Colbourne College Will Take You Where You Want To Go:

Study-Work-Travel in JA/USA/UK

Gain a World-Class Education AND Earn your Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree from

The Big 3 .

Monroe College, NY, USA; University Of Northampton, UK; Pearson College, Jamaica

STUDY-WORK-TRAVEL & SAVE MONEY!

Have the Adventure of a lifetime! Study 24 months of your Bachelor’s Degree Online OR here in Jamaica then Finish the final 12-15 months with Monroe College in NY, University of Northampton, UK OR do the entire Degree on-line or on-campus in Jamaica. Colbourne provides only world-class education leading to a Diploma and a Degree that are awarded and delivered/accredited directly through our International University Partners and Pearson BTEC of Pearson College, London.

APPLY/PAY ONLINE: www.colbournecollege.com

STUDY 100% ONLINE FROM ANYWHERE / ONCAMPUS IN JA 6 HILLVIEW AVENUE, HALF WAY TREE, KINGSTON 10 / USA OFFICE: 1110 BRICKELL AVENUE, MIAM!, FL 33131

Call: 1-876-906-8085 / TEXT: 879-5911

STUDY-WORK-TRAVEL IN

NEW YORK

Study with Monroe College. Earn a quality degree in an exciting city. New York City that never sleeps provides the perfect opportunity for you to live, learn, work and meet people from all over the world.

STUDY-WORK-TRAVEL IN

LONDON

Study with the University of Northampton, a top 50 university in the UK. Visit London or other nearby cities. London is the hub to Europe and opens the door to many other great cities and unlimited possibilities.

START YOUR DEGREE IN JAMAICA

WITH THE FINAL 12-15 MONTHS

ON-CAMPUS OVERSEAS

Study for the first 24 Months of the Bachelor’s Degree on-campus in Jamaica AND complete the final 12-15 months on-campus in the US/UK OR Study entirely online from Jamaica. Attend examination sessions and freshman orientation in St. Lucia OR in Miami in January/April OR in New York in July/October

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UNDERGRADUATE

SPECIALISM

Business Administration (Accounting / Management / Human Resources )

MBA AND Pearson Postgraduate Diploma in Strategic Management And Leadership

Health And Social Care Hospitality Management (Tourism And Hospitality Units with Airline Travel, Flight Attendant And Customer Care Modules)

Scholarships, International Student Loans, and Internships in the USA are available. Get Info at USA Scholarships and Ventures WEBSITE:

www.uscollegesandmore.org

CALL USA TOLL FREE:

1(800) 988-4863

Colbourne

College

Student Employment Are

Available.

STUDY 100% ONLINE

OR IN-CLASS

Earn A US/UK BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN JUST 36 MONTHS

& AN MBA IN 16 - 18 MONTHS

At Colbourne College You Study & Earn A Degree with 1 Of The BIG 3 Colbourne College, JA; Monroe College, NY; OR University Of Northampton, UK

US/UK College Admission Info www.colbournecollege.com

Colbourne College 6 Hillview Avenue, Kingston 10,

Jamaica W.I. /4 Locations in Jamaica

PHONE US: 876-906-8085/879-5911

Colbourne College

Gain a World-Class Education AND Earn your Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree from the

The Big 3 .

ACCREDITATION Colbourne College does not award degrees or diploma. Programs delivered at Colbourne College are accreditted through our University Partners and Pearson BTEC of Pearson College, London.

Monroe College Monroe College is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 (Telephone: 267 284-5000). The Middle States Commission on Higher Education is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. Monroe College is authorized by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York to grant Certificates, Associate Degrees and Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees.

The University of Northampton

The University of Northampton is located in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. The University of Northampton was first opened by the then Secretary of State, Margaret Thatcher, in 1972. In order to gain university status, the Privy Council granted Northampton the power to validate its own research degrees and gained full university status as The University of Northampton in 2005. Northampton offers a wide range of undergraduate degrees, foundation degrees, diplomas and a variety of postgraduate opportunities up to PhD level. Institutional Accreditation or Recognition: Privy Council Year of first Accreditation: 1992. Today, Northampton is a premiere UK University ranked in top 50 in the UK University League of Tables.

Pearson BTEC Higher National & Professional Diplomas Pearson BTEC qualifications are delivered at universities and Further Education (FE) Colleges in the UK and over 45 countries worldwide. BTEC Diplomas are awarded by Pearson Education of Pearson College London and Pearson Edexcel. Pearson Edexcel, also known as just Edexcel, is one of England, Wales and Northern Ireland's five (5) main examination boards. BTECs are accredited by the UK government through the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulations (Ofqual). Pearson BTECs are accepted by almost all UK Universities for advanced placement in the Degree Programs.

Accredtation Validation: www.ofqual.gov.uk Colbourne Centre Number: 90869

L5 Accreditation Number: 500/8239/5 L7 Accreditation Number: 501/0998/4

MASTER OF BUSINESS

ADMINISTRATION DEGREE

IN THE FIRST 8 MONTHS YOU EARN THE

UK L7 DIPLOMA IN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

AND LEADERSHIP (POSTGRADUATE) FROM

PEARSON OF PEARSON COLLEGE, LONDON

COVERING

Unit 1: Developing Strategic

Management and

Leadership Skills

The main aim of this unit is to investigate how current thinking on leadership influences an organisation’s planning to meet current and future leadership requirements. Learners will gain an insight into the current thinking on leadership from an organisational perspective. They will examine the links between strategic management and leadership, particularly the skills a leader needs to support organisational direction. The unit will help learners understand the impact of management and leadership styles on strategic decisions in differing situations, through examining the competences and styles of successful leaders.

Unit 2: Professional

Development for Strategic Managers

This unit is designed to enable learners to take responsibility for their learning and development needs to gain the personal and professional skills needed to support the strategic direction of an organisation. Learners can achieve this through analysing their current skills and preparing and implementing a personal development plan.

Unit 3: Strategic Change

Management

This unit provides the learner with the understanding and skills to support active engagement in the process of strategic change management. Learners will develop an understanding of the models of strategic change and the role that stakeholders play in this process. They will then examine the need for change in a selected organisation and plan the implementation of a model for change.

Unit 7: Strategic Marketing

Management

This unit provides the learner with the understanding and skills to support active engagement in the process of strategic marketing management. Strategic marketing management provides a comprehensive examination of all the major components of marketing strategies and their integration into organisations. It is the basis for continued success in highly competitive markets.

Unit 10: Strategic Human

Resource

Management

This unit provides the learner with an understanding of how the effective strategic management of human resources supports the achievement of organisational purposes and provides the skills to apply this understanding in an organisational context. By examining human resource management, learners will understand how human resource strategy and policies enable personnel to work in ways that contribute to the overall effectiveness of organisations in both the short and long term.

Unit 13: Managing Financial

Principles and

Techniques

This unit provides the learner with the skills to apply financial principles relevant to strategic management in an organisational context, including forecasting, capital appraisal, budgeting, financial appraisal and analysis. This unit gives learners the opportunity to enhance their competency in the construction, review and evaluation of cost-based financial information, and introduces them to the analysis and control or reduction of costs in a range of situations.

