IB PROGRAM
THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE I Course Number: 2060
Grade level: 1 1
Credit Value: 1.0
Prerequisite: Teacher approval
External Exams: T his course meets the requirements for IB Diploma Candidates.
Note: This course is only open for students accepted to the IB Diploma Program.
This course examines the nature of knowledge. The overriding question throughout the course is: H ow do we know what we know? The nature, applications and limitations of knowledge are explored. The course examines the ways of knowing that we use to access and make sense of the world, such as reason and intuition, emotion and language. We also explore the diverse areas of knowledge that characterize both school and the real world, considering the nature of knowledge in the sciences, math, history, the arts and ethics. TOK is a course in which students put the nature, applications and limitations of knowledge under analysis rather than learning content per se. Some time will be set aside for students to work on Creativity, Action and Service as well as the Extended Essay. 64
