The CP Core
The CP core contextualizes the DP courses and the career-related study and draws all aspects of the framework together.
The IBCP core is designed to develop many of the characteristics described in the IB learner profile. The more connections that can be made between the core components, career-related studies in IT and wellbeing, and the DP subjects, the more meaningful and impactful the learning experience becomes.
Reflective Project
An in-depth body of work produced in 2 years of IB.
Students identify, analyse, critically discuss and evaluate an ethical issue arising from their career-related studies.
The work is designed to foster advanced research, writing, and communication skills, while encouraging intellectual discovery and creativity.
It represents the culmination of a wide range of skills acquired through their career-related studies, Diploma Programme subjects, and other core components.
Community Engagement
This course is the practical application of knowledge and skills to address a specific community need. It offers a meaningful opportunity to make a positive impact on the community. Students develop and apply personal and social skills in real-life situations involving:
- decision-making
- problem-solving
- initiative
- responsibility
- accountability for their actions.
Personal and Professional Skills
Aims to develop intrapersonal and interpersonal skills, critical and ethical thinking, and
intercultural understanding. These skills can be applied in a variety of contexts to support their personal and professional growth both now and in the future. The course helps learners to develop not only as individuals but also as citizens within local and global communities and prepares students for their future pathways of higher education, further training or employment.
PPS is timetabled course of a minimum of 100 hours and is completed throughout the two years of the CP. Through inquiry, students will:
• develop and apply transversal skills in a wide range of contexts
• explore and understand a variety of concepts related to one’s own personal and professional development
• consider, understand and value diverse perspectives
• become reflexive lifelong learners who can influence, manage and respond to change.
Language and cultural studies
Invites students to better understand and expand their own linguistic and cultural repertoires and imagine how they could further engage with a range of linguistic and cultural groups.
The language and cultural studies (LCS) fosters conceptual understanding by enabling students to engage in inquiry and consider broad questions about language, culture, identity, meaning and their interrelationships.
LCS places the learner at the centre of the learning in order to ensure that the process of developing multilingualism and intercultural understanding is personalized, authentic, engaging and inclusive.
Learning in LCS is rooted in an inquiry-based approach and students maintain a learning journal to record their sustained engagement and evidence of learning.