Higher

Human Biology · Higher

Human physiology, genetics and behaviour, with data-handling and extended-answer questions.

The course

What Human Biology is about

Human Biology looks at the human body and how it works: cells, transport and defence, reproduction, the nervous system and behaviour, with experiments and data to interpret.

Where it leads

What it offers you

Ideal preparation for medicine, nursing, physiotherapy, sport science and the other health courses and careers.

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 Human Biology Higher on sqa.org.uk.

All Human Biology levels