Grade XII - Prelim Syllabus.docx

PORTION FOR GRADE XII
PRELIM EXAMINATION
Subject
Name
Portion
English
Literature
SL and HL
Higher Level - English Literature
Any four of the following Plays for Paper 2:
● Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller
● The Glass Menagerie - Tennessee Williams
● Riders to the Sea- John Synge
● Look Back in Anger- John Osborne
● Saint Joan- G. B Shaw
● The Importance of Being Earnest- Oscar Wilde
● The Hairy Ape- Eugene O’Neill
● Arms and the Man- G.B Shaw
● Master Harold and the Boys - Athol Fugard
● The Zoo Story - Edward Albee
Standard Level - English Literature
Any three of the following Plays for Paper 2:
● Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller
● The Glass Menagerie - Tennessee Williams
● Look Back in Anger - John Osborne
● Saint Joan- G. B Shaw
● The Importance of Being Earnest- Oscar Wilde
● Arms and the Man- G.B Shaw
English
Lang & Lit
SL
Plays for Paper 2:
● Antigone - Jean Anouilh
● Saint Joan- G. B Shaw
Hindi HL
Hindi SL
French B
SL
whole syllabus
French Ab
Initio
Full IB Portion as per Subject Guide excluding the topics of Health and Environment.
Psychology
HL
Part 1: The Core Define the terms “culture” and “cultural norms”.
Examine the role of two cultural dimensions on behaviour (for example,
individualism/collectivism, power distance, uncertainty avoidance, Confucian
dynamism, masculinity/femininity).
Using one or more examples, explain “emic” and “etic” concepts.
Evaluate one theory of how emotion may affect one cognitive process (for example,
state-dependent memory, flashbulb memory, affective filters).
Evaluate schema theory with reference to research studies.
Part 2 – Options – Psychology of Human Relationships
Part 2 – Options – Abnormal psychology
Psychology
SL
Part 1: The Core Define the terms “culture” and “cultural norms”.
Examine the role of two cultural dimensions on behaviour (for example,
individualism/collectivism, power distance, uncertainty avoidance, Confucian
dynamism, masculinity/femininity).
Using one or more examples, explain “emic” and “etic” concepts.
Evaluate one theory of how emotion may affect one cognitive process (for example,
state-dependent memory, flashbulb memory, affective filters).
Evaluate schema theory with reference to research studies.
Part 2 – Options – Psychology of Human Relationships
History HL
Paper 2: the causes , effects and practices of war.: types of warfare, the guellera war,
world wars. the cold war: peace conferences, mini wars within the cold war. fall of
USSR
B & M HL
/ SL
Topic 1: Business organization and environment
1.8 Change and the management of change (HL)
Topic 2: Human resources
2.1 Human resource planning
2.2 Organizational structure
2.3 Communication
2.4 Leadership and management
2.5 Motivation
2.6 Organizational and corporate cultures (HL)
2.7 Employer and employee relations (HL)
2.8 Crisis management and contingency planning (HL)
Topic 3: Accounts and finance
3.5 Final accounts
3.6 Ratio analysis
Topic 4: Marketing
4.2 Marketing planning (Sales Forecasting and trends)
4.7 International marketing
4.8 E-commerce
Topic 5: Operations management
5.1 Production methods
5.4 Quality assurance
5.6 Innovation (HL)
5.7 Production planning
5.8 Project management (HL)
Topic 6: Business strategy (HL only)
Stage 1: Strategic analysis
Stage 2: Strategic choice
Stage 3: Strategic implementation
Note: All topics listed above need to be covered with respect to learning outcome stated
in the subject guide.
