Each 30-35 hour face-to-face course can:

* be part of a 4 course certificate:

- customized to meet the specific demands of the group/cohort

- taught by an international team of prominent academics and practitioners

- usually taken over a 6 month period

- at the completion candidates will receive a GIIM Graduate Certificate

- delivered face-to-face at the cohort location

* have a flexible convenient schedule to be determined by the local group/cohorts

* be held with candidates from other geographies

* include some required web preparation comprised of initial reading material, webcasts, and assignments

     that must be completed prior to the first session

* provide post coursework under the guidance of a faculty mentor that applies the course concepts to the

     attendees organization

* require the CIO Foundation as a prerequisite

* be combined with an affiliate university's Master's Degree

* be scaled to shorter programs/seminars