Assessment
You gain your qualification by successfully passing CIM's assessments. You have to be a member of CIM in order to register for assessment. There is a charge for each assessment that you take; note that it is higher if you choose to do a project or are taking the Post-graduate Diploma module, Strategic Marketing in Practice.
Types of assessment
CIM has two styles of assessment: assignment/project and exam.
Certificate and Diploma students have a choice of assessment methods: all exams, assignments/project, or a mix of the two. Post-graduate Diploma students have to take exams. Choosing assessment by assignments or a project can have many benefits, but remember that:
- it is less flexible,
- you can only get the best grades on your assignments/project once you’ve finished your studies, whereas you can prepare for exams during your studies,
- it will be difficult to do the necessary research unless you are working for at least a medium-sized organisation,
- you will be committing yourself to a strict timetable and will probably end up doing more background reading than if you had chosen to take exams.
Contact us if you are not sure which choice would be best for you. If after you have been studying for a while you decide you have chosen the wrong assessment method for you, you will be able to change to the other method providing you have not already submitted your assessment registration form.
Registering for assessment
When you enrol with us we will send you the forms that you need to register for assessment and instructions on which of them we need you to fill out and when. Remember that you are responsible for registering with CIM and returning your assessment registration form to us in good time. No late entries can be accepted.
Generally, if you wish to take a June exam, we will need your registration in March; if you wish to take a December exam, we will need your registration in September. If you wish to submit assignments or a project, we will need an extra couple of months’ notice above that.
Individual module award
You may obtain a certificate for any individual module that you pass. Contact CIM; there is an extra fee.
