IB Social Science and Global Studies Courses

IB History of Americas I SL

Course Code 763002

Grade(s): 11

1 Credit

Prerequisite: None

IB high level courses dive deeper into the content and require multiple and varied assessments. IB History courses prepare students to take the International Baccalaureate History exams. In these courses, students study historical developments at national, regional, and international levels; critically reflect on their relationship to the present; and explore the nature of historical documentation and the methods used by historians. The IB History of the Americas course explores the Cold War and the Americas, 20th-century political developments in Latin America, and the American Civil Rights movement to develop students’ understanding of the origins of contemporary issues in the Americas. 

IB History of Americas I HL

Course Code 763003

Grade(s): 11

1 Credit

Prerequisite: None

IB History of Americas prepare students to take the International Baccalaureate Global Politics exams through the exploration of political concepts and development of an understanding of local, national, international, and global dimensions of political activity. Topics may include contemporary global political challenges. The IB History of the Americas course explores the Cold War and the Americas, 20th-century political developments in Latin America, and the American Civil Rights movement to develop students’ understanding of the origins of contemporary issues in the Americas. 

IB Global Politics I SL

Course Code 775102

Grade(s): 11

1 Credit

Prerequisite: None

IB Global Politics prepares students to take the International Baccalaureate Global Politics exams through the exploration of political concepts and development of an understanding of local, national, international, and global dimensions of political activity. Topics may include contemporary global political challenges. For HL classes assessments will vary.

IB Global Politics I HL

Course Code 775103

Grade(s): 11

1 Credit

Prerequisite: None

IB high level courses dive deeper into the content and require multiple and varied assessments. IB Global Politics prepares students to take the International Baccalaureate Global Politics exams through the exploration of political concepts and the development of an understanding of local, national, international, and global dimensions of political activity. Topics may include contemporary global political challenges. For HL classes assessments will vary.

IB Theory of Knowledge I

Course Code 776101

Grade(s): 11

1 Credit

Prerequisite: None

Obligatory for every International Baccalaureate Diploma degree candidate, IB Theory of Knowledge courses aim to stimulate critical self-reflection of students’ knowledge and experiences. Course content generates questions regarding the bases of knowledge and their verification in the disciplines of mathematics, natural sciences, human sciences, the arts, history, ethics, religious knowledge systems, and indigenous knowledge systems, with an awareness of moral, political, and aesthetic judgments and biases. Students learn to appreciate the strengths and limitations of various kinds of knowledge; to relate studied subjects to one another, general knowledge, and living experiences; to formulate rational arguments; and to evaluate the role of language in knowledge and as a way to convey knowledge. HL classes assessments will vary.