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CMA Foundation Syllabus

CMA Foundation Syllabus is designed by ICMAI (The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of India).

The New CMA Foundation syllabus has 4 Papers covering 8 subjects and 22 Chapters., where as the OLD CMA Foundation syllabus had 4 Papers covering 8 subjects and approximately 26 Chapters.

Syllabus and exam are designed in such a way that students with a conceptual learning approach would succeed over students with rote learning approach.

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New CMA Foundation Syllabus - (Syllabus 2022) - Papers, Subjects, Exam pattern

CMA FOUNDATION PAPERS EXAM PATTERN MARKS
Paper 1
Fundamentals of Business Laws and Business Communication

Part A - Fundamentals of Business Laws (80 Marks)
Part B - Business Communication (20 Marks)
Yet to be Decided 100
Paper 2
Fundamentals of Financial and Cost Accounting

Part A - Fundamentals of Financial Accounting (70 Marks)
Part B - Part B - Fundamentals of Cost Accounting (30 Marks)
Yet to be Decided 100
Paper 3
Fundamentals of Business Mathematics and Statistics

Part A - Fundamentals of Business Mathematics (40 Marks)
Part B - Fundamentals of Business Statistics (60 Marks)
Yet to be Decided 100
Paper 4
Fundamentals of Business Economics and Management

Part A - Fundamentals of Business Economics (70 Marks)
Part B - Fundamentals of Management (30 Marks)
Yet to be Decided 100

New CMA Foundation Syllabus - (Syllabus 2022) - Chapters & Section-wise exam weightage

1
Fundamentals of Business Laws and Business Communication

(100 Marks, Paper pattern yet to be declared)

There are 2 subjects in this paper.

Subject 1 - Fundamentals of Business Laws (80 Marks)

There are 4 Chapters in the CMA Foundation Fundamentals of Business Laws Book. The chapters and their weightage are mentioned below.

Exam Weightage CMA Foundation Fundamentals of Business Laws subject Chapters
10% Chp 1: Introduction
30% Chp 2: Indian Contract Act, 1872
20% Chp 3: Sale of Goods Act, 1930
20% Chp 4: Negotiable Instruments Act,1881


Subject 2 - Business Communication (20 Marks)

There is 1 Chapter in the CMA Foundation Business Communication Book. The chapter and its weightage are mentioned below.

EXAM PATTERN CMA Foundation Business Communication subject Chapters
20% Chp 5: Business Communication
2
Fundamentals of Financial and Cost Accounting

(100 Marks, Paper pattern yet to be declared).

There are 2 subjects in this paper.

Subject 1 - Fundamentals of Financial Accounting (70 Marks)

There are 3 Chapters in the CMA Fundamentals of Financial Accounting book. The chapters and their weightage are mentioned below.

Exam Weightage CMA Foundation Fundamentals of Financial Accounting subject Chapters
30%

Chp 1: Accounting Fundamentals

15% Chp 2: Accounting for Special Transactions
25% Chp 3: Preparation of Final Accounts

Subject 2 - Fundamentals of Cost Accounting (30 Marks)

There are 1 Chapters in the CMA Foundation Fundamentals of Cost Accounting book. The chapter and its weightage are mentioned below.

Exam Weightage CMA Foundation Fundamentals of Cost Accounting subject Chapters
30%

Chp 4: Fundamentals of Cost Accounting

3
Fundamentals of Business Mathematics and Statistics

(100 Marks, Paper pattern yet to be declared)

There are 2 subjects in this paper.

Subject 1 - Fundamentals of Business Mathematics (40 Marks)

There are 3 Chapters in the the CMA Foundation Fundamentals of Business Mathematics book. The chapters and their weightage are mentioned below.

Exam Weightage CMA Foundation Fundamentals of Business Mathematics subject Chapters
15%

Chp 1: Arithmetic

20%

Chp 2: Algebra

5%

Chp 3: Calculus - Application in Business

Subject 2 - Fundamentals of Business Statistics (60 Marks)

There are 5 Chapters in the CMA Foundation Fundamentals of Business Statistics book. The chapters and their weightage are mentioned below.

Exam Weightage CMA Foundation Fundamentals of Business Statistics subject Chapters
5%

Chp 4: Statistical Representation of Data

15%

Chp 5: Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion

15%

Chp 6: Correlation and Regression

15%

Chp 7: Probability

10%

Chp 8: Index Numbers and Time Series

4
Fundamentals of Business Economics and Management

(100 Marks, Paper pattern yet to be declared)

There are 2 sections in this subject.

Subject 1 - Fundamentals of Business Economics (70 Marks)

There are 4 Chapters in the CMA Foundation Fundamentals of Business Economics book. The chapters and their weightage are mentioned below.

