Hi. I'm in S5 and currently choosing my subjects for S6. I'm predicted straight A's in my five Highers, and I would like to study English and History at university. To be perfectly honest, I've not found Higher to be very challenging, so I'm up for a higher-than-normal workload.
I'm struggling to decide between some subjects as I really like them all. I would really like to take all of the following subjects, but there's obviously too many of them:
● Advanced Higher English.
● Advanced Higher History.
● Advanced Higher Business Management.
● Higher Geography.
● Higher Philosophy.
● Higher Media.
Advanced Higher English and History are obviously non-negotiables.
I'm really leabing towards Advanced Higher Business Management as it's one of my favourite subjects, it could be useful as I'm considering a career in publishing, and I'm quite interested in business/economic history.
Higher Philosophy has essay writing skills that would be useful (although 4/5 of my Highers this year are essay-based subjects). The University of Strathclyde lists it as a preferred subject and I think I would really enjoy it.
Higher Geography is probably the least relevant, however I've always really enjoyed it, and so would love to take it to Higher. The University of Strathclyde also lists Geography as a preferred subject.
Higher Media is again listed as a preferred subject by the University of Strathclyde. In English this year we've been studying a film for our critical essay text, and it's made me realise that the film techniques are really interesting and there's so much more to a film than dialogue. I've been loving it so thought Higher Media might be my thing.
So, if anyone can give me any insight on these subjects at Higher/Advanced Higher, and advice on which I should not take, I'd really appreciate it.
I've been told by my school that I need to narrow it down to 4 subjects (2 Advanced Highers + 2 Highers or 3 Advanced Highers + 1 Higher).
Thank you. 😊