The International Baccalaureate® (IB) Career-related Programme (CP) is a framework of international education that incorporates the vision and educational principles of the IB into a unique programme specifically developed for students who wish to engage in career-related learning.
The CP’s flexible educational framework allows schools to meet the needs, backgrounds and contexts of students. CP students engage with a rigorous study programme that genuinely interests them while gaining transferable and lifelong skills.
Find out how to become an IB World School in order to implement the programme, and read about the benefits and objectives of the CP below.
What the CP offers students
The CP provides a comprehensive educational framework that combines highly regarded and internationally recognized courses, from the IB Diploma Programme (DP), with a unique CP core and an approved career-related study.
The CP develops students to be:
- Academically strong
- Skilled in a practical field
- Critical and ethical thinkers
- Self-directed
- Collaborative
- Resilient and determined
- Confident and assured
- Caring and reflective
- Inquirers
Why offer IB Career-related Programme?
The CP helps students to prepare for effective participation in life, fostering attitudes and habits of mind that allow them to become lifelong learners and to get involved in learning that develops their capacity and will to make a positive difference.
The programme aids schools’ retention of students, promotes development of skills, and encourages students to take responsibility for their own actions, encouraging high levels of self-esteem through meaningful achievements.
A key feature of the CP is that it provides flexibility to allow for local differences. Each school creates its own distinctive version of the CP to meet the needs, backgrounds and contexts of its students.
How the CP links with other IB programmes
The CP builds on prior learning in the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) and incorporates elements of the IB Diploma Programme, which provides the theoretical underpinning and academic rigour of the CP.
Find out how to become an IB World School in order to implement our education programmes.
At present GMIS Jakarta offers two pathways in the CP programme.
1. Accounting and Finance
This course is designed for students who wish to pursue their study in Accounting and aspire for a career as Chartered Accountant, Assistant Accountant, in Banking, or in the Stock Market. We run this course with the help of AIMS Bangalore. ( https://theaims.ac.in)
The aims of this course are to enable students to:
• be familiar with the principles of accounting as an information system and career option.
• understand how to identify and record business transactions.
• develop skills of analyzing records of financial transactions.
• prepare financial statements and balance sheets of an accounting firm.
• draw on the fundamentals of computer systems to maintain accounts in professional life.
• train for tertiary education in accounting and career later on.
2. General Microbiology This course is designed for students aspiring for a career in Allied health or various disciplines of Biological Science . This lecture/laboratory course for IBCP provides an introduction to the study of microorganisms and their interrelationships with the human body. The course covers the structure, physiology, genetics, and biochemistry of microorganisms, with an emphasis on health-related applications. The course also examines how the human body interacts with microorganisms. The laboratory component of the course provides hands-on experience with microbiology techniques, including aseptic technique, microbial growth, and diagnostic procedures etc.… We run this course with the help of i3L Indonesia (http://www.i3l.ac.id/webnew/).
The goal of this course is to teach students to:
1. Analyze the properties of microorganisms in terms of cellular anatomy and physiology.
2. Summarize the properties of microorganisms in terms of biochemistry and genetics and correlate these concepts to applications in biotechnology.
3. Apply microbiology concepts to current issues in human health and infectious diseases.
4. Demonstrate proper microbiology laboratory techniques involving microscopy, biochemical tests and diagnostic media to characterize microorganisms of significance to human health.
5. Evaluate how physical and chemical methods can be used to control microbial growth.
6. Explain how the human body interacts with various microorganisms through symbiotic relationships and host defenses.
