IB Economics

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IB EconomicsGeneral Economics

• Course Outlines
• Mrs. K.Balan

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IB Econ. Diploma Course

• 2-year-course
• External Internal Assessment
• IB Board Exam Standard Level / Higher Level
• External Assessment - SL Papers 1,2
• - HL Papers 1,2,3
• Internal Assessment Portfolio of 4 commentaries
  assessed internally and then assessed externally
• Commentaries must be done by students to evaluate
  their capacity and knowledge acquired and ability
  to comment on current or past economic events and
  relating them to economic concepts and theories

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Topics Covered

• Year I 11th Grade
• Section 1 Introduction to Economics
• Section 2 Microeconomics
• Section 3 Macroeconomics
• Year II 12th Grade
• Section 4 International Trade
• Section 5 Development Economics

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In School Evaluation

• Evaluation will be done as follows
• - First Quarter - 40
• - Second Quarter - 40
• - Semester Exams - 20
• Grading is done on the following basis- class
  work, quiz and test -
  40
• - homework
  - 30 - research and organisation
  of information - 10 - class participation
  - 10
• - attendance/discipline
  - 10

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General Economics

• 9th, 10th and 11th Grade
• Topics covered
• Basic Economic problem
• Nature and function of organizations and
  institutions in an economy
• Economic systems
• Markets (Demand and Supply)
• Role of government
• International Economics
• Development Economics

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In School Evaluation

• Evaluation is as follows
• First Quarter 40
• Second Quarter 40
• Semester Exams 20
• 1. Course evaluation (1st and 2nd quarters)
• - class work, test/quiz - 40
• - home work -
  30
• - research and
• organization of information - 10
• - class participation -
  10
• 2. Semester Exams
• - Written Exams -
  10
• - Course-based project work
• - project file
  - 5
• - formal presentation -
  5