As a DP student you must select one subject from the following columns and take three subjects at higher level.

In addition to your six subjects you will also take Theory of knowledge and CAS, and you will be responsible for writing the Extended Essay, which is an independent research paper of 4000 words, written over a period of several months.

When choosing your subjects you should think first about what you want to do as a career, then research that career to find out what you need to study at university to be qualified in a particular field. If you want to be a doctor, for example, then you will need to study medicine. In order to be accepted into most medical programmes you will need to take chemistry and biology at higher level.. 

Most universities will specify what IB students should take in order to get into particular programmes.

The assessment in each subject group is based on the determination of the level of student performance against the established criteria, and not on the ranking of students in a given group. External assessment includes a number of tasks emphasising higher-order cognitive thinking skills, and which may take the form of essays and test sets. Internal assessment carried out by the teachers and moderated by the IB, is part of the final assessment of the student.

Each IB Learner creates his or her curriculum profile to a large extent by themselves. Subject and level groups are formed taking into account the staffing and organizational capacity of the school.

The student’s task is to choose one subject from each of 5 groups, which ensures the breadth of knowledge and deep understanding of:

• the student’s best language,
• additional language(s),
• the social sciences,
• the experimental sciences
• mathematics.

Each student can choose to study an additional subject from the groups 1-4.

Students must choose 3 subjects at Higher level and 3 subjects at Standard level. Language B subjects can be taken at AB initio level instead of Standard level.

Group 1 – Studies in language and literature

Students learn to appreciate the language and literature through the study of formal literary texts. At the IHSW we offer the following subjects in Group 1:

• Polish A
• English A
• School supported self-taught language in mother tongue (only offered at standard level)

Group 2 – Language acquisition

Students gain the ability to communicate in a foreign language. In our high school we offer the following subject in Group 2:

• English B (only offered at higher level)
• French B
• German B
• Spanish B

Group 3 – Individuals and societies

Students develop a critical approach to the experience and human behaviour by studying the social sciences, such as economics, geography and history. In our school we offer the following subjects in Group 3:

• Geography
• History
• Business Management
• Environmental Systems and Societies* (only offered at standard level)
• Psychology

Group 4 – Sciences

Students explore the concepts, theories and methods of physical and biological sciences, such as chemistry, physics and biology. We offer the following subjects in Group 4:

• Biology
• Chemistry
• Physics
• Environmental Systems and Societies (only offered at standard level)

Group 5 – Mathematics

Students increase their understanding of mathematics and its applications. At our school we offer the following subjects in this group:

• Analysis and approaches course
• Applications and interpretation course

Group 6 – Elective

In Group 6 students choose an additional subject from groups 1 to 4.