Coursework and other qualifications

• SQA (Scotland). Not prescribed at Higher; Higher critical-essay questions are generic. The Advanced Higher dissertation allows a free choice: SQA’s Understanding Standards overview (v2.0, March 2025) includes a 2024 candidate dissertation on Dracula and Interview with the Vampire, marked in the 14–11 band. The texts suited the level; the self-set task (how the novels changed the representation of vampires) was the problem, and knowledge and analysis were insecure. The 2025 course report does not mention Dracula. Source details. Source details.

• WJEC and Eduqas. Their Literature and Language and Literature qualifications have different routes. Check the current coursework rules for the qualification you take. Eduqas A-level English Language and Literature explicitly includes Dracula on its Gothic list for Component 4, Critical and Creative Genre Study. The 2017 WJEC Literature report also discusses Gothic coursework pairings. A text’s presence on a coursework list is different from its being an examined set text. Eduqas specification, Appendix A.

• International Baccalaureate. Stoker does not appear on a third-party copy of the prescribed reading list (unverified against the IB guide). Dracula can be taught as a free-choice work. Paper 2 prompts are generic and never name texts; papers and subject reports are not public.

• AP English Literature (US). A third-party tally (verbalworkout.com) records Dracula as a suggested title for the open question in 2017 and 2018. Not verified; the prompts are generic; no Dracula samples found. Source details.

• Cambridge Pre-U 9765 (withdrawn). Dracula appears only as a suggested text for a sample Personal Investigation on the Gothic novel (syllabus). Source details.

• TASC English Literature (Tasmania). Dracula was already examined in 2025. The official 2025 assessment report discusses responses to the novel, including Section B Question 5. Read this historical feedback alongside the current prescribed list; do not treat the 2026 list as the start of examination coverage.

The materials gathered here do not yet include a full set of report findings for this qualification. Check the board’s assessment library and the source notes; do not assume that an unretrieved report does not exist.

The source register records individual reports, mark schemes and access notes. Sources for studying and teaching Dracula.

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