Diploma Programme curriculum
Group 3: individuals and societies
It is a requirement of the programme that students study at least one subject from group 3.
Nine subjects are available:
- business and management
- economics
- geography
- history
- information technology in a global society
- Islamic history
- philosophy
- psychology
- social and cultural anthropology.
All of these subjects may be studied at higher level or standard level.
Studying any one of these subjects provides for the development of a critical appreciation of:
- human experience and behaviour
- the varieties of physical, economic and social environments that people inhabit
- the history of social and cultural institutions.
In addition, each subject is designed to foster in students the capacity to identify, to analyse critically and to evaluate theories, concepts and arguments relating to the nature and activities of individuals and societies.
Read about Group 4: experimental sciences
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Order IB publications relating to group 3.
Read about similar studies in the Middle Years Programme and Primary Years Programme.
"IB history students have jumped at the opportunity to do internal assessment pieces about colonialism, the civil rights movement, and the African-American experience. That their own history and interests are validated in an academic programme has been essential to their success."
Adam Man, Diploma Programme coordinator, Baltimore City College, Maryland.