Postgraduate Diploma, PG Cert, Diploma - PG - Regulation
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Postgraduate Diploma, Postgraduate Certificate, and Diploma - Postgraduate Course Regulation
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Course Duration, Credit-Hours and Award (Examples):
Postgraduate Diploma, Postgraduate Certificate, and
Diploma - Postgraduate |
Our Admissions Committee has, recently, decided that we
will now be awarding a Postgraduate Certificate to all
candidates who achieve the minimum of one hundred and
eighty (≥180) Credit-Hours. Like its Postgraduate
Diploma counterpart, the Postgraduate Certificate might
be gained through direct-entry or accumulatively.
These changes apply to HRM,
Conveyancing, Property Law, Public Administration, Financial Risk
Management, Report Writing, Business English, Organisational
Structuring, Organisational Development, Executive Leadership, etc.
Courses, that are delivered in London, Paris, Kuala Lumpur, Dubai,
Jakarta, Hanoi, Manila, Amsterdam, Brussels, Durban, Lagos, Abuja,
Kuwait City,
Jeddah, Riyadh,
Toronto and online. Below is a tabulation of some examples of the
different Awards, followed by additional explanations.
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Postgraduate Diploma,
Postgraduate Certificate, and Diploma – Postgraduate: Their
Distinction, Credit Value and Award Title
Postgraduate Short Courses of a minimum of five days’ duration,
are referred to as Diploma – Postgraduate. This means that they are postgraduate
credits, towards a Postgraduate Diploma. A Postgraduate Diploma represents a
Programme of Study, leading to an Award bearing that title prefix. We,
therefore, refer to our short-studies as ‘Courses’, while the ‘longer-studies’,
are regarded as Programmes. However, both study-durations are often referred to
as ‘Courses’. Another mark of distinction, in this regard, is that participants
in a short-course are referred to as ‘Delegates’, as opposed to the term
‘Students’, which is confined to those studying a Postgraduate Programme.
Courses are of varying Credit-Values; some being Single-Credit,
Double-Credit, Triple-Credit, Quad-Credit, 5-Credit, etc. These credits,
therefore, accumulate to a Postgraduate Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate. As is
tabulated above and explained, later, in this
document, a Postgraduate Diploma is awarded to students and delegates who have
achieved the minimum of 360 Credit Hours. 180 Credit-Hours are required for the
Award of Postgraduate Certificate.
Delegates studying courses of 5-9 days’ duration, equivalent to
30-54 Credit-Hours (Direct Lecturer Contact), will, on successful assessment,
receive the Diploma – Postgraduate Award. This represents a single credit at
Postgraduate Level. While 6-day and 7-day courses also lead to a Diploma –
Postgraduate, they accumulate 36 and 42 Credit Hours, respectively.
Postgraduate Diploma, Postgraduate Certificate, and Diploma - Postgraduate Assessment Requirement
Because of the intensive nature of our courses and programmes,
assessment will largely be in-course, adopting differing formats. These
assessment formats include, but not limited to, in-class tests, assignments, end
of course examinations. Based on these assessments, successful candidates will
receive the Diploma – Postgraduate, or Postgraduate Diploma, as appropriate.
In the case of Diploma – Postgraduate, a minimum of 70% overall
pass is expected. In order to receive the Award of Postgraduate Diploma,
candidates must have accumulated at least the required minimum ‘credit-hours’,
with a pass (of 70% and above) in at least 70% of the courses taken.
Delegates and students who fail to achieve the requirement for
Postgraduate Diploma, or Diploma - Postgraduate - will be given support for 2
re-submissions for each course. Those delegates who fail to achieve the
assessment requirement for the Postgraduate Diploma or Diploma - Postgraduate -
on 2 resubmissions, or those who elect not to receive them, will be awarded the
Certificate of Attendance and Participation.
Diploma – Postgraduate and Postgraduate Diploma Application Requirements
Applicants for Diploma – Postgraduate –, Postgraduate
Certificate, and Postgraduate Diploma
are required to submit the following documents:
Completed Postgraduate Application Form, including a passport
sized picture affixed to the form;
A copy of Issue and Photo (bio data) page of the applicant’s
current valid passport or copy of his or her Photo-embedded National Identity
Card;
Copies of credentials mentioned in the application form.
