DP Core
The IB learner profile and the IB core requirements are applicable across all subject areas of the Diploma Programme.
Go to the page on Learner profile to discover more about how this set of attributes impacts lifelong learning.
Learner profile
This page introduces the IB Learner Profile. It lists the ten key attributes, their importance in the whole curriculum, and explains how this sets the scene for lifelong learning.
Education for the Whole Person
The DP core requirements are an Extended Essay in a chosen area, the Theory of Knowledge course, and participation in Creativity, Action and Service (CAS). These core elements are designed to educate the whole person and equip students with the skills to navigate intellectual, philosophical and ethical challenges. This is part of what makes the IBDP programme so unique.
Extended Essay Resources
Students have their own dedicated EE section with an introduction to the EE in visual arts, advice on topics, access to the assessment criteria and guidelines for research and referencing so they can work autonomously, with periodic reviews with their supervisor.
Extended Essay in Visual Arts
Excellent choice! There are many fascinating areas of research to focus on within the visual arts. Choosing a visual arts -appropriate question that is exciting to you is key to success. IS IT VISUAL?...
EE Assessment Criteria
with breakdown of each criteria
Extended Essay Guide (2027)
The new Extended Essay (first teaching 2025, first exams 2027) official guidelines for teachers
Theory of Knowledge for visual arts students and teachers
Students are introduced to aspects of TOK in visual arts with prompts to encourage critical thinking. Browse each section to discover provocative questions and activities.
ToK and Visual Arts
Art itself offers many deeply provocative questions that an inquiring mind will find stimulating and mind-expanding. Some students say that it is their TOK class that got them interested in the concepts...
Art and Knowledge
ToK teaches students to question ways of knowing and examine how knowledge affects understanding. Let's see how this comes into play when looking at art.How does our understanding change when we have...
Art and Meaning
This TOK section looks at how we assign meaning to art and considers the question, what is art?Conversely, if something is meaningless, can it still be art?This topic is largely open to discussion as...
Theory of Knowldege: about the Course
Theory of Knowledge is a pivotal point of the IBDP CORE that encourages students to think critically and curiously.In TOK class students examine how we know things, if we are sure we know them, and to...