Glossary
Study pattern: the space a programme takes in your week
The study pattern says how a programme fits into a week: full time, compatible with a job, or self-paced. Every page states it along with its load in hours of actual work. That figure is what decides whether the programme fits into your week.
Three ways to run a programme
A programme's study pattern describes how it occupies the week. Full time concentrates the effort and shortens the duration. The job-compatible pattern places sessions outside peak hours and spreads the course out. The self-paced pattern lets the student set their own cadence, with assessment milestones on announced dates. Every page publishes the matching load in hours of actual work.
- Three patterns: full time, job-compatible, self-paced
- The weekly load is published in hours of actual work
- The pattern chosen determines the total length of the course
The real load, programme by programme
The Business Intelligence and Steering programme runs alongside a job, with evening sessions and weekend deliverables. The Digital Marketing Essentials course fits a self-paced pattern over two months. Comparing the two amounts to comparing two weekly loads, both published.
- full-time programmes
- 3
- job-compatible programmes
- 19
- self-paced courses
- 8
- of actual work per week, depending on the programme
- 8–20 h
Two patterns compared
2 catalogue programmes put “Study pattern” to work: 124 credits and 1240 taught hours in total. The official rule holds throughout — one credit stands for 25 hours of work, 10 of them taught. Every line below is recomputed from the programme page: level, duration, credits, taught volume and fees in Guinean francs appear exactly as filed in the official catalogue.
| Programme | Level | Duration | Volume | Fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Intelligence and Steering | Bachelor's degree | 2 years | 120 credits · 1200 taught hours | 5 000 000 GNF per year |
| Digital Marketing Essentials | Short course | 2 months | 4 credits · 40 taught hours | 1 100 000 GNF in total |
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