maxihardt96 Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 Does the option topic studied in class neccessarily need to be the topic answering questions on in the final exam? Or can you study another topic in your own time to be able to answer questions on another topic area? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaby Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 Depends on the subject. E.g. History P1 will only have the questions from the option your school chose, e.g. Peacemaking and Peacekeeping. Language A, I'm pretty sure your school has to inform the IBO of what texts you're working on in class so you can't really change the option there. However, sciences you will be fine with, same with Psychology. I did a different option in Chemistry than we studied in class because my brain is allergic to biology and I couldn't wrap my head around that biochemical option, whatever it was called. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kw0573 Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 From popular classes at my school, you have to do the class options in SL/HL Literature and HL Math. you have choices in Group 2 (not sure about Classical Latin and Greek), Geography, Chemistry, Physics, and Biology. The problem with Chemistry and Physics is that they have a new syllabus. In the current HL guide, math paper 3 is described as Quote This paper consists of a small number of compulsory extended-response questions based on the option chosen and Quote Students must answer all questions. My teacher says IB is given the list of texts studied in Literature. But the guide is not explicit about it Quote Paper 2 contains three essay questions for each literary genre represented on the PLA of the language A being examined. Students answer one essay question only. The essay is written under examination conditions, without access to the studied texts ... Students are required to compare and contrast the similarities and differences between at least two of the works studied in part 3 of the course. If the course guide just says from "one option", as in the case of Physics 2016, then likely you can study your own option. If the class is not known for streams, such as HL History - Americas and HL Math (Stats/Prob) or even Literature (Prose other than fiction), or if the option does not consume a significant amount of lecture time, it is typically ok to study your own options. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxihardt96 Posted March 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 In my case its Geography. Can I then study my own option? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kw0573 Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 Yes from my post above I claimed that you can study your own options in geography. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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