Unit 16: Research Methods for

Strategic Managers

This unit provides the learner with an understanding of the methods and techniques used and required when carrying out formal research. The unit addresses a variety of research methodologies and offers the learner the opportunity to develop research skills. Learners will understand the techniques, both quantitative and qualitative, used in research to analyse data. They will select an appropriate research methodology for their question, and record and present their findings. Tutor approval should be sought before learners begin their research and their final report should be presented in a format agreed by the tutor.

YOU COMPLETE ONLY THREE MORE STUDY UNITS

AND THE DISSERTATION TO EARN THE MBA WITH

UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON ONLINE IN JUST 12

MORE MONTHS.

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE DIFFERENT

DIPLOMA-BACHELOR’S DEGREE

Specialisms to Choose at

Colbourne College

Hair & Beauty Management. The satisfaction that comes from helping people look and feel their best is one of the benefits to a career in the beauty and aesthetics industry. The Hair and Beauty specialism covers a wide range of areas: Hair, Scalp and Specialist Services, Human Health and Nutrition, Reflexology for Beauty Therapy, Physiology of Aging, Spa Treatment, Salon Management, Management of Hair Style Collections, and other beauty management preparations.

Health And Social Care. Health Care Administration is a broad term for any management-level position in the health care industry. It's an exciting career that requires you to earn a bachelor's degree. Careers in this field may include Social Work, Public Health and Health Care Administration. Medical and health services managers had an average of $73,340 in 2006, and the job prospects continue to be strong, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

Business Administration. Business administration are preparation programs that will teach you how to operate and manage business. This is a broad field - including everything from corner stores and local businesses to multinational corporations. Business preparation and education may cover broad topics, including everything from accounting and finance, human resources management, management, law to marketing and sports management.

Hospitality Management. This industry opens up wide opportunities for an international career with prospects for employment in the Airline, Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Sector. Hospitality Management specialised units of study covers Cabin Crew/Flight Attendant; Customer Service; Food and Beverage Operations Management ; Rooms Division Operations Management ; Hospitality Operations Management ; Conference and Banqueting Management ; Hospitality Contract and Event Management; Entertainment Industry and Venue Management , and Tour Operations Management among other career specific areas.

COLBOURNE CONTINUING

EDUCATION PROGRAM

No CXC Subjects are required to enter. Program includes:

Four (4) CXC & IGCSE SUBJECT CLASSES

Two (2) GCE A’ Level

Choice of one (1) Specialism: Hospitality with Airline, Travel and Tourism;

Business; Health and Social Care; Hair and Beauty Management

TWELVE (12) WEEKS SHORT COURSES

Travel, Tourism And Hospitality Sectors

Airline Operations with Cabin Crew Training For

Flight Attendants

Airline, Airport and Travel Agency

Tour Operations Management

Destination Management

Sustainable Tourism Development

Basic Spanish for Travel, Tourism and Hospitality

Basic French for Travel, Tourism and Hospitality

Business Event Management

Customer Relationship Management

Hospitality And Housekeeping

Hospitality and Foodservice

Grooming And Makeup Art

Grooming And Makeup Art

Resume Design And Interviewing Skills

Organisation and Behaviour (Management)

Small Business Startup

FEE:

ANY OF THE 12 WEEKS SHORT COURSES COST = Application US$30 + Fee US$220

US$250 / JM$ JM$27, 000

A number of these short courses are included the

L5 – Bachelor’s Program

HIRING ADMISSION RECRUITMENT PERSONNEL!

Student Employment Opportunity

No money but want to start Your MBA OR Bachelor's

Degree?

Colbourne College is Recruiting Current and Prospective/New Students as Admission Recruitment Staff for Full-time / Part-time positions. Networking = Cold Cash = US$. It is simple

NEW APPLICANTS: 1. Submit a Resume, Proof of Qualification, National ID with photograph, Reference

Letter from School, Pastor or Employer, AND 450- 600 Words Personal Statement/Essay

2. Receive an Acceptance Letter from Colbourne College 3. 6 Days Online Job Training via Skype 4. Start working Immediately after the six (6) days.

(If you are a current Colbourne Student OR ALREADY APPLIED skip the application process. Prospective students may apply after completing the admission application.)

PAYMENT SCHEME FOR BACHELOR’S STUDENTS RECRUITED Get Involved in recruiting New Students To Study on our Campus and Earn $US For each new Students recruitment anywhere in the world you live. We will train you. Four (4) New Students Recruited = US$320 Eight (8) New Students Recruited = US$640 Twelve (12) New Students Recruited = US$1000 / Complete Your Degree Free For The Year (Examination Fees Not Included) ROLE DESCRIPTION Admission & Recruitment Staff:

Identifying AND Providing Admission Information to Potential Students.

Use of Information and Communication Media to attract and promote admission through use of: o Social Media Marketing via Skype, Facebook, WhatsApp,Twitter, Online Blogging

etc. o Social Group Marketing via Career Days At High Schools, Community Open House

etc. o Responding to Queries through Phone, Email and Skype media o Managing Colbourne's Facebook Page o Guiding potential students through college application processes.

Earn While You Learn! Come Live-Study-Work in the United States / United Kingdom/ Canada and immerse in a new culture!

USA Scholarships and Ventures Limited – USAV 2014 Scholarships and Bursaries For the Bachelor’s or MBA

Studying Overseas is an exciting cultural experience that allows you to immerse in a new way of life and meet new people. It is a great way for you to Work-Study-Live in a first world country to gain new and diverse and work experiences that will allow you to get the best paid jobs available in your field when you return home.

If you are a resident of the United States or an International student you will study 100%

Online OR On-campus in Jamaica with Colbourne College - You start the degree at

Colbourne BUT finish the degree at a university in the USA/UK/Canada – even your local

state university. How does this works? It is simple. USA, UK and Canadian Universities

are the best in the world but attendance is very expensive. To make college attendance

more attainable and affordable USAV, Florida works with Colbourne College, Jamaica to recruit students worldwide and provide

tuition support during their first year/s of study to reduce the total cost of the degree. Colbourne College does not award

diploma or degree. You study the first 24 Months of the bachelor’s degree (or first 8 months of the MBA) with Colbourne Online

from Anywhere in the world OR On-Campus in Jamaica BUT finish the degree with the US/UK/Canadian University.

Colbourne College has partnerships/transfer agreements with Pearson, of Pearson College, London; University of Northampton,

UK; Monroe College, NY, USA; and over 200 other USA, UK, and Canadian University (see

list on the website). In a nutshell, Colbourne College and USAV save you up to US$28,000 on

the first 24 Months of your degree because starting the degree at Colbourne keeps you off

the higher tuition charged by the university for the first 2 years of the bachelor’s degree or

the first year of the MBA. You Finish the Degree with the USA/UK/Canadian Universities

you choose. All final year transfer arrangements are handled by USAV so your progression

is streamlined and your study uninterrupted. USAV is an expert in Student Services handling

Student Visa Application to the relevant embassies AND managing your career

development through job placements while you are studying overseas.

