peter wai Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 A new IB history syllabus is released for 1st teaching in 2015 and 1st exam in 2017. The most significant change is that routes 1 & 2 in the old syllabus are combined into one single syllabus, so there are as many as 5 prescribed subject, 12 paper 2 topics and for each HL option there will be 18 sections. So the new syllabus seems to provide even more choices and is more flexible. Yet most contents in the old syllabus route 2 are retained in the new syllabus except for the prescribed subjects. A link to the new syllabus can be found at:https://ibpublishing.ibo.org/server2/rest/app/tsm.xql?doc=d_3_histx_gui_1501_1_e∂=1&chapter=1What do you think about it? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosalina Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 Pardon me, if the question is dumb, but does this mean we'll have to study both routes? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
isaiguana Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 Pardon me, if the question is dumb, but does this mean we'll have to study both routes?No, this new syllabus just adds a greater variety to the options that you choose to study. For example, the current syllabus only offers three prescribed subjects while this new one offers five. For an SL course, still only one prescribed subject and two topics are chosen (while at HL additionally three sections are studied from one regional option; I am not sure if this is different from the current syllabus, though). Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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