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A two-year or a three-year trajectory

Two management programmes, the same exit level, two spreads over time. One concentrates the volume into two years, the other extends it over three and leaves more room for practice. Here are their real credits, supervised hours and fees, side by side.

What the spread changes

Duration acts on three things at once. It sets the load of each week, since the total volume is spread over the stated number of months. It determines the time available between two blocks to apply what has just been covered. And it sets the fee schedule, paid by year. The table below gives all three lines together, which lets you reason on the total rather than on a single figure.

Twenty-four months or thirty-six

CriterionInternational TradeBusiness Management programme — Bac+3 level
Duration2 years3 years
Weekly workload20 h per week20 h per week
Credits120 credits180 credits
Supervised hours1200 h1800 h
Teaching blocks78
Fees5 000 000 GNF per year4 800 000 GNF per year
PaceCompatible with a jobFull time

Durations and credits, in figures

International Trade

months
24

Business Management programme — Bac+3 level

months
36

International Trade

credits
120

Business Management programme — Bac+3 level

credits
180

The roles each one opens

International Trade

  • Import-export manager
  • Customs declarant
  • International logistics officer
  • International buyer

Business Management programme — Bac+3 level

  • Management assistant
  • Administrative and financial officer
  • Client relationship officer
  • Operational unit manager

The deciding criterion

  • The weekly load you can sustain: the table gives it for each
  • When you want the credential in hand: two years or three
  • The fee schedule, which follows the number of years in the trajectory
  • The time you want between blocks to apply what you learn
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