CeMAP Online Home Study

Introducing the Complete CeMAP Online Home Study Course

We’ve been providing CeMAP® support and training since the exam was created in 1998 and have helped hundreds if not thousands of people to pass the exam.

Our unique proposition to you is cost effective training support utilising the power of technology and the internet to guide you through. We’re not providing face to face workshops, rather a distance learning solution using many methods such as activities and MP3s to listen to, videos, online tests and email tutor support.

Summary of Benefits

• All your study done online – no need to travel and attend classes

• The whole syllabus is covered in a month - that's 31 days of emails getting you completely up to speed with the exam.

• Very cost effective

• You don't need to worry about knowing which bit to study next or plan out schedules - you just work on each email as it arrives every day.

• Total guidance and direction given by the structure. 31 days laid out in military fashion allowing you to study a little every day. Overall you’ll study for between 50 to 60 hours over a month period so no cramming, nice and gentle.

• Regular online testing to ensure you’re on course to pass.

• Daily courses to tackle at home on your computer or laptop involving reading, activities, listening, web browsing and mini testing.

• 856 minutes of online video footage comprising 110 separate videos, that's like attending a 3 day course with an expert tutor describing things to you with visual aids.

• A Tutor to answer questions via email

• All you need is access to a computer with internet access (broadband would be extremely useful) and a printer would help too. You could even do your email in Starbucks over a coffee one lunchtime and then listen to the MP3 file in the gym that evening or in the car on the way home. Maximise your down time.

What You Get

Each day you'll be sent an email which contains:

1. A little bit of reading on once specific part of the syllabus

2. An interactive exercise or activity designed to help you use the knowledge you've just learnt.

3. Some multiple choice questions on that particular subject

4. Usually a short MP3 file containing audio covering the subject that you can listen to on your iPod or MP3 Player plus teleseminar recordings as well

5. 856 minutes of online video footage plus CeMAP 3 Case Study Videos

6. Online tests

7. A Tutor to answer questions via email

"Loving the course by the way. You have a very engaging teaching style."
Justin Clough

How it Works

Many people like the structure and discipline afforded by the daily email facility but some students like to dip into the training in timescales to suit themselves. This is how it can work as well.

We let you have the 31 daily links upfront. Each link takes you to a webpage which outlines about an hour to an hour and a half of work. So if you have a whole day to study, you could complete 4 or 5 of the links at once.

Some students have completed the whole course in a week and have passed their exam.

The Content for CeMAP® 1

Day

Subject

Day

Subject

1

UK Financial Services Industry

17

Stamp Duty and VAT

2

Deposits and Savings

18

National Insurance and Social Security Benefits

3

Gilts and other Bonds

19

Inflation and Interest Rates

4

Shares

20

2 Online Exams

5

Property Investments and REITs

21

Financial Services and Markets Act and the FCA

6

Pooled investments

22

Other Regulations

7

Bonds and Qualifying Rules

23

The FCA and Regulating Firms

8

Life Assurance

24

The FCA's Control Structure

9

Health and General Insurance

25

Training and Competence

10

Mortgages - Methods and Products plus three online exams

26

Conduct of Business Rules

11

Pensions

27

Mortgage Conduct of Business Rules (MCOB) and ICOB

12

Giving Financial Advice

28

Money Laundering

13

Legal Concepts in Financial Services

29

Complaints and Compensation

14

Income Tax

30

Data Protection Act

15

Capital Gains Tax

31

2 Online Exams

16

Inheritance Tax

The Content for CeMAP 2 and 3

Day

Subject

Day

Subject

1

Mortgage definitions and the House Buying Process

17

Other Protection Products plus third 50 question online test

2

Property Defects and problems with mortgages

18

Raising Additional money on Security of Property

3

Type of Borrowers

19

Transferring Mortgages

4

Legal aspects of property and mortgages

20

Debt Consolidation Arrangements

5

Property Tenure and Ownership

21

Arrears Problems for Borrowers

6

Property Law and Land Registration plus first 50 question online test

22

Repossession and Onwards plus fourth online 50 question test

7

Role of Mortgage Adviser and Giving Advice Part One

23

Complete 100 Question Mock Test

8

Role of Mortgage Adviser and Giving Advice Part Two

24

Mortgage Conduct of Business Rules Plus CeMAP® 3 Tips and whiteboard videos

9

Additional Security and Higher Lending Fees (MIGS)

25

3 Short-Form Case Study practice with whiteboard video explaining the answers

10

Costs and Fees with House Purchase

26

3 Short-Form Case Study practice with whiteboard video explaining the answers

11

Factors Affecting the Value of Property

27

3 Long-Form Case Study practice with video explaining the answers

12

Surveys and Surveyor Recommendations plus second 50 question online test

28

3 Long-Form Case Study practice with video explaining the answers

13

Repayment Methods and Vehicles

29

Two CeMAP® 3 Case Studies plus MP3 Discussion of Answers

14

Common Types of Mortgage Product

30

Two CeMAP® 3 Case Studies plus MP3 Discussion of Answers

15

Other Types of Mortgage

31

Two CeMAP® 3 Case Studies plus MP3 Discussion of Answers

16

Life Assurance

"Thank you for all your help! I sat my exam yesterday and left with distinctions so was very happy. Your exam questions were a big help and definitely helped contribute to how confident I felt when I sat the exam. I will be having a look at your CeMAP 3 options very soon :)"
Laura Dix ifs University Registration

You need to separately get your registration with the ifs School of Finance, pay them the fee and they send you their rather large textbook which is the definitive reading for the entire exam. You have to have this as it comes part and parcel with the exam registration. You can access their website by clicking here

Once you receive this or get access to a PDF version on their website, you crack on and enrol on the eCourse. Because when you bought our eCourse, we sent you a special password and web address so you could enrol when you were ready.

The Daily Emails

As soon as you enrol, an email is received in your inbox that you determined. This email explains what’s going to happen and reassures you.

The next day, during the evening, you receive your first email or day 1 of the course. It will guide you to a special hidden webpage which contains all the stuff for day 1.

And the next day, the same thing happens and you continue like this until you finish the course.

Online video

Currently we have over 856 minutes of online video. To see more details for CeMAP 1 click here and for CeMAP 2 click here.

Online tests

Both the CeMAP 1 and CeMAP 2/3 Home Study Courses have online tests sprinkled within the programmes to give you a feel for the real exam. All the online tests are done on a computer and marked immediately. A really useful feature to ensure you're on track.

In all over 400 questions from the online tests.

It looks like this below:

"Just would like to send my thanks for the info in your CeMap 1,2,3, revision books. Have just passed my exams and feel it is in no small way to the help i received. The books certainly condense the IFS information and make it easier to grasp. Also the mock exam papers were harder than the real exam ones which i found to be good as it really made you think and focus on the understanding of the answer."
Kevin JohnsonTutor Support

As soon as you enrol, you get access to a tutor via email who will answer any CeMAP related query you have, so you're not alone.

This is a feature no one really appreciates, until you need some help.

Flexibility

Some people like to go faster and some slower, so on day two we quote for you all the links so you can rush ahead or store some up for the weekend or when you have a weeks holiday or whenever. You can take control.

But if you don’t want to take control, just let the course emails continue to arrive and guide you through the whole study plan as we’ve worked that out for you.

The success with our eCourse is first class. Those people who work through every element, pass…and that’s a fact. But you do have to be careful. Skipping bits such as the reading and maybe just doing the questions, will spell a failure I’m afraid. Success comes from doing it all.

So your next step is to sign up now and begin your eCourse. Good luck.