1.   However, it is vital to be thoroughly familiar with the whole course content and requirements before Deciding on a time-scale.

2.   Like course content and organisation in general, length is negotiated with organisations before they come in.

3.   Whatever breakdown is chosen, the course content must address all the ensuing topics.

4.   Previous students have had nothing but praise for the course content and staff.

5.   Consultation with partners in the Third World, in developing course content and structure.

6.   The course content would be worked out in further consultation with Third World partners.

7.   However the entry requirements and the course content will be the same for all students regardless of which institution has admitted them.

8.   Another group never met in person but had all course content delivered via a Web site designed by Goldberg.

9.   But Chris Dobbrow, president and chief executive of Smart Planet, said the strategy could work, as long as lines are drawn between course content and advertising.