International Baccalaureate
at Bartow High School
For Our Students
IB Diploma Curriculum
For an overview of this curriculum, visit the Internationl Baccalaureate Organization website and click on the Diploma Programme link.
IB Diploma Curriculum at IB at BHS Language A - 4 years
Grade 9: Pre-IB English I
Grade 10: Pre-IB English II
Grade 11: IB English III/AP Language and Comp
Grade 12: IB English IV/AP Literature and Comp
Language B - 5 years of study in one foreign language
Students who have not received credit for Spanish I or French I in middle school will be required to take either Spanish I or French I in summer school prior to the start of the 9th grade Pre-IB Program.
Grade 9: Pre-IB Foreign Language II
Grade 10: Pre-IB Foreign Language III
Grade 11: IB Foreign Language IV
Grade 12: IB Foreign Language V
Individual and Societies
Grade 9: Pre-IB American Government and Pre-IB Economics
Grade 10: Pre-IB World History
Grade 11: IB/AP American History
Grade 12: IB History of the Americas
Experimental Sciences
Summer School for Physics I is required of all students.
Students choose one science for a two year study beginning in 11th grade.
Grade 9: Pre-IB Biology I and Pre-IB Earth Science
Summer School after Grade 9: Pre-IB Physics
Grade 10: Pre-IB Chemistry I
Grade 11: IB Biology II, or IB Chemistry II, or IB Physics II
Grade 12: IB Biology III, or IB Chemistry III, or IB Physics III
Math
Grade 9: Pre-IB Algebra I (for students who did not earn this credit in middle school) or Pre-IB Geometry
Grade 10: Pre-IB Geometry and Algebra II for students who took Algebra I in the 9th grade or Algebra II
Grade 11: IB Trig/Analytical Geometry or Math Analysis or, with approval AP Statistics
Grade 12: IB Math Studies or IB Math Methods
Sixth Subject IB Art, Psychology, IB Music or IB Design Technology
Course Progression for IB ART or Psychology
Grade 9: Pre-IB Art/Design I
Grade 10: Pre-IB Art/Design II
Grade 11: IB Psychology or IB Art/Design III
Grade 12: Art/Design IV
The IB ART assessment takes place at the end of the senior year. The Psychology IB Exam is taken at the end of the junior year.
Course Progression for IB Music (Band)
offered from 9th though 12th, with the IB exam at the end of the senior year.
Course Progression for IB Design Technology
Students take this course in their junior year and the IB exam is taken at the end of the junior year. Students should take at least one engineering elective before entering the IB Design Tech as a junior.
Other Courses:
Grade 9: IB Geography and one elective from BHS course offerings or Sixth Subject pre-requisite course. If there are openings in the classes, IB Art may also be taken as an elective and not counted as fulfilling an IB diploma requirement.
Grade 10: elective 1 from BHS course offerings (if not taking Pre-IB Geometry) and elective 2 (if not taking Pre-IB Art/Design II)
Grade 11: elective-1st semester, Theory of Knowledge-2nd semester
Grade 12: Theory of Knowledge-1st semester, elective-2nd semester and 1 elective (if not taking IB Art/Design IV)
Other Diploma Requirements: In order to earn the International Baccalaureate Diploma, students must earn passing scores on their six IB exams (3 taken at the standard level and 3 taken at the higher level.) Students must also complete 150 hours of Creative, Action and Service activities prior to the deadline in their senior year. IB students are required to conduct an independent research study which is described in the required 4000 word IB Extended Essay due in their senior year.
For those students who wonder how anyone can meet these challenging academic requirements we would reassure you with the words of one of our graduates overheard speaking to a perspective IB student, "Your teachers will teach you everything you need to know to pass your exams and discuss the topics you might select before you work on the Extended Essay. If you'll do your part and do your work and reading, you will look back and realize these requirements aren't as tough as they once seemed."
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