IB Group 3 subjects

The Group 3: Individuals and societies (previously Humanities) subjects of the IB Diploma Programme consist of nine courses offered at both the Standard level (SL) and Higher level (HL): Business and management, Economics, Geography, History, Information technology in a global society (ITGS), Philosophy, Psychology, Social and cultural anthropology, and World religions (SL only). There is also a transdisciplinary course, Environmental systems and societies (SL only), that satisfies Diploma requirements for Groups 3 and 4, and a pilot course for Global politics that is currently offered at schools participating in the pilot program.

History is the process of recording, reconstructing and interpreting the past through investigation of sources. IB DP History teaches candidates to interpret and critically evaluate these sources and allows them to understand and appreciate the culture and context of those living in other periods of time.

All candidates must study one prescribed subject and two topics for 150 hours.

The Paper 1 Prescribed subjects are two case studies and lead to the source-based Paper 1 examination.

All candidates must study two World history topics (45 hours each)

HL candidates must study one option from the following for 90 hours. Each option has twelve sections. Candidates must study three sections.

The remaining 20 hours for both SL and HL candidates comes from the internal assessment component, making a total of 150 teaching hours for SL and 240 hours for HL.

There are three assessment components at SL and four at HL.

External assessment accounts for 75% of the course grade at SL and 80% at HL.

Internal assessment accounts for the remaining 25% of the course grade at SL and 20% at HL.

The syllabus of the Economics course is divided into four sections – microeconomics, macroeconomics, international economics, and development economics – all of which receive approximately equal weight. All sections must be studied by all candidates, and questions of all will be posed in examinations. The Diploma programme Economics course is noted for focusing more on development than any other economics course at a pre-university level, and this is all part of the IB programmes' international perspective.

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