IB Environmental Systems and Societies (SL)

This one-year course provides students with a perspective on the interrelationships between ecosystems and societies. Students will emerge from the class with an understanding of complex environmental issues in which the interaction between ecosystems and societies is central. Sustainability is the integrative theme of this course. Students will develop the capability to formulate an informed personal response to both local and global issues. Students will take the Earth Science 1 Standards of Learning assessment only when they have not yet earned sufficient credit for graduation and/or satisfied federal testing requirements. Environmental Systems and Societies can serve as a requirement for either a Group 3 (Individuals and Societies) course or a Group 4 (Experimental Science) course within the IB diploma program. 40 hours of lab work and participation in the Group 4 Project are required by the IBO.