Higher Physics
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The Higher Physics course develops scientific understanding of issues relating to physics. It enables candidates to gain an in-depth knowledge of concepts in physics, and to develop confidence in the skills of scientific inquiry.
Candidates develop their ability to describe and interpret physical phenomena using mathematical skills, and practise scientific methods of investigation from which general relationships are derived and explored.
Successful completion of entry test.
National 5 Physics (A or B pass).
Through learning in physics, candidates develop their interest in and understanding of the world. They engage in a wide range of investigative tasks, which allows them to develop important skills to become creative, inventive and enterprising, in a world where the skills and knowledge developed by physics are needed across all sectors of society.
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