IB CORE:

The CORE course at Dubai American Academy is a two-year course, beginning in grade 11 and continuing through grade 12. This is a mandatory course for the successful completion of the IB Diploma. It supports students in the successful completion of the DP core.

The DP core is comprised of three required components, each one aiming to broaden students’ educational experience and challenging them to apply their knowledge and skills. The three core elements are:

• Theory of knowledge, in which students reflect on the nature of knowledge and on how we know what we claim to know.

• The extended essay (EE), which is an independent, self-directed piece of research, finishing with a 4,000-word paper.

• Creativity, activity, service (CAS), in which students complete a project related to those three concepts.

CORE aims to develop students’ skills in metacognition, research, and well-being.