- The IB Diploma Programme (DP) is an academically challenging and balanced programme of education with final examinations that prepares students for success at university and life beyond. It has been designed to address the intellectual, social, emotional and physical well-being of students. The programme, has gained recognition and respect from the world’s leading universities.
- Theory of knowledge develops a coherent approach to learning that unifies the academic disciplines. In this course on critical thinking, students inquire into the nature of knowing and deepen their understanding of knowledge as a human construction.
These are the subjects I have decided to take for my Diploma Course, and how I prioritize them in order of importance :
Music: Music is everywhere, from the moment you wake up, to a radio or allarm, to when you ride in your car, mp3 players and ipods, the ice-cream truck around the corner with its jingle, tv in the evening, untill you go back to bed. Music is a great part of my life, huge infact, and i consider it very important. as a relief, as a getaway, to learn ect. there are so many different genres that everybody can have favourite songs, and its not just songs that make music, but messages, feelings, and rhythms that accompany you throughout your life.
Physics: Without Physics we would have no knowledge of how things work, innovations and the nature around us and how we have to behave around it to stay alive. The study of gravity, speed of light, masses, enable our world to move on, to know how distant i am from a destination, to know that i cant fly due to forces and that there are means of transportation that are not visible (sound waves). Of course, Physics is closely linked to maths, and to be honest i would place both maths and physics at the same level.
Math: From math derive physics concepts and calculations thats why I mentioned earlier that Physics and math are both very important, but what really gets to me, is that almost everything around us was made using maths. Simple calculations, angles, theorems... Concepts that enable us to make the world a better place, to innovate what we alrady have, to get smarter and create things that will help us get smarter.
History: The History of humanity is a very interesting subject. we can understand and look back at great discoveries, leaders that changed the world, the continuosely repeating cycle of life. I think that to better understand the origins of things you have to know a bit of history. It simply enables you to know that extra background information that makes you look at something under a compleately different light.
French: French as it is with English, is also a very important language. Firstly, it is a mean of communication, and secondly, it enables us to experiance a different culture and a different hystorical origin of the language.
The next three topics are three subjects imposed by the Diploma program, that enable you to get your certificate, They are compulsary:
CAS: The CAS requirement is a fundamental part of the programme and takes seriously the importance of life outside the world of scholarship, providing a refreshing counterbalance to academic studies.
TOK: How do we know?!? The TOK course identifies eight specific ways of knowing (WOKs). They are:
- Creativity is interpreted broadly to include a wide range of arts activities as well as the creativity students demonstrate in designing and implementing service projects.
- Action can include not only participation in individual and team sports but also taking part in expeditions and in local or international projects.
- Service encompasses a host of community and social service activities. Some examples include helping children with special needs, visiting hospitals and working with refugees or homeless people.
- language
- sense perception
- emotion
- reason
- imagination
- faith
- intuition
- memory.
Extended Essay: The extended essay of 4,000 words offers the opportunity for IB students to investigate a topic of special interest, usually one of the six DP subjects chosen, and acquaints them with the independent research and writing skills expected at university.
