What this document is
The Advanced Higher Biology Course Specification, issued under course code C707 77, is a Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) document defining the content, structure and assessment of Advanced Higher Biology within Scotland's National Qualifications framework. It is aimed at schools and colleges delivering the course and sits at the top of SQA's secondary Biology pathway, typically taken after Higher Biology.
The course specification format is common to every SQA subject: it lays out the course's overall aims and the skills it develops, breaks the course into its component units, and specifies how those units and any added assessment combine into a final grade. SQA updates these documents periodically, so the course code identifies the subject and level rather than guaranteeing a specific, current edition.
SQA's Biology subject page is the current home for course and unit specifications across all Biology levels, along with past papers and the standards-setting material teachers use when marking coursework and exams.
Where to find it
Available from SQA — Biology subject overview.