USAV Scholarships AND Bursaries Scholarship and Bursaries will cover 15% - 100% of your tuition costs while you

study at Colbourne College.

USAV provides two categories of Scholarship Academic Scholarship – Full Scholarship for extraordinary scholars – high achievers.

Financial Scholarship – Part Scholarship/Bursaries for students with economic/financial situations.

The Cash Value of USAV Academic Scholarships Full Tuition Scholarship awarded annually while you study at Colbourne conditional that you maintain 3.5 GPA.

The Cash Value of USAV Financial Scholarships $250-US$1000 awarded every year of your Study at Colbourne College conditional that you maintain 2.25 GPA.

How to Apply For The Scholarship 1. Go to www.colbournecollege to Apply directly to Colbourne College AND benefit from low tuition rates. 2. Submit your Letter of Acceptance received from Colbourne College to USAV USA/Regional Office along with the completed

USAV Scholarship Application Form. Call A USAV Representative: 876-288-7695 / Free On Skype: uscollegesandmore.org. 3. All applications are reviewed for approval by USAV Scholarship Committee. 4. If your application is declined for the scholarship – we inform within three (3) days of receipt. 5. If your application is approved for the scholarship – we inform within three (3) days of receipt.

i. You are contacted by email within 1-3 days of submission to notify you of approval of the scholarship AND are sent USAV Scholarship Agreement with the request for you to pay US$80 to cover the annual processing fee for the scholarship and cheque disbursement.

ii. Once the Signed Application & Fee is received from you, a Skype, telephone or face to face interview is scheduled with you. The interview is critical in the evaluation of the amount/value of the scholarship you will receive (Scholarship recipients get from 10% up to 100% of tuition paid) according to the needs assessed.

6. The Cheque with Letter of Undertaking outlining the terms of scholarship are sent to you and a copy to Colbourne College. 7. You will now contact Colbourne College for further action regarding further admission and residential affairs.

Welcome to a New Horizon. Welcome to Colbourne College. Colbourne College is the best choice for your future.

Invitation to Open House Information Session via Skype / On-Campus

You contacted Colbourne College for information and/or admission for 2014. This is an open invitation to MEET US ON-CAMPUS OR VIA SKYPE for our Open Information Session to discuss your degree and other career options. Come with questions concerning:

- Admission requirements - Scholarship Opportunities - USA F1 Student Visa Requirements - Jobs now available at Colbourne for International Students and prospects to work with us to get 24

months of the tuition free even if you are studying on-line with us. - The Application processes to start - Boarding Accommodation if needed

Reserve a space for one of the Online Open House Sessions via Skype OR Reserve a space for one of the Open

House Sessions On-Campus.

Here is how you register for the Open House via Skype: Send a Skype request/ invitation to me today at : Patrice Taylor USAV Advisor (this is my Skype name) OR you can simply email me your Skype address and I will add you.

Here is how you register for the Open House On-Campus: Call on the telephone to confirm your attendance. You may also confirm by email or Skype. See my contact numbers and addresses listed below. Please don't forget to tell me which 1 of the 4 sessions you wish to attend (see session 1-4 above). I am excited to talk to you about starting your degree here at Colbourne and completing the degree with our partner universities in the US/UK or Canada. The Open House Sessions I can promise you will be very informative. Take the first step and Colbourne and USAV will help you to realise your dream of studying and working overseas.

If you don’t already have a Skype Account, Click here, it will take just 2 minutes to get one so you can call me free. You can also text me on whatsapp - my mobile number is 1-876-288-7695 / Office Phone is 876-906-8085 / USA Toll Free: 1-800-988-4863.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET STARTED RIGHT NOW. It is easy as 1,2,3. CALL/SKYPE ME. APPLY. START. I am here to help you through the process – you will never truly be alone.

Don’t forget to send me the Skype invitation at my Skype address: Patrice Taylor USAV Advisor. Plus, why not just apply right now. If you are you not convinced this is the right college for you? I am. So contact me or visit our campus in person. I look forward to meeting you. In advance, A Warm Welcome Aboard.

Sincerely,

Pat Contact Me

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ColbourneUniversityCollege Skype Name: Patrice Taylor USAV Advisor Phone: 876-288-7695 / 876-906-8085 / 876-840-2031 Website: www.colbournecollege.com / www.uscollegesandmore.org

OFFICES & CAMPUS:

Global Recruitment & Admission Office USA Scholarships And Ventures Limited 1110 Brickell Avenue, Miami, Florida 11331, Call Toll Free: 1-800-988 - 4863

International Campus (Teaching Centre) Colbourne College 6 Hillview Avenue, Kingston 10, Jamaica W.I. Phone: 876-906-8085 / Fax: 876-906-840

GET STARTED

STEP 1: Go to Colbourne College’s website to Apply- Complete the Application Form (You

may apply at www.uscollegesandmore.org using the scholarship form)

o Fully complete all the required fields on Application Form located on the website.

o Select your field of Study: Business; Health and Social Care; Beauty Management; Hospitality

Management; Strategic Management and Leadership (L7) - MBA.

o Select the period (month) you wish to start classes.

o Select your mode of study – On-line or On-campus study.

o Identify the UK/USA University/College you wish to top-up the degree with (also give two other options if you are considering transferring to another college for final year).

o Select your mode of payment – Full, two or three payments annually.

STEP 2: Pay the required Application Fee

Pay the Processing Fee of US$30 / JM$3210 within 7 days of submitting the application. Pay online or at RBC Bank. Application Fee is non-refundable. Application processing begins when the Fee is paid and a copy of the payment slip is faxed or emailed to Colbourne College.

STEP 3: Review of your application Review of your application can take 2-7 days after your fee and Personal Statement are received. If your application is successful or we require further information from you we will contact you within 4-7 days. If the application is declined we send you the feedback on the reasons. Be assured that 100% of qualified applicants are accepted as we work to achieve our mission to make quality higher education affordable and attainable to all citizenry. If you do not meet college entry requirements at this time we continue to work with you through the US SAT Program or the Continuing Education Program for you to matriculate.

STEP 4: Acceptance letter is emailed to you. Pay the 1st Deposit / Holding Fees 1. You are required to pay the 1st Deposit / Holding within 12 – 14 days of your acceptance to enable you

to earn the Pearson L5 Diploma in the first 24 months. You study with Colbourne on-campus in Jamaica or online from anywhere in the world for the first 24 months of the degree.

STEP 5: Pay your first instalment on the Tuition OR pay in full 1. Attend New Students Orientation On-campus or On-line.

2. Start the 36 Months bachelor’s degree program or MBA pathway

3. See USAV – www.uscollegesandmore.org - to attend orientation, research and examination workshops hosted annually in Miami and New York. Apply for the Study-Work-Travel with paid work experiences in the US at the end of the first 24 months of study.

