The IB Diploma Program students also complete the IB Diploma Program Core:
Theory of Knowledge (TOK) course in which students reflect on the nature of knowledge and on how all areas of knowledge are distinct and connected. It explores how we know what we know and the reliability and validity of all. The TOK course is required for IB Diploma program candidates, and students must be enrolled during both years of the IB DP program. IB Diploma candidates begin TOK coursework studies in the spring of their junior year, and complete their TOK studies in the fall of the senior year. In addition to studying specific areas of knowledge and how they perceive themselves as knowers; students complete the required assessments: The Exhibition and The TOK Essay on each year's prescribed titles.
The Extended Essay is an independent, self-directed piece of research, finishing with a 4,000-word paper. Students choose a topic from any content area within IB guidelines, and will develop the essay under guidance from TOK classes and under the mentorship of a supervisor.
Our Anderson IB Diploma students have written Exemplar Extended Essays in the following subjects:
- Biology
- Dance
- English
- Film
- Global Politics
- History
- Latin
- Literature and Performance
- Psychology
- Visual Arts
- World Religions
Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) in which students document and reflect on experiences that fulfill specific learning outcomes. This component of the diploma enables students to enhance their personal interpersonal development as a balance to their academic studies. Students complete a reflective portfolio of creative, active, and service experiences over an 18 month span during their time in full IB Diploma studies.
Please find below the following PDFs which will help explain the IB DP Core Elements: