You are required to complete the Distance Learning Program and successfully pass an entrance examination before attending the CISM course. The Distance Learning material serves several purposes;
It should get you back into the studying habit if it has been some time since you last did any.
It will give you some idea of the technical start standard expected on the course.
It relieves time pressure on the course in that this material will not be included in the syllabus. However, it will be used in subsequent work and must be well understood.
It will enable us to assess how well you can absorb information at this level. Your Tutor Marked Assignments (TMAs), together with an entrance examination paper you have taken.