STEP 6: Study Final Year On-campus in the US/UK or Online from your Country Study final year(s) for the degree on-campus in JA, US or UK with the selected College/University. You may also study fully online for the degree without leaving your country and family. When you start university you are fully transferred and all tuition agreements and payments are directly with the university and on their terms. Note! Only an embassy is authorized to grant visas however USAV experienced assistance is in place to help to prepare you. USAV has 95% Visa Success Rate.

To Apply for USAV Scholarships/Student Loans/Exam Fee Grants or Work and Travel – USA go www.uscollegesandmore.org or speak to a representative at (876) 840-2031

TUITION AND FEES 2014/15

Programmes Entry Requirements

PROGRAMS ENTRY

REQUIREMENTS

US SAT EXAMS

UP TO 4th Form Secondary Education is Required

US$1,000 INCLUDES EXAMINATION FEES.

Payable in 1, 2, OR 3 Parts.

CONTINUING EDUCATION

UP TO 4th Form Secondary

Education is Required. No

CXC/SAT Subject is required for

Admission.

ANNUAL TUITION AND FEES ANNUAL TUITION:

US$900 / JM$96,000

Flexible Payments in 1- 3 Parts

Rates do not include

External Examination Fees

UK L5 HND - BACHELOR’S DEGREE

REGULAR ENTRY REQUIREMENT: 5 CXC/GCE Subjects including English Language and Mathematics/Accounting. Students will be accepted without the Mathematics/Accounting but it must be sat and passed before the first 24 months of the degree is completed.

PRE-MATRICULATION: 3 CXC/GCE subjects are required to enter the first 24 months. You must pass and provide evidence of five (5) Subjects including English and Accounts/Mathematics before starting the degree year (s) (final year/s).

MATURE STUDENTS: O 25-29 Years old with 3 CXCs including English and three (3) years of verifiable full-time and pertinent work experience. OR O 30 Years and older with 0 CXC requirements however supported by least 5 years verifiable and relevant work experience.

SAT score: minimum score of 1,800/600 on each module – Mathematics, English Language and History

ANNUAL TUITION AND FEES

ANNUAL TUITION: US$1,000 / JM$106, 000

ANNUAL EXAMINATION FEE: GBP 464

Flexible Payments from

1- 5 parts

L7 – MBA

REGULAR ENTRY REQUIREMENT: A Bachelor’s Degree

PROVISIONAL ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR MATURE STUDENTS

8 years of work experience with assessed tertiary competency at least 2 years pertinent experience in management.

OTHER L5 –L7-MBA STUDENTS: For mature students – UK L5 Diploma

and two years of work experience

L7 TUITION AND FEES

ANNUAL TUITION: US$1,800 / JM$190, 800

EXAMINATION FEES: US$757

Flexible Payments up to 5 parts

Use our affordable FLEXI PAYMENT PLAN

BACHELOR’S LEVEL (Rates below are Full Fees: covering application, examination and tuition)

o TThese rates are annual Tuition and Examination fees for the first 24months of the Bachelor’s Degree Pathway started with Colbourne College online or in-class. Annual tuition and boarding fees are also quoted in the table.

o Students progressing to the Final 16 months of study at University of Northampton, UK or Monroe College, NY to finish the Bachelor’s Degree will pay these institutions directly using their published tuition and fee rates.

o Students who will be progressing to study the final year/s with another USA/ UK / Canadian University (not Northampton/Monroe) must inform us within the first 4-12 months of study so we may begin the discussion with the same university.

Students seeking scholarships/ Bursaries from USA Scholarship and Ventures Limited – USA for the first 24 months of the Degree at Colbourne College must first apply to and receive the Offer Letter / Acceptance Letter from Colbourne College. Submit this to USAV for approval for a Scholarship / Bursary.

Students wishing to attend classes in Jamaica and require Boarding accommodation must pay early as spaces are limited.

Students can complete the entire degree online/on-campus. Here are the different modal you can select from:

Study 100% ONLINE with Colbourne for the first 24 months BUT ON-CAMPUS with the final year university for the 16 months to complete.

Study 100% ONLINE with Colbourne for the first 24months AND 100% ON-LINE with Northampton or Monroe for the final 16 Months.

Study In-Class with Colbourne for the first 24 months AND ON-CAMPUS with Northampton or Monroe for the 16 months to complete the degree.

Study In-Class with Colbourne for the first 24months AND 100% ON-LINE with Northampton or Monroe for the final 16 Months.

FLEXI PLANS

APPLICATION FEE

HOLDING FEE

Flexi Payment Plan Rate Of Exchange: US$1 = JM$106

With Boarding

Only Five Parts Payments

US$30.00 US$250 US$377 US$377 US$377 US$377 -

JM$27, 000 JM$39, 962 JM$39, 962 JM$39, 962 JM$39, 962 -

Four Parts Payments

US$30.00 US$250 US$503 US$503 US$503 - US$937

JM$27, 000 JM$53,318 JM$53,318 JM$53,318 JM$99,251

Three Parts Payments

US$30.00 US$250 US$754 US$754 - - US$1,404

JM$27, 000 JM$79,924 JM$79,924 JM$148,824

Two Parts Payments

US$30.00 US$250 US$1,508 - - - US$2,808

JM$27, 000 JM$159,848 JM$297,648

FULL Payment

US$30.00 US$1,757 US$3,057

JM$186,500 JM$324,042

Use our affordable Flexi Payment Plan

PGD - MBA (Rates below are Full Fees: covering application, examination and tuition for Year 1)

o These rates are annual tuition and fees for the first year of the Master’s Degree Pathway with Colbourne Colllege online or in-class. Annual tuition and boarding fees are also quoted in the table.

o Students progressing to the Final year of study at University of Northampton, UK or another selectuniversity to finish the Master’s Degree will pay the institutions directly using their published tuition and fee rates.

o Students who will be progressing to study the final year/s with another USA/ UK / Canadian University (not Northampton) must inform us within the first 4-12 months of study so we may begin the discussion with the same university.

o Students seeking scholarships/ Bursaries from USA Scholarship and Ventures Limited – USA for the first 8 months of the Degree at Colbourne College must first apply to and receive the Offer Letter / Acceptance Letter from Colbourne College. Submit this to USAV for approval for a Scholarship / Bursary.

Students can complete the entire degree online/on-campus. Here are the different modals you can select from:

Study 100% ONLINE with Colbourne for the first 8 months BUT ON-CAMPUS with the final year university for the

12 months to complete.

Study 100% ONLINE with Colbourne for the first 8 months AND 100% ON-LINE with Northampton for the final 8-12 Months.

Study In-Class with Colbourne for the first 8 months AND ON-CAMPUS with Monroe for the final 12 months to complete the degree.

Study In-Class with Colbourne for the first 8 months AND 100% ON-LINE with Northampton for the final 8-12 Months.

