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Executive MBA with specialist route in International Oil and Gas Management by Distance Learning
These programmes are intensive and focussed on delivering the skills and knowledge necessary for successful future business leaders to wok in a rapidly evolving and highly competitive global business climate where continuous innovation is crucial to productivity and growth in all aspects of the natural resources, energy and international business and financial transactions industries. The Executive MBA is unique in the field of energy and natural resources with respect to the combination of specialist business, economics and legal fields of study offered and in particular in developing significant insights into the legal, economic and business related issues associated with organisational success in the natural resource sectors.
Who is it for?
The specialist Executive MBA programme is designed for participants, who have already acquired some industry relevant experience and knowledge gained through prior study and experience or a combination of both.
Structure
| The Executive MBA is made up of 270 credits as follows: | |
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| Compulsory Core Modules | 100 credits |
| Compulsory Choice Modules | 40 credits |
| Compulsory Choice Management Modules | 40 credits |
| Compulsory Choice Specialist Modules | 60 credits |
| Additional modules to make up total requirement may be selected with Advisor of Studies approval | 30 credits |
270 credits |
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Compulsory Core Modules
Accounting (20 credits)
Economics (20 credits)
Finance (20 credits)
Induction Programme (20 credits)
The Induction Programme provides students with vital knowledge and skills before they embark of the main components of CEPMLP's taught Masters and Diploma programmes. CEPMLP students have a wide range of academic and professional backgrounds and the Induction Programme provides each student with a basic introduction to all the main disciplines included in the degrees programmes, namely law, economics, finance and geology. It also provides training in research methods.
Strategic Planning (20 credits)
Note
To provide a complete academic alignment between the Distance Learning and Full Time MBA, at present, the Centre is reviewing and updating the management courses listed. These will be available at the latest by September 2011. Meantime students are encouraged to take the compulsory and elective specialised courses in accordance with their chosen specialisation.
Compulsory Choice Modules
Candidates are required to take a minimum of 40 credits from the following list:
Business Strategy in the Extractive Industries (20 credits)
The main objective of the course is to provide an inter-disciplinary framework for the strategic analysis of firms and markets in the extractive industries. Drawing on core topics in the MBA curriculum, in particular on the Strategic Planning module, this module uses the field of corporate strategy to provide a series of opportunities for integrated analysis of strategies applied in the extractive industries.
Critical Business Analysis & Report (40 credits)
The Critical Business Analysis & Report builds on the academic skills developed in the CEPMLP MBA programmes and will provide the opportunity for students to link these with previous experience to develop and integrate critical skills of research and analysis in the practical context of a business related project.
Dissertation (40 credits)
The dissertation contributes to the achievement of the aims of the Masters degree namely:- to promote a deeper and critical understanding of selected areas relating to the specialisation of the student; to develop originality of thought and skills of research, analysis, argumentation and expression; to build upon, develop and integrate the knowledge and skills acquired in the taught modules.
A dissertation of up to 15,000 words on a topic approved by an academic supervisor
Internship (40 credits)
The internship provides the student with the opportunity to apply in the workplace the knowledge and skills learnt at CEPMLP and to learn how professionals in the field perform their tasks.
Strategic Planning (20 credits)
Students electing to take CP50036 in combination with CP52041 as their 40-credit option in the above section will be required to take an additional 20 credits from either of the following two lists of management and specialist modules.
Compulsory Choice Management Modules
Candidates are required to take a minimum of 40 credits, with advisor of studies approval, from the following list:
Directed Reading (10 credits)
Provide DL students with a range of optional modules related to Energy and Natural Resources Law and Policy, allowing them to tailor their studies to their needs and interests; enable DL students integrate new ideas and skills (acquired outwith but related to the DL programme) into their academic profile; equip DL students with the core competences, knowledge and skills required to work in a professional capacity thereby enhancing competitiveness in the labour and professional markets; enhance the research capability of DL students by giving them the opportunity to independently research on topics relevant to the programme but not being taught; provide DL students opportunity for more inter-disciplinary research into Energy and Natural Resources related subjects; further the aims of the DL programme; namely, to widen participation to students and make it readily available to a wider audience
Directed Reading (20 credits)
Provide DL students with a range of optional modules related to Energy and Natural Resources Law and Policy, allowing them to tailor their studies to their needs and interests; enable DL students integrate new ideas and skills (acquired outwith but related to the DL programme) into their academic profile; equip DL students with the core competences, knowledge and skills required to work in a professional capacity thereby enhancing competitiveness in the labour and professional markets; enhance the research capability of DL students by giving them the opportunity to provide DL students opportunity for more inter-disciplinary research into Energy and Natural Resources related subjects; further the aims of the DL programme; namely, to widen participation to students and make it readily available to a wider audience
Marketing (20 credits)
Organisation Behaviour (20 credits)
Compulsory Choice Specialist Modules
Candidates are required to take a minimum of 60 credits, with advisor of studies approval, from the following list:
Downstream Energy Law and Policy (20 credits)
The primary objective of the course is to provide an introduction and background to the way in which legislation and regulation can be used to implement policy decisions in the downstream energy industries. The emphasis is on understanding the way in which policy decisions to restructure the (electricity and gas) industries lead to changes in both legislation and the approach of regulators. The skill is to identify what makes particular approaches successful in particular legal environments. This course is not aimed only at lawyers, but also at those influencing the policy debate who must have an understanding of the implementation of policy changes.
Environmental Law and Policy for Natural Resources and Energy (20 credits)
The course deals with selected issues central to understanding international and national environmental policy and law related to production and consumption of natural resources and power generation. It addresses, in particular, environmental problems arising in connection with production and transportation of petroleum (both on-land and offshore), mining activities, use of nuclear energy, including production of uranium and disposal of radioactive wastes, and use of fossil fuels, including transboundary air pollution and global climate effects. A special emphasis is placed on the solutions for environmental problems provided by various national regulatory systems, in particular British and North American.
International Petroleum Law and Policy (20 credits)
The main objective of this module is to provide an understanding of the main law and policy issues in the international petroleum industry, with an emphasis upon transactional agreements concluded between host government and oil company/investors.
Common and diverging objectives between the two parties and indeed among the international corporate and financial investors themselves are faced in a candid and practical way, with an emphasis upon ways of accommodating the interests of diverse stakeholders in the development of petroleum resources.
A brief introduction is provided to petroleum taxation issues. The module focuses upon problem-solving techniques in a variety of settings, noting the inputs of lawyers, economists, accountants, engineers and geologists.
Mineral and Petroleum Taxation (20 credits)
This module provides an introduction to mineral and petroleum taxation. It alerts students to the main policy issues in this area and the main instruments and forms of resource taxation. Rather than teaching skills in accounting and financial analysis, the course emphasises a broad understanding of the issues.
Petroleum Policy and Economics (20 credits)
The main aim is to equip the students with an understanding of how economic analysis can help inform and understand the international oil and gas industry. This requires the students to be familiar both with the relevant economic analysis and technical dimensions of the industry. In addition the course enables the student to become familiar with current issues in the industry.