Section A: Imperial-Pre seen case study issued by IBO. All the concepts applicable to
Imperial can be tested during the assessment. (25 marks)
Section B: Paper 2 format. (25 marks)
Economics
HL
Section - III - International Economics
Section - IV - Development Economics
Economics
SL
Section - III - International Economics
Section - IV - Development Economics
Physics HL
Topic 5: Electric currents
5.1 Electric potential difference, current and resistance
5.2 Electric circuits
Topic 6: Fields and forces
6.1 Gravitational force and field
6.2 Electric force and field
6.3 Magnetic force and field
Topic 9: Motion in fields
9.3 Electric field, potential and energy
Topic 12: Electromagnetic induction
12.1 Induced electromotive force (emf)
12.2 Alternating current
12.3 Transmission of electrical power
Topic 7: Atomic and nuclear physics
7.1 The atom
7.2 Radioactive decay
7.3 Nuclear reactions, fission and fusion
Topic 13: Quantum physics and nuclear physics
13.1 Quantum physics
13.2 Nuclear physics
Topic 8: Energy, power and climate change
8.1 Energy degradation and power generation
8.2 World energy sources
8.3 Fossil fuel power production
8.4 Non-fossil fuel power production
8.5 Greenhouse effect
8.6 Global warming
Option H: Relativity
H1 Introduction to relativity
H2 Concepts and postulates of special relativity
H3 Relativistic kinematics
H4 Some consequences of special relativity
H5 Evidence to support special relativity
H6 Relativistic momentum and energy
H7 General relativity
H8 Evidence to support general relativity
Physics SL
Topic 5: Electric currents
5.1 Electric potential difference, current and resistance
5.2 Electric circuits
Topic 6: Fields and forces
6.1 Gravitational force and field
6.2 Electric force and field
6.3 Magnetic force and field
Topic 7: Atomic and nuclear physics
7.1 The atom
7.2 Radioactive decay
7.3 Nuclear reactions, fission and fusion
Topic 8: Energy, power and climate change
8.1 Energy degradation and power generation
8.2 World energy sources
8.3 Fossil fuel power production
8.4 Non-fossil fuel power production
8.5 Greenhouse effect
8.6 Global warming
Option A: Sight and wave phenomena
A1 The eye and sight
A2 Standing (stationary) waves
A3 Doppler effect
A4 Diffraction
A5 Resolution
A6 Polarization
Chemistry
HL
Topic 7: Equilibrium
7.1: Dynamic equilibrium
7.2: The position of equilibrium
17.1: Liquid -vapour equilibrium
17.2: The equilibrium law
Topic 8: Acids and bases
8.1: Theories of acids and bases
8.2: Properties of acids and bases
Strong and weak acids and bases
8.4: The pH scale
18.1 Calculations involving acids and bases
18.2:Buffer solutions
18.3:Salt Hydrolysis
18.4: Acid-base titrations
18.5: Indicators
Topic 9: Oxidation and reduction
9.1 Introduction to oxidation and reduction
9.2: Redox equations
9.3: Reactivity
9.4: Voltaic cells
9.5: Electrolyic cells
19.1: Standard electrode potentials
19.2: Electrolysis
Topic 10:Organic Chemistry
10.1: Introduction
10.2: Alkanes
10.3 :Alkenes
10.4: Alcohols
10.5: Halogenoalkanes
10.6: Reaction pathways
20.1 : Introduction
20.2: Nucleophilic substitution reactions
20.3: Elimination reactions
20.4: Condensation reactions
20.5:Reaction Pathways
20.6: Stereoisomerism
Option F: Food Chemistry
F1: Food groups
F2: Fats and oils
F3: Shelf life
F4: Colour
F5: Genetically modified foods
F6: Texture
Chemistry
SL
Topic 7: Equilibrium
7.1: Dynamic equilibrium
7.2: The position of equilibrium
Topic 8: Acids and bases
8.1: Theories of acids and bases
8.2: Properties of acids and bases
Strong and weak acids and bases
8.4: The pH scale
Topic 9: Oxidation and reduction
9.1 Introduction to oxidation and reduction
9.2: Redox equations
9.3: Reactivity
9.4: Voltaic cells
9.5: Electrolyic cells