FLEXI PAYMENT PLANS

APPLICATION FEE

HOLDING FEE

Flexi Payment Plan Rate Of Exchange: US$1 = JM$106

Five Parts Payments

US$30.00 US$512 US$512 US$512 US$512 US$512

JM$54,272 JM$54,272 JM$54,272 JM$54,272 JM$54,272

Four Parts Payments

US$30.00 US$640 US$640 US$640 US$640 -

JM$67,761 JM$67,761 JM$67,761 JM$67,761

Three Parts Payments

US$30.00 US$854 US$854 US$854 - -

JM$90,454 JM$90,454 JM$90,454

Two Parts Payments

US$30.00 US$1, 277 US$1,277 - - -

JM$135,309 JM$135,309

FULL Payment

US$30.00 US$2,557

JM$271,042

Use our affordable Flexi Payment Plan

Continuing Eduation

Rates below are covers application and tuition only for the One Year of Study

FLEXI PAYMENT PLANS

APPLICATION FEE

HOLDING FEE

Flexi Payment Plan Rate Of Exchange: US$1 = JM$106

Four Parts Payments

US$30.00 US$95 US$270 US$270 US$270 -

JM$3,000 JM$10,000 JM$29,000 JM$29,000 JM$29,000

Three Parts Payments

US$30.00 US$95 US$403 US$403 - -

JM$3,000 JM$10,000 JM$43, 000 JM$43, 000

Two Parts Payments

US$30.00 US$95 US$805

JM$3,000 JM$10,000 US$86, 000

FULL Payment

US$30.00 US$900

JM$3,000 JM$96,000

Colbourne College

Terms Of The Payment Agreement

APPLICATION FEE: US$30. Complete the Application Form Online. Pay the Application fee of US$30 / JM$3,000 and submit the receipt of payment along with the 450-600 words Personal Statement for assessment by the Admission Committee. Application fee is non-refundable. Payments can be made via bank transfer, Western Union, using a credit card to pay online, or in person at the Kingston Office.

Holding Fee: You will be notified via email and text message when your application is successful. An Offer Letter is then sent to you by Colbourne College. The Offer Letter requests that you pay a First Deposit for Holding Fee within 12 – 30 days of receipt of acceptance. The Holding Fee enables the college to determine you have accepted the offer of a place for the start date included and can begin planning resources for you to begin the class when this payment is received. The Holding fee is a non-refundable part of the Tuition & Fee Structure.

All Examination Fees for tertiary students are payable in US$ /GBP.

SECOND PAYMENT: Minus the Holding Fee Already Paid AND Pay the balance owing on the

tuition using any of the below flexi-payment –plans. Full - One (1) Part Per Semester - Two (2) Equal Parts Thirds - Three (3) Equal Parts Quarter - Four (4) Equal Parts

One part of the preferred/selected flexi-payment plan becomes due before you start a class. See the Invoice with the Schedule of Payment that illuminates when each part of the payment is due. The Schedule of Payment is given to you with the Invoice when you pay the required holding fee. Students’ payments are updated only after a copy of the payment receipt is sent to the Bursar’s Office and the receipt is acknowledged through email or text. Send your payment receipt to - Fax: 876-906-8401 OR Email: olivereid@colbournecollege.com.

REFUND POLICY: Application, Holding and Examination Fees are nonrefundable portions of the tuition

and fees structure. Tuition becomes non-refundable at the end of week two (2) of the new semester despite the actual start date of the student. Refund requests by students are considered received by Colbourne only when the online electronic refund request is submitted to the Bursar’s Office. Students must ensure they verify with the Office that the request is received. All refunds in Jamaica are in local dollar irrespective of the currency that the student paid in. This Refund is at the same rate of exchange as at the date of payment. Refund requests by students living outside of Jamaica are in US$ Currency.

Refund Payments for International Students will incur all the charges of their preferred methods of refund. Refunds take 30 days from the written request is received by the Bursar’s Office to be processed. Actual date of receipt of the amount by the student depends on the media they choose to accept the refund.

ALL FEES PAID TO COLBOURNE COLLEGE IS SUBJECTED TO THE TERMS OUTLINED ABOVE. THE MAKING OF A PAYMENT INDICATES ACCEPTANCE OF ALL THE TERMS OF THIS FINANCIAL AGREEMENT.

CHOOSE A METHOD OF PAYMENT FOR YOUR TUITION AND FEES

Pay Online: Make Credit Card Payment at www.uscollegesandmore.org

Pay by Bank Draft: USA Bank Name: Bank of New York City and State: NY, NY Swift Code: IRVTUS3N Routing Number: 021000018 Receiving Bank: RBC Bank Swift Code: RBTTJMKN Receiving Bank Address: 56 Great George's Street, Savannalamar, Westmoreland, Jamaica Account Name: Advanced Educational Services Account #: 0081700014559 College Address: Colbourne College, 6 Hillview Avenue, Kingston 10

Western Union: Olive Reid c/o USAV Caribbean, 6 Hillview Avenue, Kingston 10.

Pay in Jamaica: RBC Bank Ac: 0081700014559 - Advanced Educational Services.

Please contact Patrice Taylor, Your Admission Advisor with all queries you have. Colbourne College: 6 Hillview Avenue, Kingston 10 / USAV: 1110 Brickell Avenue, MIA, FL 33131

BACHELOR DEGREE

PROGRAMME

STEP 1:

24 MONTHS ONLINE / IN-CLASS WITH

Colbourne College for

PEARSON L5 HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA AWARDED BY

PEARSON COLLEGE, LONDON

PROGRAM

OUTLINE

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COURSES

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Courses Description

PEARSON BTEC L5 HND

Specialism 1. Hospitality Management

Select Hospitality & Complete ALL 12 Units within this elective

Unit 1: The Contemporary Hospitality Industry

This unit will enable learners to gain understanding of the nature and diversity of hospitality and its constituent industries, including the range of job roles and employment possibilities. This unit introduces learners to the scope, scale and diversity of hospitality. It establishes a framework for the industry, using agreed definitions and the Standard Industrial Classification of the industries that encompass hospitality. Centres and their learners may reasonably wish to adopt a national perspective for this unit; however, it is also important for learners to consider local and international aspects to gain a comprehensive and balanced view.

Unit 3: Customer Service

This unit enables learners to gain understanding of customer service policies and the purpose of promoting a customer-focused culture and to gain skills to provide customer service. The units will help learners to appreciate how important information gathered from customers is and its relevance to improved delivery of services. Learners must ensure that their evidence relates to the hospitality industry.

Unit 5: Food and Beverage Operations Management

This unit will enable learners to gain understanding of the day-to-day activities and procedures involved in food and beverage operations, whilst also developing a range of practical operational skills. The effective use of planning, coordination and communication skills will be emphasised and developed to underpin the work of the unit.

Unit 6: Rooms Division Operations Management

This unit will provide learners with a comprehensive understanding of contemporary rooms’ division operations management and the importance of revenue management to operations. The unit examines the role of the rooms division within the management of a hospitality operation, the operational elements that comprise the rooms division and how these are deployed by management to maximise both occupancy and rooms revenue.

Unit 12: Hospitality Operations Management

This unit enables learners to gain understanding of the operational and economic characteristics, product development, pricing and profitability concepts and gain skills to analyse and improve operational performance in hospitality. It is designed to introduce learners to the management principles of hospitality operations.

