IBDP Subject Selection

To be eligible for the IB Diploma, each student is required to follow six IB courses, with one subject taken from each group in the curriculum model:

• Group 1: Language A (literature and/or language and literature)
• Group 2: second language (language acquisition)
• Group 3: individuals and societies
• Group 4: experimental sciences
• Group 5: Mathematics
• Group 6: arts OR one subject from groups 1-4

Further, all IB Diploma students must choose

• Three courses at the higher level (HL)
• Three courses at standard level (SL) In addition, all IB Diploma students must complete
• A course in the Theory of Knowledge (TOK)
• A 4,000-word Extended Essay on a subject of their choice
• A Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) program

Group No.	Liberal Arts Bac.	Science Bac.	Languages Bac.	Arts Bac 1	Arts Bac 2
Group 1	Language A (HL)	Language A	English A HL	Language A	Language A
Group 2	Language B	Language B	French A HL	Language B	Language B
Group 3	History HL	Humanities	Humanity	Humanity	Music HL
Group 4	Science	Biology HL	Science	Science	Science: ESS only
Group 5	Mathematics	Mathematics	Mathematics	Mathematics	Mathematics
Group 6	Economics HL	Chemistry HL	Spanish B HL	Visual Arts HL	Theater Arts HL
Courses covered	Law. Journalism. Business. Politics. Diplomacy. Government	Medicine. Engineering. Science Courses. Digital Technologies	Law. Journalism. Business. Politics. Diplomacy. Government. Media	Specialist Art, Theater, Music, Media, Design, Architecture	Specialist Art, Theater, Music, Media, Design, Architecture

SUBJECT PREFERENCES ACCORDING TO THE TARGET COURSES

	Courses	Required Subjects	Preferred Subjects	Useful Subjects
1	Architecture	Art	A mix of Sciences and Arts	A portfolio of recent work for interviews
2	Anthropology	No particular Subjects	Biology- for Biology Anthropology History- for Social Anthropology Geography – for Archaeology	A mix of sciences and arts
3	Chemistry	Chemistry HL	Math/Physics	Biology
4	Biology	Biology HL	Math/Physics	Chemistry
5	Theater	Theater	English	Portfolio
6	English	English HL	History	Theater
7	Economics	Math HL	Economics	English
8	Psychology	No subject	Math Biology	Psychology
9	Engineering	Math HL Physics HL	Sciences	Digital Technologies
10	Math	Math	Physics	Sciences
11	Geography	No subject	Geography	Economics Social Science Foreign Languages Mathematics Chemistry
12	History	History HL	English HL	Geography
13	Dentistry	Chemistry HL Biology HL	Maths Physics	Other Sciences
14	Medicine Veterinary	Chemistry HL Biology HL Maths HL	Physics	Sciences
15	Law	No subjects	English History	Mathematics Sciences
16	Media	No subjects	Theater English HL	Creative Courses

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