What is the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme?
The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) is an internationally recognized program in use in 94 countries. This comprehensive course of study serves highly-motivated college-bound students. It emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach to learning in which the student is an active participant. To receive an IB diploma the student must successfully complete course work and externally graded examinations in six academic areas as well as complete three unique program requirements. The goal of IBDP is to produce critical thinkers with a well-rounded global perspective. What is the IB curriculum at Franklin High School? Students become diploma candidates upon acceptance into the program their junior year. The curriculum includes six subject areas: three higher level subjects taken both the junior and senior year (English IB, Biology IB, History of the Americas IB) and three standard level subjects (foreign language, preferably the fifth year of the language, either Math Studies
