ITGS Aims

The aims of all subjects in group 3, individuals and societies are to:

  1. encourage the systematic and critical study of: human experience and behavior; physical, political' economic and social environments; the history and development of social and cultural institutions
  2. develop in the student the capacity to identify, to analyze critically and to evaluate theories, concepts and arguments about the nature and activities of the individual and society
  3. enable the student to collect, describe, analyze and interpret complex data and source material and to test hypotheses
  4. develop an awareness in the student that human attitudes and beliefs are widely diverse and that the study of society requires an appreciation of such diversity
  5. enable the student to recognize that the knowledge and methodologies of the subjects in group 3 are contestable and that their study requires the acceptance of uncertainty.

The aims of the information technology in a global society (ITGS) course at standard level (SL) are to:

  1. develop an understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of new technologies as methods of expanding our knowledge of the world at the local and global level
  2. promote an understanding of the social significance of information technology for individuals, communities and organizations
  3. analyze and evaluate the ethical considerations arising from the widespread use of information technology at the local and global level
  4. recognize that people can hold diverse opinions about the impact of information technology on individuals and societies.