanities\/\"><strong>Strathclyde University<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Related subjects<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>History, French, Geography, English, Philosophy, RMPS, Travel &amp; Tourism<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Modern Studies? 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