IB subjects to take for environmental sciences?
Hello! I was recently accepted into IB, but since submitting my application I've had a huge change of heart in the career I was initially interested in pursuing, so now I'm struggling to concretely decide the subjects I should take for next school year. I've been trying to find resources online by just searching "top universities for environmental sciences" and seeing their subject requirements but they're giving me a lot of different answers, and I'm not sure how these courses differ from other schools. Usually the university websites and google ai overview say I should take either bio, chem, or physics, but that's already all the sciences my school offers for IB. I already know I should take a double science, though my school only allows me to take 2 sciences as an HL and SL. My main concerns are the following:
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Which sciences should I take, and which should be my HL and SL?
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Would the workload be excessive if my other HLs included Math AA and Psych? (my extracurriculars are also debate and writing in my school newspaper)
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Should I be considering a specific field of study under environmental sciences to research about right now or should I wait until I learn more in school?
Any and all advice is appreciated, thank you!
Posted Mar 1, 2026, 2:32 PM UTC