Advanced Professional Diploma in Management Studies
BTEC Level 7
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Aims and Objectives:

The general aim of the course is to develop students’ knowledge in business related fields together with hands on experience to operate confidently in the most challenging environments. To this end, the course combines necessary grounding from the fundamentals of business management to the advanced level of business planning, management and decision-making that puts students’ abilities under the spot light.

Entry Requirements:

• Degree in most disciplines and normally any classification accepted as long as it is British Bachelor Standard from a recognised institution. In case of without bachelor degree you must have at least five years verifiable experience of which three years must be in managerial capacity.
• Certified copies of certificates and transcripts required. Your educational institute or approved agents can certify these.
• IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL (required score 220 for computer based and 550 for written test) or evidence of studying in English with acceptable proficiency. Those without IELTS or TOEFL and have low English proficiency will be required to take admission in a full-time 6 months Pre-sessional CEFR (Common European Frame of Reference) Level B2 course.

Course Structure, Units, Guided Learning Hours, and NQF Level:

The course is structured via Edexcel BTEC Level 7 Advanced Professional Diploma in Management Studies (APDMS). There are 9 units from the following table are to be completed for (APDMS).

*there are further specialist units also available which can be offered if there is demand, CECOS may also replace any specialist unit subject  to teaching resources available.

Progression for MBA:

There is possibility that student may progress for a British University MBA after completing 9 units of above programme and may transfer to any British University.

Assessment Regulation:
 
All our study programmes are organised on semester basis. Each semester provides at least 30 guided learning hours per semester per units. For each unit students are assessed separately on the basis of defined learning outcomes, either by the end of semester examination, coursework, assignments, mid-term exams or by a mixture of all.  Every student will be required to maintain logbook/portfolio of learning which will be assessed by the tutor. Once portfolio is assess by tutor then Internal Verifier (IV) will go through the portfolio to ensure required learning outcome has been achieved. This work is then checked by an independent External Verifier (EV) appointed by Edexcel to grant the qualification.

Students must pass each assessment component of every unit before final certificate is issued.

Re-sit Policy:

Students would be required to clear all exams before moving on to the next stage of their degree programme. In case students fail any particular unit they may apply for a second chance. This mainly depends upon student’s attendance and the course teacher’s recommendations. Additional fees are involved as teacher, IV and EV would revisit student’s work.

Research & Study at the Library:

Students are strongly encouraged to take advantage of the library facilities in order to support their research, assignments and coursework. Regular use of the library facilities would enable students to enhance their skills in fact gathering, information retrieval techniques and data analysis.

Students are warned that there are heavy penalties on plagiarism. Students will get more details on plagiarism while they register for the course.

Computing Facilities:

Students are provided with computing facilities in order to develop their individual and group assessed work.