The following pathways are also compulsory and add up to the aforementioned subjects: The curriculum is made up of the six subject groups and the DP core elements:
EE
EXTENDED ESSAY
The Extended Essay is a research study that students must carry out independently and must be presented by the end of the programme in a 4,000-word written thesis.
TOK
THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE
The Theory of Knowledge (epistemology) asks students to focus on the nature of knowledge, on how the human brain organises it and on how knowledge is passed on to others.
CAS
CREATIVITY, ACTIVITY, SERVICE
Creativity, Activity, Service activities give students the chance to develop their interpersonal skills, thus creating an opportunity for personal fulfillment and achievement.
The Diploma Programme is a rigorous, intense and challenging programme, created to prepare students for a brilliant university career and for their future professional objectives. Students must choose a subject from the six macro groups. Each student must choose at least three higher-level subjects (for a total of 240 teaching hours) and three standard level subjects (150 teaching hours).
At the end of the programme (usually in May of their second year), students must take the official IB exams for each of the subjects in their curriculum. The highest percentage of the final marks are represented by the exam results, which are assessed by an external committee.
Students choose courses from the following subject groups: studies in language and literature; language acquisition; individuals and societies; sciences; mathematics; and the arts.
Students may opt to study an additional sciences, individuals and societies, or languages course, instead of a course in the arts.
*These courses, likewise additional subjects in Group 2, will be activated with a minimum number of 5 students.
**Online Course, subject to extra cost. Visit pamojaeducation.com for further details.
GROUP 1
STUDIES IN LANGUAGE or LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
English Literature SL/HL
English Language and Literature
SL/HL, Italian Literature SL/HL
GROUP 2
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
English B SL/HL, Spanish B SL/HL
Italian Ab Initio SL only*
Mandarin Ab Initio SL only*
GROUP 3
INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETIES
Business Management SL/HL
History SL/HL, Economics SL/HL
Psychology **
Philosophy SL/HL
GROUP 4
SCIENCES
Chemistry SL/HL, Biology SL/HL
Physics SL/HL, Computer Science SL/HL
Design Technology SL/HL, Environmental
Systems and Societies SL only
GROUP 5
MATHEMATICS
Mathematics Application and Interpretation SL only
Mathematics Analysis and Approaches SL/HL
GROUP 6
THE ARTS
Visual Arts SL/HL
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