Higher Politics

Higher Politics (Option for S6 pupils)

The course consists of three areas of study: Political theory, Political systems, and Political parties and elections.

Skills, knowledge and understanding for the course

The following provides a broad overview of the subject skills, knowledge and understanding developed in the course:

researching, analysing, evaluating and synthesising information from a wide range of political sources
using a wide range of sources of information to draw detailed and balanced conclusions about political concepts and ideologies
comparing and contrasting different political systems, making generalisations, where appropriate, on the political process
interpreting and evaluating a wide range of electoral data
drawing on factual and conceptual knowledge of political theory, political systems, and political parties and elections