Title Page

Title page requirements

The title page should include only the following information:

• Your student code

• Your research question 

• the subject for which the essay is registered 

• if it is a language essay also state which category it falls into 

  • • Category 1  Studies of one or more literary works originally written in the language in which the essay is presented

    • Category 2 Studies of a literary work or works originally written in the language of the essay compared with one or more literary works originally written in another language. (The work originally written in another language may be studied in translation.)

    • Category 3 Studies in language based on one or more texts originally produced in the language in which the essay is presented. Texts can be compared with a translatedtext originally written in another language.

• If it is an Interdisciplinary essay 

State the two DP subjects the essay relates to and the interdisciplinary framework it connects with

• • • Conflict, Peace, and Security: Media's role in conflict (Politics/History), International Justice (Philosophy/Politics).

    • Culture, Language, and Identity: Art and identity (Literature/Theatre), Politics of identity (Global Politics/Sociology).

    • Environmental/Economic Sustainability: Climate change impacts (Geography/Economics), Resource management (ESS/Economics).

    • Equality and Inequality: Poverty & development (Economics/Geography/Psychology), Gender issues (Sociology/History).

    • Health and Development: Global health crises (Biology/Sociology), Mental health (Psychology/Health Science).

    • Science, Technology, and Society: AI ethics (Computer Science/Ethics), Social media's impact (ITGS/Psychology). 

• Word count (maximum 4000 words) 

If footnotes have been used for anything other than referencing, the word count stated on the title page must include these footnotes, with an explicit statement that "the stated word count includes explanatory footnotes".

The Title of the Essay and Research Question

The title of your essay should be a clear, focused summative statement of your research, which gives the reader an indication of your research topic. It should not be phrased as a research question.

Title page – Example

Example title Page

Session: May 2027

Subject:  Geography

Title: An investigation of the correlation between gender equality and socioeconomic development in the different neighbourhoods of Rio de Janeiro

Research question: To what extent does socioeconomic development affect gender equality in the neighbourhoods of Rio de Janeiro?

Word Count: 3999

Word Count