IB Courses offered at Southwest
Southwest High School has been a member of the International Baccalaureate Organization, located in since the late 1980s.  The Diploma Program offers a rigorous course of study across all academic areas and from those choices Southwest offers the following IB Courses:
 
IB English
IB History SL and HL
IB Spanish SL and HL
IB French SL and HL
IB Japanese SL and HL
IB Psychology SL
IB Biology SL and HL
IB Physics SL
IB Chemistry SL
IB Math HL
IB Math Studies SL
IB Art SL and HL
IB Theatre SL and HL
IB Film Studies SL
IB Text and Performance
IB Music SL and HL
IB Dance SL and HL
 
For more information about the IB program, please see the IB website and the Minnesota IB website.
 
Students coming to Southwest High School automatically enter as participants in the IB Middle Years Program.  See Southwest IB Middle Years Program website for further information on how this operates at Southwest High School.
 
After 9th and 10th grades, students are able to determine the level of involvement they wish to have in the IB Diploma Program.