[1] The transdisciplinary course Literature and Performance (satisfying the requirements of Groups 1 and 6) is also available at Standard Level.
HL students are expected to demonstrate a higher level of analytical and choreographic skill, integrating feedback from their internal assessments to refine their compositions.
This requires research of two completely different musical genres with comparable qualities (e.g. Tuvan throat singing and Baroque opera).
HL and SL candidates are also required to complete Section B of the exam, which is aural analysis of four previously unheard extracts, of which two are named, and one has a score provided.
HL students engage in more complex analysis and production tasks, reflecting a deeper immersion in the subject.
The internal assessments are the Theater Performance and Production Presentation (TPPP) and the Independent Project Portfolio (IPP).
The external components are a Practical Performance Proposal (PPP) and a Research Investigation (RI).
The TPPP is a presentation on the student's involvement in their performance and production aspects of all areas of the core syllabus.
The IPP is a portfolio of 3000 words at HL and 2000 at SL in which the student reflects on his/her learning and development during the production of an independent project, which is a project in which the student explores and practices a role in the theater (actor, director, dramaturg, scriptwriter, etc.).
For the PPP, the student has to adopt a directorial perspective and write a concept for a play using one of the prescribed stimuli.
For SL, it contains a 250-word pitch and explanatory, visual material that illustrates the student's understanding of the intended process of realization.
Student's research should contribute to a realization of the play or theater piece from their chosen theatrical practice.
The Visual Art program aims to teach the student about design, structure and the aesthetic development of work.
The exam for Visual Art encourages the candidate to articulate their concerns and development over the course of the two years of study.
However, the alternate to the interview process is to write a 1000 word statement on your IB journey in Visual Arts.
They document art and design history that is relevant to the candidate’s exploration of ideas and will also contain notes, sketches, photographs, mind-maps and pictures of inspiration, development and final works.
The Independent Study is a research project that must be presented in the form of a Documentary Script, in which the candidate undertakes an individual investigation based on a topic of film history or theory.
The candidate must focus on one of five production roles: Director, Writer, Cinematographer, Editor or Sound Designer.
Film SL is offered online to students enrolled in the IB Diploma Programme.