Preparing for the CMA Exam

Are you collecting your class notes to ensure that you will be ready when the time comes?

You don’t need a degree to sit for the CMA Exam. We recommend sitting for Part 2 of the CMA exam at the time of (or shortly before) receiving your bachelor’s degree; don’t wait.

ICMA’s (2017) CMA Handbook: Your Guide to Information and Requirements for CMA Certification

Check out the IMA’s CMA Exam Simulation Tool

Path to Professional Accountancy: Earning the Certified Management Accountant (CMA) Credential

  Graduation Month
  May August December
CMA Exam Part 2      
Financial Decision-Making May-June Window Sept-Oct Window Jan-Feb Window
Financial statement analysis      
Corporate finance  Supporting courses:
Decision analysis   ACCT 2301ECON 2301
Risk management   ACCT 2302ECON 2302
Investment decisions   ACCT 3302ECON 3301*
Professional ethics   ACCT 3303ECON 4301*
    ACCT 3304FINC 3301
    ACCT 4301FINC 4300*
    ACCT 4323FINC 4301*
    ACCT 4324MKTG 3312
     BUSI 4359
       
CMA Exam Part 1      
Financial Reporting, Planning, Sept-Oct Window Jan-Feb Window May-June Window
Performance, & Control      
External financial reporting  Supporting courses:
Planning, budgeting, and forecasting   ACCT 2302FINC 3301
Performance management   ACCT 3302BUSI 4359
Cost management   ACCT 3303ECON 4311*
Internal controls   ACCT 3304  
    ACCT 3310  
    ACCT 4301  
    ACCT 4324  
       
CMA candidates may need to retake an exam part; doing so in the next testing window helps to build momentum.
* ECON 3301, ECON 4311, FINC 4300, and FINC 4301 are elective courses in Tarleton’s BBA-Accounting program.