Unit 13: Conference and Banqueting Management

This unit will enable learners to gain an understanding of the operational issues that affect the success of the conference and banqueting sector and the factors influencing its development. Learners will investigate the size, scope and diversity of the industry and the strategic and operational issues that influence business success.

Unit 14: Hospitality Contract and Event Management

This unit will enable learners to gain understanding of contract and event management in the hospitality industry, including the diversity of the services and products, and factors that optimise business performance.

Unit 35: The Entertainment Industry and Venue Management

This unit is designed to give an over-arching view of the entertainment industry with a particular emphasis on venue management, operation and funding of live performance, conference/banqueting and on-licenced trade.

Unit 37: The Travel and Tourism Sector

This unit will provide learners with an understanding of the global environment within which the travel and tourism sector operates. The unit examines the historical evolution of tourism, the current structure of the tourism sector, the external influences on tourism and the impact tourism has on host communities and the environment.

Unit 38: Sustainable Tourism Development

The aim of this unit is for learners to gain understanding of the rationale and different approaches to tourism planning and development, sustainable tourism, current issues and impacts of tourism.

Unit 39: Tourist Destinations

The aim of this unit is to enable learners to gain understanding of Jamaica and worldwide destinations, their cultural, social and physical features, their characteristics and issues affecting their popularity.

Unit 40: Tour Operations Management

This unit enables learners to gain understanding of the tour operators industry, the stages involved in creating holidays, brochures and methods of distribution used to sell holidays, and strategic decision making.

AREA 3. Specialisation 2. Health and Social Care

Complete 8 Units within this elective

Unit 1: Communicating in Health and Social Care Organisations

This unit will enable learners to develop an understanding of the importance of continually monitoring the implementation of health and safety legislation and policies within any health and social care setting.

Unit 2: Principles of Health and Social Care Practice

Learners will consider theories and policies that underpin health and social care practice and explore formal and informal mechanisms required to promote good practice by individuals in the workforce, including strategies that can influence the performance of others.

Unit 3: Health and Safety in the Health and Social Care Workplace

This unit provides learners with an opportunity to develop as reflective practitioners. A minimum of 200 hours of work experience will be completed in order to achieve the unit. This practice will provide the basis of evidence for assessment of the unit. Learners’ practice, observations and learning in the workplace will be supplemented with wider understanding and knowledge from all parts of the course.

Unit 5: Working in Partnership in Health and Social Care

Learners will explore the nature of partnership on three levels. First they will examine partnerships with users of services that empower individuals to make informed decisions and encourage independence. Second they will consider partnerships between different professionals within health and social care and explore inter-agency working. Finally, they will investigate organisational partnerships and examines different ways of joint working at a strategic level.

Unit 7: Social Policy This unit covers the many factors that influence social policy, including historical, conceptual, political, regional, national and other agents of social change. Learners will explore their effect on social policy.

Unit 8: The Sociological Context of Health and Social Care

First, learners will explore how legislation and the sector skills standards regarding the design and review of services promote independence, which in turn is captured within organisational policies and procedures. Second, learners will investigate factors that can affect participation, independence and choice, including systems for assessing and minimising risk. Finally, learners will investigate the administration of medicine and the effectiveness of policies and procedures for administering medication in achieving the best possible outcomes for users of services. Learners will study legislation and factors that affect the care that is received.

Unit 11: The Role of Public Health in Health and Social Care

The unit requires learners to investigate the roles of different agencies working within communities to reduce the incidence of disease and illness. They will investigate infectious and non-infectious diseases that are widespread in their own country and analyse the effectiveness of strategies that are in place to control the incidence of disease.

Unit 12: Physiological Principles for Health and Social Care

The aim of this unit is to provide a holistic overview of the structure and functioning of the human body as appropriate for those working in health and social care.

Unit 15: Psychology for Health and Social Care

The aim of this unit is to develop understanding of the psychological factors which influence human behaviour throughout the lifespan and how these apply to health and social care settings.

Unit 16: Understanding Specific Needs in Health and Social Care

Learners will have the opportunity to develop understanding of the impact the approaches and interventions have on individuals (particularly those who display challenging behaviour) and how, in turn, their needs affect the ways that services are provided.

Unit 17: Community Development Work

First, the learners will examine diversity within communities and the strengths and potential problems that can arise in different communities. Second, they will consider the knowledge and skills that community development workers require in order to successfully engage with communities. Finally, they will look at possible outcomes of development work within communities, potential barriers and strategies for improvement.

Unit 18: Complementary Therapies

The aim of this unit is to provide an understanding of the delivery and usage of a range of complementary therapies and in particular to compare this to conventional medicine. Learners will consider the principles behind complementary therapies commonly used in health and social care and will assess the advantages and disadvantages associated with their use.

Courses Description

AREA 3. Specialisation 3. HAIR AND BEAUTY MANAGEMENT

Complete 8 Units within this elective Unit 1: Management of Health, Safety and Security in the Salon

Learners will learn how to conduct risk assessments, evaluating the effectiveness of practices in the salon and the risk assessment itself , recommend and implement modifications to health and safety practices in the salon and evaluate staff’s compliance with health, safety and security practices, while managing improvements.

Unit 2: Salon Management

The unit develops evaluative and analytical skills within the wider context of products and services. Learners will plan the management of products and services in the salon. This will include producing a plan with operational objectives, analysing data for management planning, devising and implementing salon requirements for staff and monitoring working practices.

Unit 3: Sales Management in the Hair and Beauty Sector

This unit enables learners to evaluate and improve the selling skills of employees, leading to improved sales and revenue in a hair and beauty-related business. This unit not only highlights the importance of negotiation and persuasion, but also of integrity when managing client care during the selling process.

Unit 4: Quality Management of Client Care in the Hair and Beauty Sector

This unit is intended to equip learners with the knowledge and skills required to manage client care and ensure a high quality of customer experience. Learners will explore the importance of gaining feedback from clients in order to improve client satisfaction and enhance their experience. Learners will also conduct client satisfaction surveys and analyse the impact the results have on businesses.

Unit 6: Project Design, Implementation and Evaluation

This unit requires the learner to select, plan, implement and evaluate a project and finally present the outcomes, in terms of the process and the product of the project. It also allows learners to develop the ability to work individually and/or with others, within a defined timescale and given constraints, to produce an acceptable and viable solution to an agreed brief.

Unit 7: Manage the Creation of a Hairstyle Collection

Many salons engage in regular local and national hair shows or photographic work to promote their salons and demonstrate their team’s creative hair fashion skills. This unit will provide the learner with the opportunity to learn how to manage the planning and design of a style collection consisting of complex, even extreme, themed images. The learner will plan and research ideas to develop a theme for the style collection, project costs, and produce the final style collection.

Unit 8: Hair and Scalp Specialist Services

This unit will enable the learner to develop the skills and knowledge required to provide a specialised hair and scalp treatment service for a range of conditions that would otherwise be unavailable to clients in a busy commercial salon.

