IB Literature (HL)
IB Literature is a two-year course that aims at developing an understanding of the creativity of writers and readers, the nature of their interaction with their respective contexts and with literary tradition, and the ways in which language can give rise to meaning and/or effect.. Through close analysis of a range of literary texts in a number of literary forms and from different times and places, students will consider their own interpretations as well as the critical perspectives of others, to explore how such positions are shaped by cultural belief systems and to negotiate meanings for texts. Major authors include: John Milton, Mary Shelley, Shusaku Endo, Anton Chekov, and Heinrik Ibsen.
IB Math: Analysis and Approaches (SL)
The Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches (SL) course recognizes the need for analytical expertise in a world where innovation is increasingly dependent on a deep understanding of mathematics. This two-year course includes topics that are both traditionally part of a pre-university mathematics course (for example, functions, trigonometry, calculus) as well as topics that are amenable to investigation, conjecture and proof. The course has a strong emphasis on the ability to construct, communicate and justify correct mathematical arguments.”
IB French (SL)
IB French is a two-year course designed for students who have successfully completed French 2. Students further develop their ability to communicate through the study of language, themes and texts. There are five prescribed themes: identities, experiences, human ingenuity, social organization and sharing the planet. The course explores the cultures of the Francophone world. Students continue to develop their knowledge of vocabulary and grammar, as well as their conceptual understanding of how language works, in order to construct, analyse and evaluate arguments on a variety of topics relating to course content and the target language cultures.
IB Spanish (SL)
IB Spanish is a two-year course designed for students who have successfully completed Spanish 2. Students further develop their ability to communicate in Spanish through the study of language, themes and texts. There are five prescribed themes: identities, experiences, human ingenuity, social organization and sharing the planet. The course also explores the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world. Students continue to develop their knowledge of vocabulary and grammar, as well as their conceptual understanding of how language works, in order to construct, analyse and evaluate arguments on a variety of topics relating to course content and the target language cultures.
IB History of the Americas (HL)
History of the Americas is two-year higher-level International Baccalaureate course. This course is a systematic and critical study of the human experience, including social, economic, political and cultural events-- providing historical explanations from an international perspective. History of the Americas studies the impact of colonization and industrialization in the development of North and South America.
IB Environmental Systems and Societies (HL)
Environmental systems and societies (ESS) is a two-year interdisciplinary course, encompassing both the sciences and individuals and societies. ESS is both a complex and contemporary course that engages students in the challenges of 21st century environmental issues. Students develop a scientific approach through explorations of environmental systems. It also emphasizes the ability to perform research and investigations and to participate in philosophical, ethical, and pragmatic discussions of the issues involved from the local through to the global level.
IB Extended Essay
The extended essay is an opportunity to do independent research into a topic chosen by the student and presented as a formal piece of academic writing. The extended essay is intended to promote high-level research and writing skills, intellectual discovery and creativity while engaging students in personal research. This leads to a major piece of formally presented, structured writing of up to 4,000 words. Students are guided through the process of research and writing by a teacher-mentor in the school. This functions as an independent study that begins in the second semester of junior year.
IB Theory of Knowledge I
Theory of Knowledge is a cross-curricular course designed to give learners the opportunity to ask and answer the question “How Do We Know?” and to explore the relationship between knowledge and ourselves as the knowers. Students will learn to think critically about knowledge paying specific attention to the scope, perspectives, methods, tools and ethics of the acquisition and use of knowledge. This course meets in the second semester of junior year and the first semester of senior year.
IB Creativity, Activity, Service
The CAS project is an experiential learning opportunity that continues your education outside the classroom through the experiences of creativity, activity, and service. It is an opportunity for students to develop their own skills and interests and contribute what they have to offer to various communities by short-term or long-term experiences over 18 months. During this process, students will reflect on their strengths and areas to work on, and they will reflect on the experiences as they carry them out. Students will demonstrate your learning and growth through a portfolio.
IB World Religions
IB World Religions is a one-year course for seniors that offers a systematic, analytical yet empathetic study of the variety of beliefs and practices encountered in five major religions of the world: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Taoism. The course seeks to promote an awareness of religious issues in the contemporary world by requiring the study of a diverse range of religions. The religions are studied in such a way that students acquire a sense of what it is like to belong to a particular religion and how that influences the way in which the followers of that religion understand the world, act in it, and relate and respond to others.