IB Diploma in Global Politics

Course summary

Global Politics is a course for students who want to understand more about how the world they live in works, what makes it change, or prevents it from changing. The course draws on a variety of disciplinary traditions in the study of politics and international relations, and more broadly in the social sciences and humanities. Students build their knowledge and understanding of the local, national, international and global dimensions of political activity and processes by critically engaging with contemporary political issues and challenges. The aims of the course are to enable students to: • Explore and evaluate power in contemporary global politics • Examine how state and non-state actors operate and interact within political systems • Investigate and analyse contemporary political issues and challenges from multiple perspectives • Develop a lifelong commitment to active global citizenship through collaboration and agency Core Understanding power and global politics Thematic studies • Rights and justice • Development and sustainability • Peace and conflict