Unit 12: Human Health and Nutrition

This unit will enable learners to develop an understanding of how nutrients are structured and the function that each one has in the human body. It allows learners to investigate how each nutrient fulfils its own specific role within the human body.

Unit 15: Reflexology for Beauty Therapy

Reflexology is the study and practice of treating reflex points and areas in the hands and feet that relate to corresponding parts of the body, and is an increasingly popular treatment that is requested in beauty therapy. This unit covers both the holistic and therapeutic approaches to reflexology treatment. Learners will also develop their practical ability in reflexology, through interpreting data, applying skills and evaluating treatment.

Unit 16: Provide Spa Treatments

The unit is about providing spa treatments. The knowledge and practical skills gained in this unit include preparing and providing a range of spa treatments to include sauna, steam, hydrotherapy, flotation and body wraps. To carry out this unit the learner will need to maintain effective health, safety and hygiene procedures throughout their work.

Unit 17: Monitor and Maintain Spa Area

This unit will allow the learner to gain understanding and skills in monitoring and maintaining the spa area. Learners will investigate risks and hazards associated with spa treatments and the importance of preparing and maintaining equipment used in spa therapy. This unit covers why health and safety is essential in the spa and how to prepare, monitor and maintain the spa area.

Unit 20: Physiology of Ageing

The underlying mechanisms of ageing are investigated with specific consideration given to factors contributing to the ageing of the skin, and degenerative disorders affecting body systems. This unit is about the nature of ageing, causes and effects of ageing on the body systems, and the beauty treatments and products that may delay the ageing process.

Courses Description

AREA 3.

Specialism 4. General Business (with paths in Accounting, Marketing and HRM)

Complete 8 Units within this elective Unit 9: Management Accounting: Costing and Budgeting

This unit looks at the cost information, both current and future, of businesses, deals with budgetary planning and control and considers different costing and budgetary systems and the causes of resulting variances, together with the possible implications and the corrective action the business will need to take.

Unit 10: Financial Accounting and Reporting

Learners will also develop tools for the interpretation of financial statements. The unit considers the current regulations governing financial reporting, the formats of financial statements and the purpose of these statements for different users.

Unit 11: Financial Systems and Auditing

Learners will also analyse the management control systems of a business and evaluate their effectiveness, particularly in terms of controls and safeguards against error and fraud. This unit will also enable learners to develop audit skills by contributing to the planning and performance of an audit and the preparation of an audit report.

Unit 12: Taxation This unit aims to give learners an understanding of the taxation of individuals and limited companies referencing Jamaica, United Kingdom and US and gives learners the skills needed to understand and compute the calculation of income tax for both individuals and businesses.

Unit 17: Marketing Intelligence

The aim of this unit is to enable learners to understand the purchase decision-making process and how marketing research techniques are used to contribute to the development of marketing plans.

Unit 18: Advertising and Promotion in Business

The aim of this unit is to provide learners with the understanding and skills for using advertising, promotion and marketing communications effectively. Learners will put this into practice by planning an integrated promotional strategy for a business or product. This will include budget formulation, creative and media selection, and how to measure the effectiveness of their plan.

Unit 19: Marketing Planning

The aim of this unit is to provide learners with the understanding and skills to develop marketing plans that meet marketing objectives, and meet the needs of the target market.

Unit 20: Sales Planning and Operations

The aim of this unit is to provide learners with an understanding of sales planning, sales management, and the selling process. Learners will be taken through the main stages of the selling process, and be expected to put them to use.

Unit 21: Human Resource anagement

This unit provides an introduction to the concepts and practices of human resource management and focuses on the management of recruitment, retention and employment cessation.

Unit 22: Managing Human Resources

The unit explores the different methods of performance management. It examines issues that may affect performance at work, such as ill health and absenteeism and will develop learner understanding of counselling and human resources practices that support employee welfare in the workplace. Learners develop the skills and understanding needed for planning and designing training and development, through understanding how people learn and the suitability of different training methods and initiatives.

Unit 24: Employee Relations

The aim of this unit is to introduce learners to the importance of good employee relations for business success and the impact of changes which have affected employment relationships. This unit will give learners the opportunity to study the most up-to-date employment legislation and investigate how employment involvement techniques affect human resource management.

Unit 26: Business Law

The aim of this unit is to provide knowledge and application of the law relating to sale of goods, consumer credit, monopolies and intellectual property as it relates to business and its everyday dealings.

UNIT 33: Small Business Management

The aim of this unit is to give learners the opportunity to focus on the processes involved, through change management, of reviewing and improving the performance of a small business enterprise. It draws together topics covered in other units and allows learners to practise the business skills needed in reviewing and managing the performance of a small enterprise.

Unit: 40 Business Work Experience

This unit will develop the skills and knowledge of work practices in industry through the learner undertaking work experience and producing a management report examining a work-based issue. A minimum of 40 hours work placement experience is required. Learners will monitor their progress against an action plan of the agreed aims and objectives, and review the effectiveness of achievement of the targets and their own performance.

Unit 45: Business Ethics

The aim of this unit is to introduce learners to the concept of business ethics and to examine its relevance when considering business objectives and responsibilities.

Unit 24: Employee Relations

The aim of this unit is to introduce learners to the importance of good employee relations for business success and the impact of changes which have affected employment relationships. This unit will give learners the opportunity to study the most up-to-date employment legislation and investigate how employment involvement techniques affect human resource management.

AREA ONE. BUSINESS CORE UNITS DESCRIPTION

Compulsory Units

Unit 1: Business Environment (3)

The aim of this unit is to provide learners with an understanding of different organisations, the influence of stakeholders and the relationship between businesses and the local, national and global environments. It is within this business environment that organisations function and have to determine strategies and a modus operandi that allow them to meet their organisational purposes in ways that comply with the relevant legal and regulatory frameworks. Business markets take various forms and the structure of a market enables an understanding of how organisations behave. In this unit learners will consider how different market structures shape the pricing and output decisions of businesses, as well as other aspects of their behaviour.

Unit 2: Managing Financial Resources and Decisions (3)

The unit aim is to provide learners with an understanding of where and how to access sources of finance for a business, and the skills to use financial information for decision making. They will learn how financial information is recorded and how to use this information to make decisions for example in planning and budgeting. Decisions relating to pricing and investment appraisal are also considered within the unit. Finally, learners will learn and apply techniques used to evaluate financial performance.

Unit 3: Organisations and Behaviour (3)

The aim of this unit is to give learners an understanding of individual and group behaviour in organisations and to examine current theories and their application in managing behaviour in the workplace. This unit will develop learner understanding of the behaviour of people within organisations and of the significance that organisational design has on shaping that behaviour.

Unit 4: Marketing Principles (3)

This unit aims to provide learners with understanding and skills relating to the fundamental concepts and principles that underpin the marketing process. This is a broad-based unit which gives learners the opportunity to apply the key principles of marketing.

