Students choose six subjects from the five subject groups. There must be one subject from each group, group six is electives or arts. We do not offer any art subjects and students can therefore choose one extra subject from group 2, 3 or 4. Students choose three subjects at standard level (three lessons per week) and three subjects at higher level (five lessons per week). In addition to the academic subjects, all students have the core subjects:
Theory of Knowledge: In the ToK course, students explore themselves as thinkers and develop thinking skills. How do we know what we know? Is this knowledge valid? What are the limits of our knowledge? Is knowledge dependent on culture and religion? Do our communication skills increase ours and others’ knowledge?
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Creativity Activity Service: CAS stands for (Creativity Action Service) and it is a core component of the IBDP that encourages students to develop their personal and interpersonal growth by learning through experience and by providing them opportunities to self-determination and collaboration with others. CAS is an essential counterbalance to the academic rigor of the IB Diploma Programme, as it motivates students to show initiative and perseverance and to develop collaboration, problem-solving and decision-making skills
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Extended Essay: The Extended Essay is an independent piece of research conducted by students in a subject and area that they choose. They write an essay based on their findings. This is similar to the way students work at universities, and this prepare them well for university studies. For more information For more information, please click here https://www.ibo.org/programmes/diploma-programme/curriculum/extended-essay/what-is-the-extended-essay/
Group 1
In the subject Norwegian A the students will be encouraged to travel through time and space by reading books of a wide range of variety. The course aims at fostering av lifelong love for reading. In addition to reading the good old classics, the students have the opportunity to choose some of their favourite books and add them to the reading list. The course invites the students to critical thinking through discussion, creative writing and depth going analysis based on literary criticism from different angels. The assessments cover essay writing, literary comments and an oral presentation. Teaching language is Norwegian. The course is a literature course solely and the students use only one of the variants of written Norwegian, though the chosen texts might be written in both Bokmål and Nynorsk.
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The School Supported Self-Taught Literature course as well as Language A: literature courses, challenge students to focus exclusively on literary texts, adopting a variety of approaches to textual criticism. Students explore the nature of literature, the aesthetic function of literary language and textuality, and the relationship between literature and the world. Students are expected to develop their proficiency, fluency and linguistic range, to acquire the vocabulary appropriate to the analysis of texts. They will also deepen their understanding of a wide variety of concepts explored through literary texts to interpret, analyses, evaluate and then communicate this understanding in clear, organized and developed products. Students choose to study their best language (mother tongue) independently with tutoring in English from an experienced language A teacher.
Group 2
Same subjects as in group 1, in addition
Language B is developed for students who is learning Norwegian as a foreign language. Main focus is oral and written communication and increasing the vocabulary. Topics covered are Identities, Experiences, Human inequity, Social Organization and Sharing the Planet. If you choose HL, you will also read two literary works. From 2020, Norwegian university entrance requirement for foreigner is Norwegian B HL.
Norwegian B er først og fremst et kurs for elever som ikke har norsk som morsmål og for de som i lav grad har praktisert morsmålet norsk gjennom oppveksten. Kurset er ment for elever som har noe erfaring med norsk fra før. Gjennom kurset får du mulighet til å utvikle god lese- og lytteforståelse samt muntlig og skriftlig kommunikasjon på norsk. Du kommer til å lese mange spennende saktekster og skjønnlitterære tekster, og du får videreutvikle dine skriveferdigheter i en rekke ulike sjangrer. Velger du Higher Level, får du mulighet til å lese to norske verk (vanligvis romaner) som du får muntlig eksamen om i slutten av siste skoleår.
Samtidig som du utvikler språket, skal du jobbe med fem spennende emner du kommer til å lære mye om. I arbeidet med emnene inngår blant annet aktuelle filmer. Hovedemnene er disse: Identities, Experiences, Human ingenuity, Social organization og Sharing the planet.
En ekstern vurdering i slutten av kurset består av:
- Lese- og lytteforståelse (Paper 2)
- Tekstproduksjon (Paper 1)
- Internal Assessment (muntlig eksamen) som vurderes internt og eksternt.
Undervisningen i Norwegian B er differensiert opplæring, og vi tilpasser hver undervisningstime til den enkeltes nivå. Vi legger også opp til ulike former for samspill og kommunikasjon med alle i klassen og på tvers av klasser og kurs. Å jobbe med de fem emnene gir deg gode muligheter til å ta i bruk dine kreative sider som for eksempel å lage film, dramatisere, skrive, synge og spille, lage plakater, ulike spill og delta i andre aktiviteter der språkutvikling og arbeid med emnene foregår samtidig.
