Diploma Programme curriculum
Additional subjects
With approval from the IB, schools may also offer the following types of courses:
School-based syllabuses
A school-based syllabus is designed by the school according to its own needs and teaching resources. This option may be studied at standard level only and may replace a subject from groups 2 to 6.
Further information on school based syllabuses can be obtained from the handbook of procedures for the Diploma programme or by contacting IB Cardiff.
Transdisciplinary subjects
From September 2008 schools can start teaching [for first examinations in 2010] Environmental systems and societies as a standard level transdisciplinary course. This will enable students to satisfy the requirements of two groups [group 3 and 4] while studying one course. Students then select another course to complete the requirement of six.
Text and Performance is another transdisciplinary subject [groups 1 and 6] which is currently being piloted.