Unit 5: Aspects of Contract and Negligence for Business (3)

The aim of this unit is to provide learners with an understanding of aspects of the law of contract and tort and the skill to apply them, particularly in business situations. The unit introduces the law of contract, with emphasis on the formation and operation of business contracts. The unit will enable learners to understand how the law of tort differs from the law of contract and examine issues of liability in negligence relating to business and how to avoid it.

Unit 6: Business Decision Making (3)

The aim of this unit is to give learners the opportunity to develop techniques for data gathering and storage, an understanding of the tools available to create and present useful information, in order to make business decisions. ICT is used in business to carry out much of this work and an appreciation and use of appropriate ICT software is central to completion of this unit. Specifically, learners will use spreadsheets and other software for data analysis and the preparation of information. The use of spreadsheets to manipulate of numbers, and understanding how to apply the results, are seen as more important than the mathematical derivation of formulae used. Learners will gain an appreciation of information systems currently used at all levels in an organisation as aids to decision making.

Unit 7: Business Strategy(3)

The aim of this unit is to give learners the knowledge and understanding of how a business unit can strategically organise and plan for likely future outcomes in order to be successful. One of the aims of this unit is to build on learners’ existing knowledge of the basic tools of business analysis such as PESTLE and draw it together so that the learners think strategically. Learners will be introduced to further analysis tools needed for the process of strategic planning. They will be able to explain the significance of stakeholder analysis and carry out an environmental and organisational audit of a given organisation.

Unit 8: Research Project (3)

The aim of this unit is to develop learners’ skills of independent enquiry and critical analysis by undertaking a sustained research investigation of direct relevance to their Higher Education programme and professional development. This unit is designed to enable learners to become confident using research techniques and methods. It addresses the elements that make up formal research including the proposal, a variety of research methodologies, action planning, carrying out the research itself and presenting the findings. To complete the unit satisfactorily, learners must also understand the theory that underpins formal research. The actual research depends on the learner, the context of their area of learning, their focus of interest and the anticipated outcomes.

Area 2. MANAGEMENT CORE UNITS DESCRIPTION

Compulsory Units Are 13, 14, 15 &16 Unit 13: Personal and Professional Development (3)

This unit is designed to enable learners to assess and develop a range of professional and personal skills in order to promote future personal and career development. It also aims to develop learners’ ability to organise, manage and practise a range of approaches to improve their performance as self-directed learners in preparation for work or further career development.

Unit 14: Working with and Leading People (3)

An organisation’s success depends very much on the people working in it, and recruiting the right people is a key factor. Organisations with effective recruitment and selection processes and practices in place are more likely to make successful staffing appointments. In competitive labour markets this is a major advantage that well-organised businesses will have over their competitors. It is important, therefore, for learners to appreciate that the processes and procedures involved in recruitment and selection to meet the organisation’s human resource needs are legal. This unit aims to develop learner knowle ge and understanding of the impact of the regulatory framework on the recruitment process.

Unit 15: Managing Business Activities to Achieve Results (3)

This unit focuses on the effective and efficient planning and management of business work activities. It gives learners with understanding and skills needed to design and implement operational systems to improve their effectiveness and efficiency and achieve the desired results for the business. Learners are encouraged to consider the importance and interrelationship of business processes and the implementation of operational plans, together with quality systems and health and safety, in achieving satisfactory results.

Unit 16: Managing Communications, Knowledge and Information (3)

The unit is designed to develop learner understanding of the interaction between communications, knowledge and information. It also covers how IT systems can be used as a management tool for collecting, storing, disseminating and providing access to knowledge and information.

Unit 47: Employability Skills

This unit gives learners an opportunity to assess and develop an understanding of their own responsibilities and performance in, or when entering, the workplace. It deals with the everyday working requirement of problem solving which includes the identification or specification of the ‘problem’, strategies for its solution and then evaluation of the results through reflective practices.

Unit 48: Project Design Implementation and Evaluation

To develop learners’ skills of independent enquiry by undertaking a sustained investigation of direct relevance to their vocational, academic and professional development. This unit provides opportunities to develop skills in decision making, problem solving and communication integrated with the skills and knowledge developed in many of the other units within the programme to complete a realistic project. It requires the learner to select, plan, implement and evaluate a project and finally present the outcomes, in terms of the process and the product of the project. It also allows learners to develop the ability to work individually and/or with others, within a defined timescale and given constraints, to produce an acceptable and viable solution to an agreed brief.

GET STARTED

STEP 1: Go to Colbourne College’s website to Apply- Complete the Application Form (You may

apply at www.uscollegesandmore.org using the scholarship form) o Fully complete all the required fields on Application Form located on the website.

o Select your field of Study: Business; Health and Social Care; Beauty Management; Hospitality Management;

Strategic Management and Leadership (L7) - MBA.

o Select the period (month) you wish to start classes.

o Select your mode of study – On-line or On-campus study.

o Identify the UK/USA University/College you wish to top-up the degree with (also give two other options if you are considering transferring to another college for final year).

o Select your mode of payment – Full, two or three payments annually.

STEP 2: Pay the required Application Fee

Pay the Processing Fee of US$30 / JM$3210 within 7 days of submitting the application. Pay online or at RBC Bank. Application Fee is non-refundable. Application processing begins when the Fee is paid and a copy of the payment slip is faxed or emailed to Colbourne College.

STEP 3: Review of your application Review of your application can take 2-7 days after your fee and Personal Statement are received. If your application is successful or we require further information from you we will contact you within 4-7 days. If the application is declined we send you the feedback on the reasons. Be assured that 100% of qualified applicants are accepted as we work to achieve our mission to make quality higher education affordable and attainable to all citizenry. If you do not meet college entry requirements at this time we continue to work with you through the US SAT Program or the Continuing Education Program for you to matriculate.

STEP 4: Acceptance letter is emailed to you. Pay the 1st Deposit / Holding Fees 2. You are required to pay the 1st Deposit / Holding within 12 – 14 days of your acceptance to enable you to earn

the Pearson L5 Diploma in the first 24 months. You study with Colbourne on-campus in Jamaica or online from anywhere in the world for the first 24 months of the degree.

STEP 5: Pay your first instalment on the Tuition OR pay in full 4. Attend New Students Orientation On-campus or On-line.

5. Start the 36 Months bachelor’s degree program or MBA pathway

6. See USAV – www.uscollegesandmore.org - to attend orientation, research and examination workshops hosted annually in Miami and New York. Apply for the Study-Work-Travel with paid work experiences in the US at the end of the first 24 months of study.

STEP 6: Study Final Year On-campus in the US/UK or Online from your Country Study final year(s) for the degree on-campus in JA, US or UK with the selected College/University. You may also study fully online for the degree without leaving your country and family. When you start university you are fully transferred and all tuition agreements and payments are directly with the university and on their terms. Note! Only an embassy is authorized to grant visas however USAV experienced assistance is in place to help to prepare you. USAV has 95% Visa Success Rate.

To Apply for USAV Scholarships/Student Loans/Exam Fee Grants or Work and Travel – USA go www.uscollegesandmore.org or speak to a representative at (876) 840-2031

CLICK HERE TO APPLY ONLINE NOW