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Group 3
The History course covers the last century and is more in-depth than the Norwegian curriculum which covers the whole world and national history. You will learn about World War 1, World War 2, civil wars and authoritarian states such as Hitler’s Germany, Mussolini’s Italy and Mao’s China. You will learn to work independently and in groups, and you undertake one historical investigation on a topic you choose yourself. Teaching and study methods are varied, using many learning resources such textbooks, films, role-play, presentations, group work and podcasts. History is a subject which is vital to our understanding of current events and conflicts, and how the development has taken us where we are today.
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The global politics course covers a wide variety of different key concepts. Some of these key concepts are globalization, power, sovereignty, human rights, development, international relations, peace and conflict. Global politics focuses on different perspectives on international and global changes especially on the social side of it. You will learn to be critical by questioning, discussing and examining several topics from different viewpoints. Overall global politics gives you a deeper understanding about people, society and politics and its complexity.
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Group 4
This is about natural sciences. It includes Physics, Chemistry and Biology, but what is covered by those subjects? Do you know the difference between physics and chemistry? Biology is about life, but can you imagine overlapping areas? A short illustration can be, if you think about a tree, when it is growing up, it is mostly biology. However, the photosynthesis is a chemical process, but to bring water from the ground to the top, the tree applies laws of physics.
How did life on earth begin? How did life evolve into the rich diversity of plants, animals, fungi and bacteria we find on earth today? What makes your body capable of observing the world around you? In biology you will find answers to these and many other questions as you explore topics such as molecular biology, cell biology, human physiology, ecology and evolution. Practical work in the laboratory is an integrated part of the course. In your second year, you will design and conduct a scientific investigation on your own and find answers to your own questions about the living world. During this comprehensive two-year course you will acquire both the theoretical and practical skills needed to succeed at entry level biology in any university around the globe.
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Chemistry is the building block of all life. Knowledge of chemistry is necessary for developing new medicines, acquiring knowledge about nature, sustainable technological solutions, as well as common everyday products. A student in chemistry will learn how the world is constructed, based on the chemical and physical properties of the elements.
The IB Chemistry syllabus mirrors the content of the Norwegian chemistry to a large degree. Students choosing IB Chemistry Higher Level, however, will be able to gain a deeper understanding of the subject. Each topic is expanded either into the underlying mechanisms or into real-world applications.
The course offers a practical approach to the scientific method. Students will design investigations, collect data, analyse results, evaluate, collaborate, and communicate findings. This illustrates well how research is conducted in the scientific community. Focus on the scientific method coupled with chemistry’s invaluable basis for modern science and technology, prepares the student well for higher education.
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Physics in IB includes mostly the same syllabus as in the Norwegian subjects “Fysikk 1” and “Fysikk 2”. However, IB gives you the opportunity to dig a little deeper, especially if you choose High Level.
Topics that are covered: Measurements and uncertainties, Motion, Forces, Work, Energy and Power, Thermal physics, Oscillations av waves, Electricity and magnetism, Circular motion and gravitation, Atomic, nuclear, and particle physics, Energy production, and, Relativity theory.
High level students additionally learn more about wave phenomena, fields, and electromagnetic induction. All students will also work on a project with their own research question, performing their own experiments and investigation.
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Group 5
This course recognizes the increasing role that mathematics and technology play in a diverse range of fields in a data-rich world. As such, it emphasizes the meaning of mathematics in context by focusing on topics that are often used as applications or in mathematical modelling. To give this understanding a firm base, this course also includes topics that are traditionally part of a pre-university mathematics course such as calculus and statistics.
The course makes extensive use of technology to allow students to explore and construct mathematical models. Mathematics: applications and interpretation will develop mathematical thinking, often in the context of a practical problem and using technology to justify conjectures.
Students who choose this subject at Standard (SL) or Higher Level (HL) should enjoy seeing mathematics used in real-world contexts and to solve real-world problems. Students who wish to take Mathematics: applications and interpretation at HL will have good algebraic skills and experience of solving real-world problems. They will be students who get pleasure and satisfaction when exploring challenging problems and who are comfortable undertaking this exploration using technology.