Module Dates
The Diploma starts annually in January, with tuition modules scheduled throughout the year as below. The programme concludes with a 10,000 word business project and is completed within one year. Module dates for 2013 are:
- Module I: Strategy: 16-19 January 2013
- Module II: Finance I: 10-13 April 2013
- Module III: Finance II: 17-20 July 2013
- Module IV: Corporate Valuation: 11-14 September 2013
Assessment
All four modules are assessed, either by a project or a written examination.
Examinations are scheduled within the module dates. Participants must
successfully pass all four module assessments and the business project report to be awarded the Diploma qualification.
There is a formal graduation ceremony held in May the following year.
Sample Timetable - Module II
| 9:00 |
Registration & Exam |
Risk and Return (cont)
Capital Asset Pricing Model |
Capital Structure |
Corporate Governance |
| 10:30 |
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Tea/Coffee |
Tea/Coffee |
Tea/Coffee |
| 11:00 |
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Capital Asset Pricing Model & Exercise |
Capital Structure (cont) |
Corporate Governance (cont) |
| 12:00 |
Lunch |
Lunch |
Lunch |
Lunch |
| 13:00 |
Introduction to Module II |
Capital Budgeting & Execises |
Debt, Taxes and Market Efficiency |
Review and Conclusion |
| 14:30 |
Tea/Coffee |
Tea/Coffee |
Tea/Coffee |
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15:30 - 17:30 |
Risk and Return & Exercise |
Capital Budgeting & Exercises (cont) |
Debt, Taxes and Market Efficiency (cont) |
|
| 18:00 |
Drinks & Canapés |
Drinks & Dinner at New College |
Optional walking tour of Oxford |
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