The IBCP curriculum is a 2-year programme designed as a coherent and comprehensive curriculum framework that mixes academic challenges (studying IB Diploma Programme courses) and Career-Related courses (Pearson's BTEC Diploma) in thinking and life skills for students from the ages of 17-18 years.
During the CP years at AIA, we strive to provide opportunities for students’ intellectual and social development along with providing local and global awareness in each subject area which helps in developing International-Mindedness. The curriculum encourages students to make practical connections across the areas of knowledge and to the real world. The CP curriculum helps in developing the 21st-century skills and dispositions along with a breadth and depth of knowledge which prepares students for success in university and life.
There are 6 different subject groups, and at AIA we offer the following DP subjects from the groups that are explored by students:
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Career-Related Courses
BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in International Business.
To attain the full Diploma for the IBCP curriculum, students must meet the following criteria:
- Students need to take the 2 DP subjects above at a standard level
- Students need to take the BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in International Business.
- The Core of the Career-Related Programme includes 4 components (detailed below) which makes the curriculum highly balanced and experiential. All CRDP students must do all FOUR Core Components.
The Career-Related Core Programme
Reflective Project (RP)
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The Reflective Project is one of the four compulsory core components of the IBCP. It is an in-depth work produced over the majority of the programme and submitted in year 2 of the Career-Related Programme. Students identify, analyse, discuss, and evaluate an ethical dilemma associated with an issue related to their career studies.
Personal & Professional Skills (PPS)
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The PPS course aims to develop responsibility, practical problem-solving, good intellectual habits, perseverance, resilience, an appreciation of identity and perspective, and an understanding of the complexity of the modern world.
Emphasis is on the development of skills needed to successfully navigate higher education, the workplace and society. The course has been designed to guide students through units that cover the assessment objectives of the five PPS themes:
- Personal Development
- Intercultural Understanding
- Effective Communication
- Thinking Processes
- Applied Ethics
The learning completed through this course will support students in writing their Reflective Project as well as developing the interpersonal skills desired by employers and universities.
Service Learning (SL)
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Community and service is the development and application of knowledge and skills towards meeting an identified community need. Through service, students develop and apply personal and social skills in real-life situations involving decision-making, problem-solving, initiative, responsibility, and accountability for their actions.
Language Development (LD)
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Language development ensures that all CP students have access to and are exposed to, a second language that will increase their understanding of the wider world. This makes it a focus of the Career-Related vocational study, i.e. the Business sector. Students are encouraged to begin or extend the study of an additional language that suits their needs, background and context. Students must develop proficiency in a language that is different to their ‘mother tongue’. Their teacher in this subject will also be their Language Development mentor/supervisor. Students are expected to have an initial meeting with their mentor to assess their language proficiency. Phase-appropriate tasks will provide links to the Career-Related study and the student’s language needs.