Admission and Enrolment Procedure
On receipt of all the above documents we will assess applicants’
suitability for the Course or Programme for which they have applied;
If they are accepted on their chosen Course or Programme, they
will be notified accordingly and sent Admission Letters and Invoices;
One week after the receipt of an applicant’s payment or official
payment notification, the relevant Course or Programme Tutor will contact him or
her, by e-mail or telephone, welcoming him or her to HRODC Postgraduate Training
Institute;
Those intending to study in a foreign country, and require a
Visa, will be sent the necessary immigration documentation, to support their
application;
Applicants will be notified of the dates, location and venue of
enrolment and orientation, where appropriate.
Modes of Study and Duration of Postgraduate Diploma
(360 Credit-Hours) and Postgraduate Certificate (180
Credit-Hours) Courses |
Award Name |
Mode of Study |
Course Duration |
Postgraduate Certificate |
Full-Time {2 - 2.5 days (15 hours) per week} |
3 Months |
Postgraduate Diploma |
Intensive Full-Time (5 days per week) |
3 Months |
Postgraduate Diploma |
Online (Video-Enhanced) - Based on 3 hours per day, 6
days per week. |
20 Weeks |
Postgraduate Certificate |
Online (Video-Enhanced) - Based on 3 hours per day, 6
days per week. |
10 Weeks |
Our Online (Video-Enhanced) Study Mode
In a move away from the traditional online courses and embracing
recent developments in Computer-Mediated Distance Education (Crawford, 2003), HRODC
Postgraduate Training Institute has introduced a Video-Enhanced Online delivery.
This Online mode of delivery is revolutionary and, at the time of writing, is
unique to our Institute.
Our
Video-Enhanced On-Line Mode is similar to being in a classroom –
but virtually.
The tutor meets the individual or group, via
Video and presents the course, in a similar manner to the
classroom-based delivery;
Participants will see and interact with each
other, and with the tutor.
They watch and discuss the various video cases
and demonstration videos that form an integral part of our
courses and programmes;
Their assessment is structured in a similar way
to its classroom-based counterpart;
Each Postgraduate Diploma, Postgraduate
Certificate, or
Diploma - Postgraduate - Short Course usually starts on the 1st of each
month, with the cut-off date being the 20th, for inclusion in
the following month’s intake.
Despite taking twice as many days as its
classroom-based rival, it amounts to the same number of
Credit-Hours. For example, a 5-day (30 Credit Hours)
classroom-based course will last 10 days, in Video-Enhanced
On-Line mode. This calculation is based on 3 hours tuition per
day, in line with the Institute’s required 30 Credit Hours;
Postgraduate Diploma Programme Deliveries last 20
weeks, while Postgraduate Certificate is of a 10-week duration,
based on lectures of 3 hours per day, 6 days per week;
The cost of the Video-Enhanced On-Line mode is
67% of the classroom-based programme or course.
Like
their classroom-based counterparts, our online Postgraduate
Short Courses accumulate to
a
Postgraduate Certificate or Postgraduate Diploma, within a 6-year period,
20-Week
Online Postgraduate Diploma; 10-Week Online Postgraduate
Certificate (Video-Enhanced).
You might study an Online Postgraduate Diploma Course, in 20
weeks, or an Online Postgraduate Certificate, in the comfort of your homes, through HRODC Postgraduate Training
Institute’s Video-Enhanced Online Delivery. We will deliver the 360 hours and
180 hours
‘Direct-Lecturer-Contact’, for the Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate
Certificate, respectively, as are required by our Institute’s Regulation, within
the stipulated 20 or 10 weeks. We aim to fit the tuition around your work and leisure,
thereby enhancing your effective ‘Life-Style Balance’, at times convenient to
you and your appointed tutor.
Cumulative Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate Courses
All
short courses can accumulate to the required number of hours, for the
Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate, over a six-year period, from the first registration and
applies to both general and specialist
groupings.
