CURRICULUM

The ISK Tirol offers an international curriculum on one location for 10-11 until 18-19 year old students, who get prepared at best for the globalized world in the future.

During their time at the ISK Tirol the young individuals learn to be open-minded, communicative, social, inquiring and reflecting. High value is placed on personal development, enhancing creativity and social responsibility.

Main focuses:

Languages	English - German - Spanish
Sciences	Mathematics - Biology & environmental Science - Chemistry - Physics - Lab
Individuals & Societies	History - Economics - Geography - Psychology & Philosophy
The Arts	Visual Arts - Design (Lower Secondary) - Music - Theatre
Information Technology	Informatics - Digital Basic Education (Lower Secondary)
Physical Education	Sports - Outdoor and fun sports
Religious Education	Catholic - Protestant - Islam • Orthodox

Further special contents: Upper Secondary: English Preparation, (IB) Coaching, Academic Writing, Ball Sports, Choir, Arts Club; Lower Secondary: Morning Circle, Choir, Theatre, Ball Sports, Arts Club

LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL

In the 5^th up to the 8^th the ISK Tirol offers a modern curriculum linked to the international curriculum of the “IB Middle Years Programme (MYP)”.

In the first class (5^th grade), the students will be taught bilingual (in German and English) and monolingual (English). Starting with the second class English becomes the language of classroom instruction.

Cultural diversity enriches. Local German speaking kids rapidly achieve an excellent English level in all offered subjects. Students with another native language then German and with an international background receive a modern education in English and learn the German language as well.

At best qualified teachers (German and English native speakers) individually guide the students. The range of subjects of the lower secondary school prepares the students optimally for the upper secondary school of the ISK Tirol and the IB Diploma Programme.

UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL

The curriculum of a normal “Oberstufenrealgymnasium” with all general subjects of a secondary school creates the basis for the education programme in the 4 years of secondary school (9^th up to 12^th grade).

In addition to the general curriculum the ISK Tirol, as an "IB World School", is authorized to offer the IB Diploma Programme (recognised worldwide). Special attention is payed to those specific subjects in the last two grades and everything is excellently linked to the Austrian curriculum.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB DP)

For the two-year IB Diploma Programme (grades 11 and 12) the students must choose six subjects from six subject groups.

The students need to choose three out of six IB subjects at higher level (240 teaching hours in grades 11 and 12) and three at standard level (150 teaching hours in grades 11 and 12), according to their own interests and competences. For detailed information, please refer to www.ibo.org.

The following IB-courses are currently offered at the ISK Tirol:

Group 1 – Studies in Language and Literature	English A – Language and Literature HL/SL German A – Language and Literature HL/SL [Self-taught Program – Mother Tongue]
Group 2 – Language Acquisition	English B HL German B SL Spanish B HL/SL
Group 3 – Individuals and Societies	Economics HL/SL History HL/SL Psychology HL/SL
Group 4 – Sciences	Biology HL/SL Physics HL/SL Chemistry HL/SL
Group 5 – Mathematics	Mathematics: applications & interpretations SL/[HL] Mathematics: analysis & approaches SL/[HL]
Group 6 – The Arts	Theatre HL/SL Visual Arts HL/SL
IB Diploma Core	ToK – Theory of Knowledge EE – The Extended Essay CAS – Creativity, Activity, Service

* Subjects in [ ] require special arrangements that might incur additional fees

The “Diploma Core” builds the centrepiece of the IB Diploma Programme. The students:

write a research paper (extended essay/EE)
enrol for the subject Theory of Knowledge (ToK)
take part in the extracurricular projects of the CAS-Programm (Creativity, Activity, Service)