Global Politics · Higher level, the HL recommendation, HL extension & Paper 3
HL.2 — HL extension: global political challenges
Global Politics · SL / HL · syllabus-mapped notes
What the HL extension is
The ~80 hours of independent research into global political challenges, ≥2 topic areas and ≥2 case studies, that Paper 3 assesses.
The eight topic areas
Borders, environment, equality, health, identity, poverty, security and technology, overlapping areas, studied through the links between them.
Structuring your inquiry
The two ways in, and the guiding lines of inquiry (background/data · causes, impacts & responses · reflection) that structure research and Paper 3.