Tarpon Springs High School – AICE Global Perspectives & Research AS

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

Must be in the Cambridge Program. A passing score on the end of course Cambridge exam is a requirement for the Cambridge Diploma. AICE Global Perspectives and Research is the bottleneck through which all AICE candidates must pass through. The course is designed to study large, complex, global issues from a variety of perspectives with the goal of passing 3 exams. Paper 1 i s given in May and has the students deconstructing articles to compare their arguments and weigh their respective strengths and weakness es. Paper 2 is a 2000 -word essay answering a question of the student's choosing on a global topic with multiple themes/perspectives that is submitted during the school year. Paper 3 is a team project with multiple components; an 8 -minute videotaped individ ual presentation in class, a PowerPoint, an 800 -word reflection paper with the group's solution(s) and a transcript of the videotaped presentation, all of which is submitted during the school year, like Paper 2.