{"id":3813,"date":"2017-07-28T03:09:28","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T03:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ibpsych.themantic-education.com\/?p=3813"},"modified":"2025-03-23T11:54:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T02:54:36","slug":"travis-ib-psychology-course-outline-new-syllabus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/2017\/07\/28\/travis-ib-psychology-course-outline-new-syllabus\/","title":{"rendered":"Travis&#8217; IB Psychology Course Outline &#8211; Old Syllabus"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>You can see more outlines on these two posts:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/2017\/06\/14\/ib-psychology-hl-in-less-than-180-hours\/\">IB Psychology HL in &lt;180 Hours<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/2017\/06\/13\/ib-psychology-sl-in-less-than-125-hours\/\">IB Psychology SL in &lt;125 Hours<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Download my course outline <a title=\"Travis Dixon's Course Overview\" href=\"https:\/\/101psychcom.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/travis-dixons-course-overview.pdf\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also find other teachers&#8217; outlines that have been posted on our facebook group for teachers. 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