The IB Diploma Program is offered in Spanish and is the basic High School program. Even though in 10^th grade students must choose whether or not they will take the full program, all students must attend Theory of Knowledge (TOK) and comply with the requirements of Creativity, Action and Service (CAS), while at the same time they must take the exam of one of the three IB English levels offered by the school (IB English A: Literature HL, IB English A: Language and Literature HL, and IB English B HL).

In the beginning of the second term of 10th grade, students decide which plan of studies they will take during High School and focus towards obtaining the IB Diploma or preparing themselves for the PSU examinations.  Regardless of the chosen plan, they also select which courses of the IB Diploma they will study in Group 3 (Individuals and Societies), Group 4 (Sciences), Group 5 (Mathematics) and Group 6 (Art), all of which last for the two years of High School.  This selection allows each student to create his own study plan based on his/her interest and abilities, within the range of courses offered by the school.  On the other hand, all High School students, regardless of the program they have chosen, receive seven hours of exclusive preparation for PSU examinations during 11^th grade (2 hours for the Language test, 2 hours for the Mathematical test, 3 hours of Science or History test).  In 12^th grade, an additional hour in Science or History is added and the total hours spent in preparation for PSU examination reach 8 hours.

PROGRAMS

Plan 1: IB Diploma

This plan permits the student to opt for taking the IB examinations in 12^th grade and apply for the IB Diploma granted by the International Baccalaureate Organization. This diploma is accepted by a large number of universities all over the world. All students in this plan must determine whether they may be candidates to the IB Diploma in second term of 11^th grade.  Those who decide to do so, must prepare a Monograph on a subject of their interest in one of their courses.

Even though all students must take Spanish as their Group 1 subject, most students in this plan take English as second Group-1 subject in substitution for the Group-2 subject.  A lower number take English B NS as their Group-2 subject.

Those students who opt for this plan may take subjects at a higher level beyond the English IB course.  They must take one subject in each group of IB courses, even though they can replace the Group-6 subject (Art) for any second subject in Group 3 (Individuals and Societies) or Group 4 (Sciences).

All students must also attend the workshops on Social Sciences and PSU.  Within plan 1 there are 2 sub-plans:  Pacific Basin Plan and ESS Plan. In any of these cases, students who decide to take Chile in the Pacific Basin or the course on Environmental Systems and Societies undertake to be candidates to the diploma and take the IB examinations in 11th and 12th grade.

IB Course

Group 1

Spanish A: Literature Higher Level

Spanish A: Language and Literature Higher Level

Spanish A: Language and Literature Middle Level

English A: Literature Higher Level

English A: Language and Literature Higher Level

Group 2

English B Higher Level

Group 3

Contemporaneous History Middle Level

Economy Middle Level

Economy Higher Level

Psychology Middle Level

Psychology Higher Level

Philosophy Middle Level

Philosophy Higher Level

Chile in the Pacific Basin Middle Level

Group 4

Biology Middle Level

Biology Higher Level

Chemistry Middle Level

Physics Middle Level

Physics Higher Level

Environmental Systems and Societies Standard Level (in English)

Group 5

Mathematics Studies Middle Level

Mathematics Middle Level

Mathematics Higher Level

Group 6

Visual Art Middle Level

Visual Art Higher Level

Music Middle Level

Drama Middle Level

Drama Higher Level

Plan 2: National

Those students who opt for plan 2 will also receive IB education, as they must take Theory of Knowledge and comply with the requirements of Creativity, Action and Service (CAS), but will focus on preparing the PSU. This is why they cannot choose any course on IB language or IB Mathematics, and must take the Spanish National Plan and Mathematics National Plan courses.  Just as in Plan 1, all students must attend the Social Sciences course and the PSU workshops. They cannot take any higher level courses, except for English courses.  They must also take the IB examinations in English in 12^th grade.

They can choose between the following Higher Level English courses.

IB Courses

Group 1

English A: Literature Higher Level

English A: Language and Literature Higher Level

Group 2

English B Higher Level

They may choose between the following Middle Level courses:

Group 3

Contemporaneous History Middle Level

Economy Middle Level

Psychology Middle Level

Philosophy Middle Level

Group 4

Biology Middle Level

Chemistry Middle Level

Physics Middle Level

Group 6

Visual Art Middle Level

Music Middle Level

Drama Middle Level

Community and Service

Within the IB Diploma scheme, CAS (Creativity, Action and Service) has a main role in the development of the attributes of the IB Learning Community Profile. Any High School Student at Santiago College must comply with the teachings delivered by their CAS activities and its reflections evidenced through eight learning objectives:

• Acquire a greater awareness of his/her own qualities and growing areas.
  • Undertake new challenges
  • Propose and plan activities.
  • Work in collaboration with other people.
  • Show perseverance and personal commitment in their activities.
  • Take part in activities and projects on global matters.
  • Consider the ethical implications of their actions.