Higher Level (HL) International Baccalaureate (IB) offering. Here are
the course descriptions:
IB Economics SL
This course is designed to prepare students for the Standard Level IB
Economics examination. The course will cover the five areas required for
the examination: Introduction to Economics, Microeconomics,
Macroeconomics, International Economics, and Developmental Economics. In
addition to these five topics the course will emphasize, through the use
of a daily newspaper, current world economic issues with particular
emphasis on the Untied States. Students will be expected to write four
papers between 650 and 750 words in length. The papers will be part of
each student's IB Economics portfolio, which will be made available to
international IB examiners. The course is open to students who are not
IB diploma candidates, diploma candidates will be given preference in
registering for the class. Students who are not diploma candidates will
be encouraged but not required to take the IB examination.
Prerequisite: A U.S. History course and permission of the department
IB World History HL
This course, in combination with an eleventh grade course in U.S.
History, prepares students for the higher-level IB History exam with the
History of the Americas regional option. Students study selected topics
that embrace key events, personalities, and issues of the world in the
twentieth-century, with an emphasis on key elements of Latin American
history. A major historical investigation project involving intensive
research and mature writing is an IB requirement undertaken in Term 2.
The course proceeds at a fast pace and regular student participation is
expected in the seminar-style classroom format.
Prerequisite: Accelerated U.S. History or AP U.S. History and permission
of the department
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Graduate School of Education
University of Pennsylvania
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