IB Diploma Programme Computer Science

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme Computer Science

The DP computer science course requires an understanding of the fundamental concepts of computing systems and the ability to apply the computational thinking process to solve problems in the real world. The course also requires students to develop skills in algorithmic thinking and computer programming. — International Baccalaureate, official syllabus page

Audit I07 fix -- new course launched February 2025, first teaching August 2025, first assessment May 2027 (confirmed directly against the official public subject brief this session). Organized into two themes: Theme A, Concepts of computer science (computer fundamentals, networks, databases, machine learning) and Theme B, Computational thinking and problem-solving (computational thinking, programming, object-oriented programming, and abstract data types at HL only), plus a case study and an internal-assessment computational solution. Studied in either Python or Java. This matches the theme/subtopic breakdown already used in this site's existing DP Computer Science resources (syllabusCodes: ["DP Computer Science"]) -- their content was independently correct, only this registry record was missing.

Specifications change between examination series. Always confirm the current syllabus and assessment structure on the International Baccalaureate syllabus page for your examination year.