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IB Diploma Program

IB Diploma Program. HL courses: 240 teaching hours recommended SL courses: 150 hours recommended. Language A1: LL or Lit. Experimental Sciences. Biology HL/SL Chemistry HL/SL Physics HL/SL Environmental- Systems & Societies SL. Swedish HL/SL English HL/SL Self taught SL. 1.

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IB Diploma Program

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  1. IB Diploma Program • HL courses: 240 teaching hours recommended • SL courses:150 hours recommended

  2. Language A1: LL or Lit. Experimental Sciences Biology HL/SL Chemistry HL/SL Physics HL/SL Environmental- Systems & Societies SL Swedish HL/SL English HL/SL Self taught SL 1 Language Acquisition English B HL German HL/SL French HL/SL Swedish B HL/SL Spanish HL/SL 4 Mathematics Subjects on Offer Higher Level Mathematics SL Mathematics Studies, SL 2 5 Individuals & Societies History HL Psychology HL/SL Economics HL/SL Bus. and Mgmt SL Art / Electives Theatre (SL) or another subject from: Group 2, 3 or 4 3 6

  3. English A Literature - Presentation skills, oral and written • Text interpretation and analysis • HL: 13 texts • SL: 10 texts Example of a syllabus: • Freedom Next Time, Pilger • In Xanadu, William Dalrymple • Dispatches, Herr • Madame Bovary, Flaubert • Fathers and Sons, Turgenev • The Outsider, Camus • War Poetry, Owen • Macbeth, Shakespeare • Heart of Darkness, Conrad • The Things They Carried, O’Brien • The God of Small Things, Roy • The Handmaid’s Tale, Atwood • The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald

  4. English A Language and Literature • Presentation skills, oral and written, and interpretation and analysis • This course require students to put literature in social/contexts. • 6 literary texts HL • 4 literary texts SL Exampleofsyllabus • Macbeth, Shakespeare • Heart of Darkness, Conrad • The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald • War Poetry, Owen • 1984, Orwell • The Outsider, Camus - The History of English • Propaganda and Persuasion • The Language of Advertising • Language and Communities • Language and Cultural Awareness • Textual Bias

  5. English B (HL) For students with at least 3 years of prior study of the language (approx. 60% of our students take this course) Grammar Written assignments Discussion and presentation

  6. IB Core (mandatory) • All candidates must do the following: • TheoryofKnowledge • Extended Essay (writtenwithin a subject) • CAS (threehours/week) Note: Candidatesmay get 0-3 pointsdepending on results.

  7. Selection process • Group 1: Lang. A HL/SL • Group 2: Lang B HL/SL • Group 3: One subject HL/SL • Group 4: One subject HL/SL • Group 5: Maths HL/SL/Stud • Group 6: Theater or another subject from group 2, 3, or 4. Note: not all subjects are available in both SL and HL

  8. Examples of different diploma profiles ”The Engineer” ”The Economist” Swe. LL/L HL Eng B HL Econ. HL Environmental SL MathHL*/SL/Studies Bus./Mgmt. SL *HL mathoftenrequired in the UK • Swedish LL/L SL • English B HL • Economics HL/SL • Physics HL • Math HL/SL • Chemistry SL

  9. Cont. Language Social science Swe L/LL SL Eng B HL History HL Envoironmental SL Math SL/Studies Economics HL • Swe L/LL HL • Eng. L/LL HL • Psychology HL • Biology SL • Math SL/Studies • Spanish SL

  10. Requirements for Diploma Program • At least 24 points from the sixselectedsubjects • At leastgrade 5 in HL subjects (based on PreDPautumngrades)* • Grade 6 in math for HL math *Econ. and Psychology = social science

  11. Exception: non-regular diploma and seven subjects Medicin (for Sweden) Arts/Humanities Swe L/LL HL Eng B HL Psych HL Biology SL Math studies Theatre SL French SL* *Seventhsubject • Swe L/LL SL/HL • Eng B HL 4. Chemistry HL* • Biology SL/HL 5. Math SL • Physics SL * Non regulardiploma

  12. Pre-requisites for non-regular and seventh subject Non-regular Diploma Seventh subject A sum of 34 in the first chosen six subjects Teachers’ recommendation. • Grade 5 in biology, chemistry and physics is a requirement. • And….the sum of 34 points in the chosen six subjects! • A candidate cannot select all three sciences as HL

  13. Statistics for NRD/seven subjects Between 2010-2013 • 33 candidateswith NRD • 6 candidates (18%) gained 40 points or more (nec. to get in to medicine school in Sweden) • Fallingaveragegrades (PreDPto DP)

  14. Importantfactorswhenchoosingsubjects • • Interests, talentsFuture Career University requirements PrIB courses may be important for Swedish universities. • Target country • UK – meet with Education UK • USA – meet with Education USA • Sweden – meet with Jonas • Tactics Some subjects are regarded as more time consuming, others • less. • Know your strengths, and select accordingly • Rule of thumb, high total GPA beats more courses/extra curricular activities. Maximize marginal utility/Diminishing marginal utility theory! • Focus on the whole rather than the specifics

  15. Entrance requirements for Sweden IB diploma gives the entrance requirements to higher education in Sweden. • The PriB courses cover the basic entrance requirements and the diploma covers the special qualification for specific university courses. • Note: Swe A1 (Group 1) is a requirement (thus not enough with Swe B HL) • If you do not have Swedish A1 in your IB diploma you can document your knowledge of Swedish with either:Swedish course 3 or Swedish as a second language course 3national program or Test in Swedish for University Studies, Tisus You must document your skills as above, even if you have Swedish as a native language

  16. Want to study abroad? • Your Pre-IB grades count! • More than just your grades, extracurriculars are important ... even if you don’t have CAS now • Lengthy admission process, start as early as possible • If you are really serious about it, start now. It can’t hurt your chances.

  17. IB Graduate Perspective • Thingsyouwishyouknewabout the exams • Thingsyouwishyouknewaboutsubjects • Student perspectiveimportant • Haveanyquestionsaboutwhat it is actually like totakecertain IB subjects, e-mail marcus.palsson@malmoborgar.se !

  18. Grade tables

  19. Meritpoäng (+2,5p) / Merit points Modern languages (1.5 max): • Steg 3 ger 0,5 meritpoäng: (Steg 3 från Pre-IB) • Steg 4 ger 1,0 meritpoäng: Language B Standard level (SL) i examen (French, German, or Spanish in the IB) Engelska – everyone gets 1,0 p for their Eng. A or B Maths (max 1.5) – SL and HL gets a minimum of 1.0 See handout because merit points depend on university program requirements

  20. School Site Policy A total of 24 points in the IB1 spring grade report is required to be transferred to IB2. Furthermore, a grade 3 in a higher level subject is regarded as a “failing condition” in the IB grading system. A student with an overall absenteeism and /or individual subject absence of 20% or more is not considered a student in ”good standing” and according to the Coordinators Handbook of Procedure this student will not be registered for examinations. Cases of malpractice in IB1 will be handled with 1. lowering the grade one step in the term report 2. informing the parents. Cases of malpractice when scripts are related to the final examinations (mainly in IB2, but to some extent also in IB1) will be handled according to the IBO regulation.

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