Topic 10:Organic Chemistry
10.1: Introduction
10.2: Alkanes
10.3 :Alkenes
10.4: Alcohols
10.5: Halogenoalkanes
10.6: Reaction pathways
Option F: Food Chemistry
F1: Food groups
F2: Fats and oils
F3: Shelf life
F4: Colour
F5: Genetically modified foods
F6: Texture
Biology HL 8 Cell respiration and photosynthesis
8.1: Cell respiration
8.2 photosynthesis
9 Plant sciences
9.1 Plant structure and growth
9.2 Transport in angiospermophytes
9.3 Reproduction in angiospermophytes
Option G Ecology and conservation
G1 Community ecology
G2 Ecosystems and biomes
G3 Impacts of humans on ecosystems
G4 Conservation of biodiversity
G5 Population ecology
Option H Further human physiology (HL)
H1 Hormonal control
H2 Digestion
H3 Absorption of digested foods
H4 Functions of liver
H5 The transport system
H6 Gas exchange
Biology SL
5 Ecology and evolution
5.1 Communities and ecosystem
5.2 The greenhouse effect
5.3 populations
5.4 Evolution
5.5 Classification
6 human health and physiology I
6.1 Digestion
6.2 The transport system
6.3 Defence against infectious disease
6.4 Gas exchange
6.5 Nerve, hormones and homeostasis
6.6 Reproduction
Option A Human nutrition and health
A1 Component of the human diet
A2 Energy in human diets
A3 Special issues in human nutrition
Option G Ecology and conservation
G1 Community ecology
G2 Ecosystems and biomes
G3 Impacts of humans on ecosystems
ESS
Topic 4: Conservation and biodiversity
Topic 5 Pollution Management.
Topic 6: The issue of global warming
Topic 7: Environmental value systems
Computer
Science SL
1: System fundamentals
2: Computer organization
3: Networks
4: Computational thinking, problem-solving and programming (JAVA)
Option: Object-oriented programming (OOP)
Math HL
Mathematical Induction: Links to a wide variety of topics, for example, complex
numbers, differentiation, sums of series, divisibility, trigonometry, etc.
(Chapter 12 of IBID textbook).
Calculus: Complete topic 6 from subject guide ( Chapters 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23 of
IBID textbook) .
Vectors: Complete topic 4 from subject guide ( Chapters 26 and 27 of IBID textbook) .
Math SL
Statistics : Continuous & discrete data,frequency distributions, histograms, measures of
central tendency, measures of spread,quartiles, box-plots.
Scatter diagrams, Correlation & Regression analysis.
Probability : Probability, Probability & Venn diagrams, tree diagrams, Conditional
Probability, Mutually exclusive & independent events, Probability with or without
replacement.
Concept of discrete random variables & their probability distributions. E(x) for discrete
data, applications.
Binomial distribution.
Normal distribution.
Calculus :
Differential Calculus - Idea of limit, First principle method, Differentiation (Power rule,
Derivative of transcendental functions), second derivative,Tangents & Normals, Curve
sketching, Rational functions, Applications of Differential Calculus.
Integration : Indefinite integral, solving for c, definite integrals, standard integrals,
integration by substitution, Applications of integration.
Vectors : Scalar & vector quatitites, Representation of vectors, Algebra & geometry of
vectors,Representation of vectors in 2 & 3 dimensions, unit vector & base vector
notation, vector operations, Scalar product of two vectors.
Chapters from Textbook ( Fabio Cirrito)
12. Statistics
Correlation & Regression Analysis - Handout
14. Probability
15. Discrete Random Variables
16. The Normal distribution
17 to 21: Calculus
11.1 to 11. 6 : Vectors
Math MS
1. Descriptive Statistics
2.The normal distribution
3. Two variable Statistics
4.Quadratic functions
5.Exponential functions.
6.Unfamiliar functions
7. Differential calculus
8.Application of Differential calculus