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LIST OF Grade <strong>12</strong> COURSES This list includes the new names of the language courses as reflected in the changes to the IB DP group1 and 2 subject groups: Language A Literature replaces Language A1 while Language A language and literature replaces language A2. (one modelling problem & one investigation) is required for internal assessment. The use of a graphics display calculator is a requirement of the course. Calculators can be purchased through the school at the student’s own expense. IB DP Theory of Knowledge IB DP English A Literature, SL &HL IB DP English A Language and Literature, SL & HL IB DP English B, SL &HL *German Basic German Intermediate German Advanced IB DP German ab Initio, SL only IB DP German B, SL &HL IB DP German A Language and Literature, SL &HL IB DP German A Literature, SL &HL IB DP French B, SL &HL IB DP Japanese A Literature, SL &HL IB DP Japanese ab Initio, SL only IB DP Korean A Literature, SL &HL IB DP Spanish B, SL &HL IB DP Spanish, ab Initio, SL only IB DP Psychology, SL &HL IB DP Economics, SL &HL IB DP History, SL &HL IB DP Math Studies, SL only IB DP Mathematics, SL &HL IB DP Biology, SL &HL IB DP Chemistry, SL &HL IB DP Physics, SL &HL IB DP ITGS, SL &HL IB DP Visual Arts, SL &HL Theatre Arts (Elective) HS Band HS Choir IB DP Music, SL &HL SL = Standard Level / HL = Higher Level * Available but depends on other class commitment IB DP Mathematics HL Prerequisite: IB-MYP Mathematics Grade 10 (Extended) IB Mathematics Higher is a two-year advanced course, which covers all the standard level (Mathematics SL) topics in depth plus: complex numbers; techniques of integration; series and differential equations and 3-dimensional vectors and matrices. A portfolio (one modelling problem & one investigation) is required for internal assessment. The use of a graphics display calculator is a requirement of the course. Calculators can be purchased through the school at the student’s own expense. 10 31
MATHEMATICS PHILOSOPHY We believe that mathematics is an integral part of everyday life. Mathematics is a way of thinking characterized by processes such as exploration, manipulation, discovery and classification. It is a precise and concise means of communication used to represent, to interpret and to predict aspects of our changing world. We maintain that mathematics is more about process than results. Thus, students should be expected to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, using terminology relevant to the discipline. The ISD mathematics programme strives to establish an atmosphere of self-discovery within the classroom, recognizing that students need to be active participants within the learning process. Students will be taught using a variety of methods, which include the use of technology and manipulative materials. The mathematics' classroom will provide a safe and respectful environment that is tolerant of mistakes and considerate of the learner's language level. Our goal is to help students gain an understanding of mathematical relationships across topics as well as an appreciation of mathematical applications across various subject areas. We aim to establish a mathematical awareness that moves beyond the classroom itself, enabling students to value the essential nature of the subject. Assessment at all levels of the mathematics programme will include both summative and formative components. Students will be assessed against criteria that clearly outline the learning objectives within each branch. Assessment tasks will include tests, quizzes, mathematical investigations, mathematical modelling assignments, group activities and individual presentations, as appropriate, as well as comprehensive summative examinations. IB DP Mathematical Studies Prerequisite: IB-MYP Mathematics Grade 10 (Standard or Extended) IB Mathematical Studies is a two-year IB standard level course which includes many standard algebra, geometry, and trigonometry topics plus: sets and Venn diagrams; logic; financial math; probability and statistics; three-dimensional geometry and introductory calculus. A project (app. 2000 words) is required for internal assessment. Note: The German Kultusministerkonferenz does not recognize the validity of this course. The use of a graphics display calculator is a requirement of the course. Calculators can be purchased through the school at the student’s own expense. IB DP Mathematics SL Prerequisite: IB-MYP Mathematics Grade 10 (Standard or Extended) IB Mathematics SL is a two-year standard level course which reviews many topics from the branches of algebra, trigonometry and geometry plus: functions; differentiation and its applications; integration and its application; vectors and matrices; probability and statistics; coordinate and analytical geometry. A portfolio 30 THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE Prerequisite: normally open only to IB diploma candidates Ex –EAL Students Social Studies Electives TOK is a two-year, 100 hour course taken by all IB diploma candidates. The course No Pre-requisite introduces students to critical examination of the types, nature and limitations of Ex –EAL different Students ways of knowing. By considering the roles of language, perception, reason, Social Studies and emotion Electives in the processes of knowing, various systems of knowledge, and value No Pre-requisite judgments in relation to knowledge, students confront the fundamental questions: “What do we know” and “How do we know what we know”. In the two-year programme students will give formal oral presentations and produce one written essay which is externally moderated. A selection of each student's written work plus a formal oral presentation form the basis for successful completion of the course, and the awarding of bonus points toward the IB diploma. TOK 1 Ways of knowing: nature of knowledge and thought; role of language, perception, reason, and emotion in knowledge and thought; need for logical rigor in knowledge. Areas of knowledge: mathematics and natural sciences. TOK 2 Areas of knowledge: human sciences and history, the arts and ethics. Value judgments and knowledge: moral & political judgment; aesthetic judgment; literary judgment; knowledge and truth. A final aim of the TOK course is to consider the nature of knowledge itself. Our substantial knowledge cannot give us certainty, and it is in fact possible to doubt almost everything. But extreme scepticism, whilst logically possible, is in the end rather uninteresting – it doesn’t really get us anywhere. We must accept that knowledge is by its very nature provisional, that what was once certain is no longer so. Furthermore, it is possible that there are important truths that lie forever beyond the grasp of our intellects. The one comfort here is that, if there are, then we can never know anything about them. The gods did not reveal, from the beginning, All things to us, but in the course of time Through seeking we may learn and know things better But as for certain truth, no man has known it, Nor shall he know it, neither of the gods Nor yet of all the things of which I speak. For even if by chance he were to utter The final truth, he would himself not know it: For all is but a woven web of guesses. (Xenophanes) <strong>11</strong>
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