Higher

Sociology · Higher

Society, culture, social inequality and the research methods used to study them.

The course

What Sociology is about

Sociology looks at society and inequality: how social structures, class, gender and institutions shape people's lives, and how research is used to study them.

Where it leads

What it offers you

Analysis and research skills for sociology, social policy, criminology and public-sector careers.

The archive

Papers & marking schemes

2022–2026

2026

2 files

Question papers

Marking instructions

2025

2 files

Question papers

Marking instructions

2024

2 files

Question papers

Marking instructions

2023

2 files

Question papers

Marking instructions

2022

2 files

Question papers

Marking instructions

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

All Sociology levels