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• Q1 What is required from a Dip Mkt (IMM GSM) Graduate to enter into the B.Phil (Hons) Marketing Management programme?
  
  
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  1. Postgraduate application for admission form.
  2. On acceptance of admission, the Postgraduate Programme Registration form is to be completed
  3. Two undergraduate modules B Phil (Hons) Marketing modules may be registered for. These modules must be entered on the Postgraduate Programme Registration form:
     
     
     1. Business Management 3
     2. Marketing Research: Project 3

  
  
  
• Q2 What is required from an external Graduate to enter into the B.Phil (Hons) Marketing Management programme?
  
  
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  1. Similar BBA or BCom Degree is required with Marketing 3
  2. It must be noted that entry is NOT automatic
  3. The following documentation is initially required:
     
     
     1. Application for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL Application)
     2. Motivational letter
     3. Postgraduate Application for Admission
     4. Curriculum Vitae
     5. Academic Transcript
     6. Certified copy of qualifications
     7. Code of Conduct letter from each tertiary institution for which a qualification was obtained
  4. On approval, a Postgraduate Registration form is to be completed.

  
  
  
• Q3 What is required from a Dip Mkt (IMM GSM) Graduate of over 5 years ago to enter into the B.Phil (Hons) Marketing Management programme?
  
  
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  1. Entry accessible to students who have completed the IMM GSM qualification 6 - 10 years ago only.
  2. The Postgraduate Application for Admission and the Postgraduate Registration forms are to be completed Three undergraduate access modules are to be passed before any B Phil (Hons) Marketing modules may be registered for:
     
     
     1. Business Management 3
     2. Marketing 3 (previously Marketing Strategy)
     3. Marketing Research: Project 3

  
  
  
• Q4 Will the Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing Management only be offered as face-to-face tuition as has been the case in the past?
  
  
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  1. The Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing Management will be offered either as face-to-face tuition or online support. Students will be able to choose between the two options.
  2. Examinations will be conducted during the normal IMM GSM exam sessions
  3. Tuition fees will include:
     
     
     1. Face to Face tuition OR
     2. Online tuition support

  
  
  
• Q5 Why do entry requirements differ between the Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing Management and the B. Phil. (Hons) Marketing Management?
  
  
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  1. Postgraduate Diploma students typically don't have marketing qualifications, yet are professional people in a marketing profession.
  2. The B.Phil is a university Honours degree. Work experience is not an admission requirement.

  
  
  
• Q6 Why do Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing Management students have to complete the Advanced Marketing Practicum 4 module if they enrolled with sufficient work experience?
  
  
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  1. Integration of formal learning into the work situation
  2. Expansion of thinking from what is already known in the current work environment
  3. Evidence has to be shown how theoretical concepts have been applied in the workplace

  
  
  
• Q7 Is an access module is required for enter into the M. Phil. Marketing on completion of the BBA Marketing?
  
  
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  1. 1. The Admission Panel will evaluate a student's application and recommend that access modules be complete where necessary. A student may therefore be required to complete Advanced Marketing Research: Theory 4.

  
  
  
• Q8 Why is it required of an IMM GSM Graduate to complete a Postgraduate Application for Admission form and not just a Registration form?
  
  
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  1. The Application for admission form is a contract of intent
  2. Entry is not automatic. Entry might be refused
  3. It is CHE requirement for post-graduate programmes and common practice with public tertiary education providers.
  4. The Registration form acts as a contract once admission has been approved

  
  
  
• Q9 What Student Support fee is payable if undergraduate access modules (e.g. access modules from IMM GSM Diploma in Marketing to B.Phil (Hons) are to be completed?
  
  
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  1. The undergraduate annual student support fee of R990.00 is payable
  2. If these modules are passed in the first semester and the student wishes to register for honours modules in the second semester a further R505.00 is payable (50% Undergraduate Diploma Annual Support Fee for 1st semester + 50% postgrad. Annual support fee)

  
  
  
• Q10 May a student register for access modules to the B.Phil Honours as well as B.Phil Honours modules in two semesters?
  
  
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  1. Due to the fact that IMM GSM diploma students are required to complete two access modules, these may be commenced in the same semester as the B.Phil modules. A student may therefore register for the two access modules and the B.Phil modules simultaneously.
  2. In semester one of 2011, an IMM GSM diploma student who has been accepted to study towards the BPhil (Honours), may only register for three modules namely:
     • Business Management 3 (Access Module)
     • Marketing Research: Project 3 (Access Module)
     • Brand Management (B Phil module)
  3. Business Management 3 and Marketing Research: Project 3 are regarded as prerequisites for the following B.Phil modules:
     1. Advanced Marketing Research: Theory 4
     2. Advanced Marketing Research: Report 4
     3. Advanced Strategic Marketing: Theory and Practice Research: Report

  
  
  
• Q20 Will M.Phil students have a payment plan for fees?
  
  
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  1. Applications for a payment plan must be submitted. A response will be provided within seven days.
  2. A 50% payment will be required at the commencement of the MPhil studies and the remaining 50% must be paid for over the next 12 months.

  
  
  
• Q21 Must BBAM students complete access modules when going to B.Phil?
  
  
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  1. Not if a student has completed the BBAM in under 5 years.
  2. Marketing 303 will need to be registered for if the degree was completed 5 - 10 years ago

  
  
  
• Q22 Are Diploma in Marketing graduates required to complete access modules to apply for the Postgrad Dip MM?
  
  
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  1. No. There is no need for access modules. The Admission Panel will evaluate each application on merit.

  
  
  
• Q23 May the IMM GSM provide foreign students with a letter to be provided to the Department of Home Affairs for Study Permit purposes?
  
  
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  1. No. The IMM GSM is registered as a distance learning institution and there is no need to attend lectures in the Republic of South Africa, thus the IMM GSM will not provide such a letter.

  
  
  
• Q24 Why do students have to complete Macro Economics (Economics 101) first before Micro Economics (Economics 201)?
  
  
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  1. It was an academic decision to initially educate students regarding larger scope before studying the more detailed points of Economics

  
  
  
• Q25 May students register any single modules?
  
  
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  1. Yes. The pre-requisite rule per module must be met.

  
  
  
• Q26 I have a Certificate in Sales Management, would I get exemptions for the Diploma in Marketing Management?
  
  
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  1. As long as you have written and passed the modules in the last 5 years you can apply for exemptions for:
     1. Marketing 1
     2. Sales Management 1
     3. Marketing 2
     4. Financial Management 1
     5. Business Law 1
     6. Business Management 2

  
  
  
• Q27 I have a certificate in Retail Marketing, would I get exemptions for the Diploma in Marketing Management?
  
  
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  1. As long as you have written and passed the modules in the last 5 years you can apply for exemptions for:
     1. Marketing 1
     2. Marketing Communications 2
     3. Business Communication 1
     4. Retail Marketing