In this
regard, it is important to note that short courses vary in length, the minimum
being 5 days (Diploma – Postgraduate) – equivalent to 30 Credit Hours,
representing one credit, as is tabulated below.
On this basis, the definitive calculation on the Award
requirement is based on the number of hours studied (aggregate credit-value),
rather than merely the number of credits achieved. This approach is particularly
useful when a student or delegate studies a mixture of courses of different
credit-values.
For those delegates choosing the accumulative route, it is
advisable that they study at least two credits be attempted per year, towards a
Postgraduate Diploma, and one credit annually, for Postgraduate Certificate. This
target will ensure
that the required number of Credit-Hours are achieved for each Award, within the
stipulated time-frame.
Examples of Postgraduate Course Credits:
Their Value, Award Prefix & Suffix – Based on
5-Day Multiples |
Credit Value |
Credit Hours |
Award Title Prefix (& Suffix) |
Single-Credit |
30-54 |
Diploma - Postgraduate |
Double-Credit |
60-84 |
Diploma – Postgraduate (Double-Credit) |
Triple-Credit |
90-114 |
Diploma – Postgraduate (Triple-Credit) |
Quad-Credit |
120-144 |
Diploma – Postgraduate (Quad-Credit) |
5-Credit |
150-174 |
Diploma – Postgraduate (5-Credit) |
6-Credit |
180-204 |
Postgraduate Certificate
or Diploma – Postgraduate (6-Credit) |
7-Credit |
210-234 |
Diploma – Postgraduate (7-Credit) |
8-Credit |
240-264 |
Diploma – Postgraduate (8-Credit) |
9-Credit |
270-294 |
Diploma – Postgraduate (9-Credit) |
10-Credit |
300-324 |
Diploma – Postgraduate (10-Credit) |
11-Credit |
330-354 |
Diploma – Postgraduate (11-Credit) |
12-Credit |
360 |
Postgraduate Diploma |
360 Credit-Hours = Postgraduate Diploma |
12 X 5-Day Courses = 360 Credit-Hours = Postgraduate
Diploma |
10 X 6-Day Courses = 360 Credit-Hours = Postgraduate
Diploma |
Accumulated Postgraduate Diploma Award Titles
All Specialist Postgraduate Certificate and Postgraduate Diploma
Programmes have predetermined Award Titles. Where delegates do not
follow a Specialism, for accumulation to a Postgraduate Certificate
and Postgraduate Diploma, they will normally receive a Generalist
Award, rather than Specialist Award. However, a Specialist Award
will be given, where a delegate studies at least seventy percent
(70%) of his or her courses in a specialist grouping. These are
exemplified below:
Accounting and Finance;
Business Communication;
Corporate Governance;
Costing and Budgeting;
Client or Customer Relations;
Engineering and Technical Skills;
Events Management;
Health and Safety Management;
Health Care Management;
Human Resource Development;
Human Resource Management;
Information and Communications Technology (ICT);
Leadership Skills;
Law – International and National;
Logistics and Supply Chain Management;
Management Skills;
Maritime Studies;
Oil and Gas Operation;
Oil and Gas Accounting;
Politics and Economic Development;
Procurement Management;
Project Management;
Public Administration;
Quality Management;
Real Estate Management;
Research Methods;
Risk Management;
Sales and Marketing;
The actual courses studied will be detailed in a student or
delegate’s Transcript.
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Our Postgraduate Diploma and
Diploma - Postgraduate Short
Course Listing, with some omissions, is below: Please note that
we customise courses in all areas of specialism and that we deliver
pre-designed and customised courses
in-house to delegates’
convenience. Postgraduate Diploma Programmes last from 3 Months
Intensive Full-Time. Double Postgraduate
Diploma Programmes are 6 Months Intensive Full-Time. Postgraduate Diploma Programmes are also available on 20
Weeks Video-Enhanced On-Line Mode.
Diploma – Postgraduate Short Courses are available on a
10-Day Video-Enhanced On-Line Mode. All Short Courses accumulate to
360 taught hours, for the Award of Postgraduate Diploma.
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