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SENIOR SCHOOL
IB Orientation
Gen 2018
Agenda
• IB learner profile
• Diploma Curriculum Framework
• IB Diploma Subjects
• Compulsory Subjects
• Other available subjects
• IB Regulations
• Grades System
• Liceo & IB
IB LEARNER PROFILE
The IB Diploma prepares students for
university and encourages them to :
• ask challenging questions
• learn how to learn
• develop a strong sense of their own identity and
culture
• develop the ability to communicate with and
understand people from other countries and
cultures.
IB Diploma Curriculum Framework
IB Diploma Subjects
• Spanish A
• English A
• Maths
• G3 - Individuals & Societies
• G4 - Experimental Sciences
• 6th subject
• CAS
• TOK
• Extended Essay
Compulsory Subjects
• Language A: Spanish HL
• Language A: English HL (Lang&Lit or Lit)
• Mathematics: HL/ SL/ SL Studies
• TOK
• CAS
• Extended Essay
Available Subjects
• G3 - Individuals and Societies:
History/Business/Economics/Philosophy/ Geography/ITGS/ESS
• G4 - Experimental Sciences:
Biology / Physics / Chemistry / Comp Science / ESS
• 6th subject:
Portuguese/French
Theatre / Visual Arts
Another G3-Ind & Soc or G4-Exp Sciences
IB Regulations
• Bilingual Diploma
• 3 Subjects at Higher Level:
English A and Spanish A at HL
• 3 Subjects at Standard Level
• Internal Assessment component
• All IB Exams in Nov 2018
• Minimum of 8 students per subject
Grades System
• Diploma: 45 points maximum
• Pass Mark: 24
• Each exam (HL and SL) over 7
• Pass mark: 4
• Up to 3 extra points for EE+TOK
Important Dates
• Friday 15th July: Deadline to give a 1st idea
of IB subjects (Schoology)
• Thu 29th Sept / Tue 4th Oct: IB Evening
• Friday 28th October: deadline to choose IB
subjects and Preparatorios (Schoology)
• Mon 14th Nov – Fri 2nd Dec: IB classes
• Friday 9th Dec: deadline to change subjects
& Orientación Preparatorios
Bachillerato Integrado
Orientaciones
5to año
Humanístico 5H
Científico 5C
Biológico 5B
Arte y Expresión 5A
6to año
Social-Económica 6E
Social-Humanística 6D
Físico-Matemática 6I
Matemática-Diseño 6Q
Ciencias Biológicas 6M
Ciencias Agrarias 6A
Arte y Expresión 6X
5th Yr Subjects
6th Yr Subjects
Report System
Independence
and
Responsibility
Bachillerato Integrado
• Results come on Jan 6, 2019
• Consequences
• Importance of Reports
• IB+Bachillerato Nacional to complete 6th
Yr and enter Uruguayan Universities
• IB Exams in Feb 2019 (if IB Diploma not
awarded)
• IB Retakes in May 2019
Study skills
Autogestión
Years 5 - Student Followup
• Academic follow-up: Dora
Sajevicius, Cecilia Pombo, and
Florencia Paullier
• Learning follow-up: Learning
Support Services
• Emotional follow-up: Verónica
Lanza
Information about University
options
Uruguay
• http://www.universidad.edu.uy/renderPage/i
ndex/pageId/71#heading_194
Other countries
• Ms Victoria Bauzá
SENIOR SCHOOL
IB Orientation
Gen 2018