3. Learning beyond the classroom
College life does not take place only in the classroom. On the contrary, you will be involved in all sorts of activities and community services, where you will be able to learn new skills and interact
with people from the broader Mostar community.
These aspects of your education are equally important to your formal education within the framework of the IB program at UWC Mostar.
Co-curricular program: CAS and
other co-curricular activities
At UWC Mostar, students participate in different CAS activities, but also take part in Clubs and various Co-curricular activities. CAS - Creativity, Action, Service -- is one of the core requirements of the IB Diploma Program, but students at United World Colleges are always expected to go beyond the mere IB requirements when it comes to their extracurricular involvement.
Each year during a week in October students help organize and participate in a variety of projects around Bosnia and Herzegovina. Projects are usually proposed by Year 2 students and teachers, and they give our students a chance to experience community service, art projects, outdoor activities, and similar places they haven’t had a chance to visit before.
Project week activities are realized in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Project Week
Culture Weeks
Over the course of two years, all students will have the opportunity to organize a week where they introduce the whole College community to their cultural region. This often involves a feast of traditional meals prepared by the students, songs, dances, skits, and presentations that help share the cultures and natural wonders of their countries with the College community. And this is not the only opportunity to wear your national costume.
Balkan Studies is the flagship program of UWC Mostar, providing a place-based framework across different subjects, school activities, and projects. It is meant to help students get a better understanding of the local and regional context, as well as explore complex topics of identity, conflict, peace, and challenges of contemporary Balkans (migrations, social inequalities, environmental degradation, etc.). By the end of the program, students are expected to be acquainted with some of the key Balkan issues and ongoing debates and should have a better understanding of the way social, political, and cultural realities of contemporary Balkans have been shaped.
Balkan Studies
Skill Building Program
It is a special program meant to prepare students for the challenges of the IB program. The program is based on a series of interactive workshops focused on academic skills, such as academic writing, processing information, IT skills, research skills, and academic honesty (referencing and citation), as well as well being skills such as nutrition, sexual education, time management, stress management, and self-reflection.
Every two weeks, the community gathers as a whole or in smaller groups to discuss some issues of global significance. The format varies, but frequently a group of students makes a presentation about an issue, eventually extending to an open discussion. Topics in the past ranged from populism, and euthanasia to problems of racism and child marriage.
Global Awareness