IB Environmental Systems

Course Description

Grade(s): 12                        Level: IB SL                        Credit(s): 2 in Science     Groups: 3,4 or 6

Prerequisite(s): Biology

Environmental Systems and Societies is a  trans-disciplinary  two-year course designed  to combine the techniques and knowledge associated with group 4 (the experimental sciences) with those associated with group 3 (individuals and  societies).  By  choosing  to  study  this  course  as  part  of  their  diploma,  students  are  able  to  satisfy  the

requirements  for  both  groups  3  and  4  of  the  hexagon,  thus  allowing  them  to choose another subject  from any hexagon group  (including another group 3 or 4 subject). The environmental systems and societies course is offered at SL only. 

The prime  intent of  this course  is  to provide students with a coherent perspective of the interrelationships between environmental systems and societies; one  that enables  them  to adopt an  informed personal  response to the wide range of pressing environmental  issues  that  they will inevitably come to face. Students’ attention can be constantly

drawn to  their own  relationship with their environment and the significance of choices and decisions that they make in  their  own  lives.  It  is  intended  that  students  develop  a sound understanding of  the  interrelationships between environmental systems and societies.  (Extracted from the International Baccalaureate Environmental Systems and Societies Curriculum)