Oxford IB Diploma Programme: Environmental Systems and Societies Course Companion

1. Foundations of environmental systems and societies ; 1.1 Environmental value systems ; 1.2 Systems and models ; 1.3 Energy and equilibria ; 1.4 Sustainability ; 1.5 Humans and pollution ; 2. Ecosystems and ecology ; 2.1 Species and populations ; 2.2 Communities and ecosystems ; 2.3 Flows of energy and matter ; 2.4 Biomes, zonation and succession ; 2.5 Investigating ecosystems ; 3. Biodiversity and conservation ; 3.1 An introduction to biodiversity ; 3.2 Origins of biodiversity ; 3.3 Threats to biodiversity ; 3.4 Conservation of biodiversity ; 4. Water, food production, systems and society ; 4.1 Introduction to water systems ; 4.2 Access to freshwater ; 4.3 Aquatic food production systems ; 4.4 Water pollution ; 5. Soil systems and society ; 5.1 Introduction to soil systems ; 5.2 Terrestrial food production systems ; 5.3 Soil degradation and conservation ; 6. Atmospheric systems and society ; 6.1 Introduction to the atmosphere ; 6.2 Stratospheric ozone ; 6.3 Photochemical smog ; 6.4 Acid deposition ; 7. Climate change and energy ; 7.1 Energy choices and security ; 7.2 Climate change - causes and impacts ; 7.3 Climate change - mitigation and adaptation ; 8. Human Systems and resource use ; 8.1 Human population dynamics ; 8.2 Resource use in society ; 8.3 Solid domestic waste ; 8.4 Human population carrying capacity ; 9. Internal Assessment ; 10. External Assessment ; 11. Extended Essay