All four Professional level courses have the following in common: To prepare candidates for the ICSA examinations 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 and do not include everything covered in the notes.  ENROLMENT FORM or Book and pay online

Mailing One: Companies, Memorandum of Association, Corporate Seal, Criminal liability

Mailing Two: The Promoter, The Prospectus, The stock market and shares, capital maintenance, financial assistance, borrowing

Mailing Three: Directors, The company secretary, auditors, articles of association

Mailing Four: Meetings, minority protection, insider dealing, dissolution & insolvency, reconstructions, take-overs, CVA & Administration orders, insolvency practitioner, winding up, the liquidator

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.

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Mailing One: Revision of basic accounting, financial regulation, company accounts, cash flow

Mailing Two: Company tax, consolidated accounts, more complex accounts, problems

Mailing Three: earnings per share, ration analysis, foreign currency, translation, value added statements

Mailing Four: reorganisations, hire purchase, pension fund, branch accounting, price changes

Past questions:  With each mailing we will include a mock examination which you should complete and send to Jim for marking.

Strategic and Operations Management Lecturer: Alan Campbell and Tom Wilcox Text book provided: You will receive the ICSA manual directly from the ICSA when you register with them for this subject. We will provide an addition text: The fish rots from its head  The Crisis in Our Boardrooms - Developing the Crucial Skills of the Competent Director  by B Garratt

Mailing One: Introduction, Strategy, Strategic Analysis, Strategic Choice, Implementation, Mintzberg, View

Mailing Two: The Board, techniques - scenario planning, measuring corporate performance

Mailing Three: change, business process re-engineering, culture, knowledge management, communications, networking

Mailing Four: Morale, motivation and leadership, teams, techniques, new developments

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: The nature of Management accounting, cost classification, stock valuation, Absorbtion costing, Marginal costing, Activity based costing

Mailing Two: Process costing, breakeven analysis, budget factor, decision making

Mailing Three: Budgets, variances

Mailing Four: ratios and performance, transfer pricing, strategic MA, International issues, backflush and throughput accounting

Past questions:  With each mailing we will include a mock examination which you should complete and send to Jim for marking.