Higher

Classical Studies · Higher

The classical world through its literature, sculpture and architecture, assessed by extended essays.

The course

What Classical Studies is about

Classical Studies explores the Greek and Roman world through its literature, sculpture, architecture and everyday life, asking what those societies believed and how those ideas still shape ours.

Where it leads

What it offers you

It trains close reading, source analysis and extended essay writing, and leads naturally into classics, history, archaeology and literature at university.

The archive

Papers & marking schemes

2022–2026

SQA publishes the most recent five years of papers. Older papers and specimen papers live on their site — open Classical Studies Higher on sqa.org.uk.

All Classical Studies levels