Through The Years
Subjects in italics are subjects only for the Senior division.
| 2007 - The Ancient World | |
|---|---|
| Global Round in the English Village in Seoul, South Korea. | |
| Science | Anatomy |
| Special Area | History of the Ancient World |
| Literature (Poetry) | Poetry of England |
| Literature (Novel) | Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse |
| Art | |
| Mathematics | General Mathematics |
| Economics | Fundamentals |
The 2007 Global Round was the first world round for the World Scholar's Cup. Teams from Australia, Singapore, South Korea, and the United States participated.
| 2008 - The Frontier | |
|---|---|
| Global Round in the YBM English Village in Korea on May 30 - June 1, 2008. | |
| Science | |
| Special Area | |
| Literature (Poetry) | |
| Literature (Novel) | Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather |
| Literature (Film) | 2001: A Space Odyssey |
| Art | |
| Mathematics | |
| Economics | Fundamentals |
| 2009 - The Fall of Empires | |
|---|---|
| Global Round took place in Singapore at Nanyang Girls' School on June 13 - 14, 2009. | |
| Science | Sustainable Development |
| Special Area | The Fall of Empires |
| Literature (Poetry) | Poetry of the Fall |
| Literature (Novel) | Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid |
| Visual Arts (Art) | The Art of Decline and Decadence |
| Visual Arts (Film) | The Last Emperor and Serenity |
| Mathematics | The Essentials of Standardized Assessment |
| Economics | Fundamentals of Economics, The Economics of Spectacular Collapse |
| History | Empires at the Brink |
| 2010 - A World Divided | |
|---|---|
| Global Round took place in Shanghai, China at Concordia International School Shanghai. | |
| Science | Great Conflicts in Science |
| Special Area | The Psychology of War |
| Literature (Poetry) | Poetry of a World Divided |
| Literature (Novel) | The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay |
| Literature (Film) | The Motorcycle Diaries |
| Art (Visual Arts) | Art of Separation and Difference |
| Art (Music) | Music of Separation and Difference |
| Economics | Fundamentals of Economics, The Economics of Wealth and Poverty |
| History | When the World Breaks |
Mathematics was removed from the curriculum starting from 2010.
| 2011 - A World Transformed | |
|---|---|
| Global Round took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at the Universiti Teknologi Mara. | |
| Science | Biotechnology |
| Special Area | The Modern Metropolis |
| Literature (Poetry) | Changing Lives, Changing Worlds |
| Literature (Short Stories) | The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World by Gabriel García Márquez, Nightfall and The Last Question by Isaac Asimov, Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, Julian: A Christmas Story by Robert Charles Wilson, and There Will Come Short Rains by Ray Bradbury |
| Literature (Film) | Forrest Gump |
| Art (Visual Arts) | A World in Flux |
| Art (Music) | Musicals |
| Economics | Fundamentals of Economics |
The Music and History resources were not released.
| 2012 - A World in Flux | |
|---|---|
| Global Round took place in Bangkok, Thailand at Centara Grand and Bangkok Convention Centre and the Bangkok Patana School. | |
| Tournament of Champions took place in Yale University. | |
| Science | Biotechnology and Nanomedicine |
| Special Area | The Postmodern Metropolis |
| Literature (Poetry) | |
| Literature (Fiction) | Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Nightfall by Isaac Asimov, and Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes |
| Literature (Film) | Wall-E and Life is Beautiful |
| Art (Visual Arts) | New Media in Art and Music |
| Art (Music) | |
| History | Technology and Social Change |
| Current Affairs | The Global Economic Crisis |
The Science and Special Area resources were updated versions of their 2011 counterparts. Economics was replaced by Current Affairs in 2012 - for both divisions.
| 2013 - A World in Motion | |
|---|---|
| Global Round location will be taking place in Dubai | |
| Science | The Science of Transportation |
| Special Area | The Turbulent Earth |
| Literature | Movement in Poetry, Film, and Prose |
| Art | Movement in Art, Music, and Dance |
| History | The Great Migrations |
| Current Affairs | Globalization |
This year, emphasis was placed on topic outlines instead of the introductory guides.
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