The Programme comprises of four Subjects/Courses; two are compulsory/mandatory and you may choose a further two from the options offered. 

The Honours Programme comprises of:

• Oil & Gas Management & Economics
• Advanced Management & Administration Theory & Practice

and two of:

• Business Economics & Commerce
• Logistics, Material, Supply Chain & Transport Management
• Project Leadership & Management
• Environmental Concerns & Protection

Because the range of Subjects which can be covered is so wide, you select TWO of the ‘options’ Subjects in which you are particularly interested.  But, if you wish to add an extra subject (a 5th or even 6th subject) you may do so and the additional fee per subject will be £155 each.

Summarised Contents of the Core Subjects

Oil & Gas Management & Economics

1. Introduction to how the petroleum industry works, the importance of oil, characteristics of petroleum products
2. Oil prices,  macroeconomic factors, oil and economic growth, oil and inflation
3. Oil Exploration: technical aspects, exploration activities, drilling and accessing oil, managing risks calculating monetary returns
4. Oil development: technical and practical aspects, planning development, economics of oil
5. Oil production: technical and practical aspects, production costs and modelling, business decisions, production efficiency
6. Licensing, mineral rights and contracts for petroleum, international agreements, financial matters
7. Petroleum and maritime transportation, tanker classification, chartering, agreements, geography and transport seaborne routes
8. Petroleum and pipelines, costs, laying pipelines, oil and gas pipelines, economics and tariffs.
9. Oil refining processes and methods, building and running oil refineries, refinery location factors, investment and capacity, regulatory trends
10. Marketing and distribution channels, sales outlets and wholesalers, pricing and taxation of petroleum products, subsidies
11. Natural gas, physical and environmental factors, its formation, storage, liquified natural gas (LNG), economics and regulation of gas pricing, shale gas
12. Understanding oil prices, history, economics, OPEC, energy derivatives

Advanced Management & Administration

1. Management Theory, Authority, Command
2. Organization, the Environment, Systems Theory
3. Spans of Control, Centralisation, Decentralisation
4. Motivational Theories, Psychology, Conflict
5. Leadership Theory, Group Behaviour, Culture
6. Strategic Management, Objectives, SWOT
7. PEST Analysis, Rivalry, Competition, Business
8. Managing Change, Change Factors, Resistance
9. Mission, Vision, Objectives, Values, MOST
10. Stakeholders, Supply Chains, CSR
11. Communication, Attitude, Barriers, Cognition
12. Ethics, Compliance, Codes of Conduct

And two (or more **) of:

Business Economics & Commerce

1. Economic systems and activities; needs, utility, factors of production, labour, money
2. Demand and supply, markets, equilibrium price and quantity, factors, changes
3. Commerce, goods, services, enterprise, business environment, business capital
4. Price elasticity of demand, changes in revenues, market structures, pricing strategy
5. Channels of distribution, wholesalers and retailers; Credit in business; Discounts
6. Commercial documents: types, purposes, information, preparation
7. Consumer choice, budgets, budget lines, indifference curves, cross price elasticity
8. Profit, turnover, capital, entrepreneurship, costs and selling prices, distributions
9. Business finance, financial statements, overtrading, business performance
10. Production management, economies of scale; Government involvement in commerce, tax
11. Commercial services, banking, bank services, lending, interest, insurance, risk
12. Transport, communications, advertising, sales promotions, import, export, currency

Logistics, Material, Supply Chain & Transport Management

1. Background to logistics and supply chains; value and value chains
2. Strategy formulation - logistics, customer service, supply chain
3. Relationship between marketing and logistics
4. Products, product characteristics, pricing
5. Sourcing and procurement
6. Receipt and storage of stock/inventory
7. Stock/inventory control, order processing and issuing
8. Transportation
9. Operations management & production strategy
10. Lean logistics and supply chain management
11. Facility location, outsourcing logistics, reverse logistics
12. Project management, disaster management, humanitarian aid & relief

Project Leadership & Management

1. Principles of project leadership & management, project features, stakeholders
2. Project personnel: leader, sponsor, board, coordinator, analyst, teamwork
3. Project planning, life-cycle, documentation, schedule, scope, HR, WBS
4. Project cost estimating, budgeting, quality control, risk analysis, KPIs
5. Project Schedule, Timing, Sequencing, Critical Paths, Milestones, PERT, Gantt
6. Procurement planning and specifications, suppliers, research, contracts
7. Project communication management, feedback, channels, matrix, reports
8. Project implementation, responsibility, variances, changes, change control
9. Project monitoring and control, CSFs, performance indicators, earned value
10. Project closure, reports, checklists, acceptance management, project review
11. Project logistics, transport, sites, development projects, humanitarian missions
12. Project concepts, feasibility, outsourcing projects, establishing a project business

Environmental Concerns & Protection

1. The environment, ecology & ecosystems
2. Need for environmental protection
3. Environmental pollution
4. Energy and energy conservation
5. Environmental sustainability
6. Climate change and the greenhouse effect
7. Rangeland protection
8. Extinction of species and their conservation
9. Businesses and environmental protection
10. Tourism and the environment
11. The built environment
12. Environmental protection & the global community

WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE FEE FOR THIS HONOURS GROUP DIPLOMA PROGRAMME

 Your CIC Fee includes:-

• Your enrolment/registration with Cambridge International College.
• Your own high-quality, professionally produced and illustrated comprehensive International CIC Core Study Publications for each of the four (4) Subjects/Courses.
• CIC’s detailed, professional ‘Study & Training Guide’ with full instructions on how to study to achieve success and gain top results.  The Guide includes detailed advice on how to answer Tests and Examinations.
• Training Tests and/or a ‘Past Paper’, and Recommended Answers for most of them.
• An Examination** set for each of the 4 core courses; each Examination is sat under Invigilation/Supervision in your own area - full details, guidance and explanation of how your Examinations will be arranged and how Invigilation is conducted will be provided when you register.  Note, CIC arranges Examinations in over a hundred countries worldwide for thousands of Members every year; it is a flexible, straightforward process and will be arranged when YOU are ready to write your Examination. **There is an alternative Assignment Option - a maximum of 2 Subjects/Courses may be assessed through Assignment instead of Examination. 
• A prestigious Cambridge International College Diploma on successful completion of Study & Training and on passing the Examination for EACH of the 4 core Subjects/Courses, PLUS the International Honours Group Diploma when all 4 courses have been completed - this is a total of 5 awards - 4 individual Diplomas plus the Honours Diploma.
• Your personal page on CIC’s Member Services website with access to results, despatch details, advice and guidance, and more: www.cambridgeinternationalcollege.co.uk
• Regular information and news including: Newsletters with details of special offers and new Programs and much more; and Competition Forms; by email and post.
• Everything needed for your Study & Training success is included in the CIC Fee.

Additionally:

• Further Study and Training Advice, and Assistance is available before, during and after CIC Study & Training; Members may ask CIC’s team of experienced Consultants for advice on further study and Programmes to improve career prospects and advancement.
• CIC’s experienced and helpful staff can assist with numerous special requests, such as reference/recommendation letters and transcripts, and more, by post and email.

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Further studies are available in a wide range of management, leadership, IT and administration areas in particular, including at Baccalaureate, EBA and EMBA levels.

The detailed and valuable Programme opens up career opportunities for new jobs and promotion in many areas within the oil and gas (petroleum) industry, but also in many other fields and career areas including management, administration, environmental management and protection, logistics, commerce and project management.