All four certificate level courses have the following in common: To prepare candidates for the ICSA Certificate in Business Practice examination by concentrated, directed, distance learning courses of twelve weeks covering the complete syllabus.

METHOD: By directed reading; by specially written distance learning notes from Campbell's College; by completing past exam questions on a weekly basis and their quick return including a marking code; by phone availability as agreed between candidate and lecturer.

Please note, the brief summaries given below are to give you an indication of how the courses are organised. ENROLMENT FORM

Mailing One: The Legal Environment  View sample pages from this mailing (pdf file updated June 2010)

Mailing Two: The Economic Environment

Mailing Three: The Management Environment

Mailing Four: The Political Environment

Past questions:  With each mailing we will include sample examination questions relating to the subjects. We suggest that at the end of each week you attempt one question we set. Use whatever system you wish i.e. examination conditions, model answers or open book. The only requirement we would set is a request that it be no longer than the type of answer you would provide in an examination. 

Mailing One: Communication Theory, Communication in the workplace

Mailing Two: Oral Communication

Mailing Three: Written and numeric communication

Mailing Four: Communications and IT

Past questions:  With each mailing we will include sample examination questions relating to the subjects. We suggest that at the end of each week you attempt one question we set. Use whatever system you wish i.e. examination conditions, model answers or open book. The only requirement we would set is a request that it be no longer than the type of answer you would provide in an examination.

Mailing One: Organisations

Mailing Two: Managing behaviour

Mailing Three: Human resource management, Managing yourself

Mailing Four: Technology and change

Past questions:  With each mailing we will include sample examination questions relating to the subjects. We suggest that at the end of each week you attempt one question we set. Use whatever system you wish i.e. examination conditions, model answers or open book. The only requirement we would set is a request that it be no longer than the type of answer you would provide in an examination.

CeBuP Accounting for Business Lecturer: Jim Skinner Text book provided: The ICSA manual: Accounting for Business

Mailing One: The need for accounting, Users of information, concepts and regulation, the accounting equation, the accounting process, simple trading and profit and loss accounts

Mailing Two: Profit and loss account, balance sheet, adjustments, bad debts, depreciation

Mailing Three: computerised systems, working capital, cash flow

Mailing Four: cost information, types of cost, break even analysis, budgets

Past questions:  With each mailing we will include sample examination questions relating to the subjects. We suggest that at the end of each week you attempt one question we set. Use whatever system you wish i.e. examination conditions, model answers or open book. The only requirement we would set is a request that it be no longer than the type of answer you would provide in an examination.