The following courses are taught (subject to minimum number of enrolments):
Group 1: Language A
Finnish A: literature SL / HL
English A: language and literature SL / HL
Self-taught language A: literature SL
(Students can often study their own mother tongue as a self-taught Language A.
The student is responsible for paying and arranging this.)
Group 2: Language acquisition
(or 2nd language A)
English B SL/HL
Finnish B SL / HL
French B SL (HL)
German ab initio SL
Group 3: Individuals and Societies*
Economics SL/HL
History SL/HL
Psychology SL/HL
ESS (G3 or G4) SL
Group 4: Experimental Sciences
Biology SL/HL
Chemistry SL/HL
Physics SL/HL
ESS (G3 or G4) SL
Group 5: Mathematics
Mathematics: analysis and approaches SL/HL
Mathematics: applications and interpretation SL
Group 6: Electives
Another subject from groups 2-4
* A student may apply for a special permission to take another group 4 subject instead of a group 3 subject
Diploma students choose one subject from each group. Three (or four) subjects are taken at Higher Level, the rest at Standard Level.
Higher Level (HL): c. 240 hours of teaching
Standard Level (SL): c. 150 hours of teaching