Outline

The IB course is split into two sections. Internal and External assessment. Over the course of the two years of IB you will study five different sections of the syllabus. You will be assessed on 3 written papers and a portfolio of commentaries. More details follow.

External Assessment ---------------------------- Worth 80%

Paper 1 --------------------- 1 hour -------------- Worth 20%

There will be 4 questions to choose from. Each question has section a (worth 10 marks) and section b (worth 15 marks). You will need to answer 1 question.

Paper 2 --------------------- 1 hour -------------- Worth 20%

There will be six short answer questions. Each question is worth 10 marks, you will need to answer 3 questions.

Paper 3 --------------------- 2 hours ------------- Worth 40%

Data response paper. There are 5 structured questions from which you will need to do 3 questions. Each question is worth 20 marks.

Internal Assessment ------------------------------Worth 20%

Each student must write a portfolio containing 4 commentaries on new articles.