The Advanced Higher English Course offers progression from the Higher English Course. The Course acknowledges the increasing maturity of candidates and enables a high degree of specialisation.
The Course consists of two mandatory Units and one other Unit from a choice of four optional Units.
Mandatory Units
- Specialist Study - candidates are required to submit a dissertation of 3,500 to 4,500 words.
- Literary Study - a question paper of one hour 3o minutes is set for external assessment during the exam period in May.
Optional Units include Language Study, Textual Analysis, Reading the Media and Creative Writing.
For external assessment three of the options (Language Study, Textual Analysis and Reading the Media), a question paper will be set (one hour 30 minutes for each section).
For external assessment of the optional Creative Writing, candidates will be required to submit a folio comprising two pieces of creative writing in different genres.
Specialist Study - 40% weighting
Each of the other two components - 30% weighting
The Course consists of two mandatory Units and one other Unit from a choice of four optional Units.
Mandatory Units
- Specialist Study - candidates are required to submit a dissertation of 3,500 to 4,500 words.
- Literary Study - a question paper of one hour 3o minutes is set for external assessment during the exam period in May.
Optional Units include Language Study, Textual Analysis, Reading the Media and Creative Writing.
For external assessment three of the options (Language Study, Textual Analysis and Reading the Media), a question paper will be set (one hour 30 minutes for each section).
For external assessment of the optional Creative Writing, candidates will be required to submit a folio comprising two pieces of creative writing in different genres.
Specialist Study - 40% weighting
Each of the other two components - 30% weighting