Diploma Program
What is it about?
The Diploma Program (DP) offers a challenging educational experience with an international focus for students between the ages of 16 and 19. Over two years, students study six subjects and a core curriculum simultaneously. Designed to provide fundamental academic skills. It prepares students for university and professional education, while fostering values and skills for a fulfilling life.
Buckingham School students can complete their education within the IB continuum, concluding the objectives initiated in the Primary Years Program (PYP) and Middle Years Program (MYP), focusing on cross-cultural development and open-mindedness.
PD Curriculum
In the Diploma Program, the teaching processes are focused on six subject clusters, based on the common core of the program and the development of attributes of the learning community profile. The curriculum encompasses Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS); the Extended Essay (EE); and Theory of Knowledge (TOK), as illustrated in Figure 1.
Students take six subjects simultaneously, covering two languages, individuals and societies, science, mathematics, and the arts or another area. In addition to the Diploma Program, they meet the Colombian Ministry of National Education standards for physics, chemistry, philosophy and physical education.
The subjects offered in each group of the Diploma Program currently are:
Language and literature studies
- Spanish A: HL Literature
- Spanish B: HL
- English A: language and literature HL
Language Acquisition
- French B SL
Individuals and societies
- History of the Americas HL
- Digital Society SL
- Economics SL
Science
- Biology SL
Mathematics
- Mathematics: analysis and approaches SL
- Mathematics: applications and interpretation SL
Arts
- Visual arts SL
Core elements
- Theory of knowledge (TOK)
- Creativity, activity, service (CAS)
Local curriculum
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Philosophy
- Physical education