CIMA OCS – Course Schedule
Fitting your studies into your everyday and working life can be difficult. For this reason we have created a rough schedule for you to base your revision around before your exam.
It’s a good idea to create your own personalised revision plan based on the key learning areas included in this schedule, however, there are some dates that you will need to include in order to meet the requirements for the course pass guarantee, including the mock exam deadlines.
June 2021
Friday 25th June:
Official course start date
Work your way through our pre-seen materials as follows:
- Pre-
seen analysis videos - Strategic analysis videos
- Top 10 issues video
- Industry pack video
Read through the industry analysis pack steadily over the next few weeks. It’s mostly background reading to build industry knowledge. However it would be useful to learn some industry examples prior to your first mock exam so you can start to include some in your answers. Post your questions about the pre-
July 2021
Saturday 3rd July:
Attend masterclass 1
This will recap the key learning’s to date in the videos and give you a chance to ask questions and meet other students. Asking questions is key, please do take the opportunity to clarify any issues you currently have.
Watch the full recording if you are unable to attend on the day.
Sunday 4th July – Friday 9th July:
Exam technique
Go through the exam technique series to learn what it takes to pass this exam. During this stage, make sure to undertake the writing and planning exercises too. This is the most important part of the week – the exercises start to ingrain good exam technique that watching videos alone will never do! Post questions on our course forum. It’s crucial that you clarify any areas of confusion at this early stage.
Wednesday 7th July:
Your OCS marker will be assigned
On this day, an email will be sent out to you with details of your assigned marker. They’ll be there to support you through the next few weeks of your studies.
Sunday 11th July – Saturday 17th July:
Theory and the Case Study exam
The theory week – work with the theory revision series.
The theory revision series is a set of texts and videos that contain all of the key information from our E1, F1 and P1 texts. This series particularly focuses on those areas most relevant to the Case Study, saving you time and helping you focus on application to the pre-
You’re unlikely to be able to revise everything prior to your exam, so the key this week is to identify the topics you feel you most need to review.
Aim to go through other sections of the theory revision series over the next few weeks, recapping key areas of theory and focusing on any areas of weakness that come out of the mock exams.
Note, the theory isn’t where your main study time should be spent so don’t excessively focus on this area.
Sunday 18th July:
Mock 1 deadline for new course students and Mock 4 deadline for course re-sit students
Mock 1/4 deadline –
It is vital that even at this early stage you complete this in the allocated time.
Time management is a key challenge in this exam and you need to learn to work quickly early on in the process – you won’t suddenly speed up in the last week!
Don’t be tempted to read any solutions before the exam – make it a real exam test – that’s the best way to learn.
Monday 19th July – Wednesday 21st July:
Ethics
Ethics is THE MOST COMMONLY EXAMINED TOPIC in this exam. You must master this subject if you are going to pass.
Watch the video and then practise 5-
Use the remaining questions as practise over the next few weeks whenever you get a chance.
Tuesday 20th July – Saturday 24th July:
Review mock feedback
Reviewing the feedback on your exams is probably the most important thing you’ll do during this course. And yet, many people ignore this crucial step.
Review mock 1/4 feedback when returned by marker and create a list of the key points you will commit to improve on prior to the next mock.
Study our mock 1/4 solutions so you can pick up key learning points. Review any theory that was a clear weakness.
Re-
This is an ideal time to use our dedicated business, leadership, people and technical competency textbooks to brush up on your weaker areas.
Sunday 25th July:
Mock 2 deadline for new course students and Mock 5 deadline for course re-sit students
Mock 2/5 deadline – complete mock exam and send to your marker.
Tuesday 27th July – Saturday 31st July:
Review mock feedback
Review mock 2/5 feedback when returned by marker and create a list of the key points you will commit to improve on prior to the next mock.
Study our mock 2/5 solutions so you can pick up key learning points. Review any theory that was a clear weakness.
Re-
Use the ethics pack questions for extra question practise.
August 2021
Sunday 1st August:
Attend masterclass 2
This will recap the key learning’s to date in the videos and give you a chance to ask questions and meet other students. Asking questions is key, please do take the opportunity to clarify any issues you currently have.
Watch the full recording if you are unable to attend on the day.
Monday 2nd August:
Mock 3 deadline for new course students & Mock 6 deadline for course re-sit students
Mock 3/6 deadline – complete the mock exam and send to your marker.
Tuesday 3rd August – Saturday 7th August:
Review mock feedback
Review mock 3/6 feedback when returned by marker and create a list of the key points you will commit to improve on prior to the next mock.
Study our mock 3/6 solutions so you can pick up key learning points. Review any theory that was a clear weakness.
Re-
Wednesday 11th August – Friday 13th August:
Exam week
Ideally take a few days off work prior to the exam and spend the majority of that time re-
Review the pre-
Learn all 25 industry examples from the industry pack.
Recap any key theory on which you think you are weak. Do not make this the key focus of your last few days though – it’s practise that is key at this stage for Case Study exams.
Take the exam – go in with a positive attitude. Following this plan should put you in an excellent position to pass.
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