Exam Weightage CMA Foundation Fundamentals of Business Economics subject Chapters
15%

Chp 1: Basic Concepts

20%

Chp 2: Forms of Market

20%

Chp 3: Money and Banking

15%

Chp 4: Economic and Business Environment

Subject 2 - Business and Commercial Knowledge (40 Marks)

There are 1 Chapters in the CMA Foundation Fundamentals of Management book. The chapter and its weightage are mentioned below.

Exam Weightage CMA Foundation Fundamentals of Management subject Chapters
30%

Chp 5: Fundamentals of Management

Old CMA Foundation Syllabus - (Syllabus 2016) - Papers, Subjects, Exam pattern

CMA FOUNDATION PAPERS EXAM PATTERN MARKS
Paper 1
Fundamentals of Economics and Management

Part A - Fundamentals of Economics (50 Marks)
Part B - Fundamentals of Management (50 Marks)
100% Objective 100
Paper 2
Fundamentals of Accounting

Part A - Fundamentals of Financial Accounting (80 Marks)
Part B - Part B - Fundamentals of cost Accounting (20 Marks)
100% Objective 100
Paper 3
Fundamentals of Laws and Ethics

Part A - Fundamentals of Commercial Laws (70 Marks)
Part B - Fundamentals of Ethics (30 Marks)
100% Objective 100
Paper 4
Fundamentals of Business Mathematics and Statistics

Part A - Fundamentals Business of Mathematics (40 Marks)
Part B - Fundamentals Business Statistics (60 Marks)
100% Objective 100

Old CMA Foundation Syllabus - (Syllabus 2016) - Chapters & Section-wise exam weightage

1
Fundamentals of Economics and Management

(100 Marks, One Hour exam, 100% Objective Paper)

There are 2 subjects in this paper.

Subject 1 - Fundamentals of Economics (50 Marks)

There are 8 Chapters in the CMA Foundation Fundamentals of Economics Book. The chapters and their weightage are mentioned below.

Exam Weightage CMA Foundation Fundamentals of Economics subject Chapters
20%

Chp 1: Basic Concepts of Economics

Chp 2: Theory of Demand and Supply

Chp 3: Theory of Production

Chp 4: Theory of Cost

20% Chp 5: Market

10%

Chp 6: Money

Chp 7: Bank

Chp 8: Money Market


Subject 2 - Fundamentals of Management (50 Marks)

There is 4 Chapter in the CMA Foundation Fundamentals of Management Book. The chapter and its weightage are mentioned below.

EXAM PATTERN CMA Foundation Fundamentals of Management subject Chapters
50%

Chp 9: Management Process

Chp 10: Management – Concepts

Chp 11: Leadership and Motivation

Chp 12: Decision Making

2
Fundamentals of Accounting

(100 Marks, One Hour exam, 100% Objective Paper).

There are 2 subjects in this paper.

Subject 1 - Fundamentals of Financial Accounting (80 Marks)

There are 3 Chapters in the CMA Fundamentals of Financial Accounting book. The chapters and their weightage are mentioned below.

Exam Weightage CMA Foundation Fundamentals of Financial Accounting subject Chapters
30%

Chp 1: Accounting Fundamentals

20% Chp 2: Accounting for Special Transactions
25% Chp 3: Preparation of Final Accounts

Subject 2 - Fundamentals of Cost Accounting (20 Marks)

There are 1 Chapters in the CMA Foundation Fundamentals of Cost Accounting book. The chapter and its weightage are mentioned below.

Exam Weightage CMA Foundation Fundamentals of Cost Accounting subject Chapters
20%

Chp 4 Fundamentals of Cost Accounting

3
Fundamentals of Laws and Ethics

(100 Marks, One Hour exam, 100% Objective Paper)

There are 2 subjects in this paper.

Subject 1 - Fundamentals of Commercial Laws (70 Marks)

There are 3 Chapters in the CMA Foundation Fundamentals of Commercial Laws book. The chapters and their weightage are mentioned below.

Exam Weightage CMA Foundation Fundamentals of Commercial Laws subject Chapters
40%

Chp 1: Indian Contract Act, 1872

20%

Chp 2: Sale of Goods Act, 1930

10%

Chp 3: Negotiable Instruments Act,1881

Subject 2 - Fundamentals of Ethics (30 Marks)

There are 1 Chapters in the CMA Foundation Fundamentals of Ethics book. The chapter and its weightage are mentioned below.

Exam Weightage CMA Foundation Fundamentals of Ethics subject Chapters
30%

Chp 4: Ethics and Business

4
Fundamentals of Business Mathematics and Statistics

(100 Marks, One Hour exam, 100% Objective Paper)

There are 2 sections in this subject.

Subject 1 - Fundamentals of Business Mathematics (40 Marks)

There are 2 Chapters in the CMA Foundation Fundamentals of Business Mathematics book. The chapters and their weightage are mentioned below.

Exam Weightage CMA Foundation Fundamentals of Business Mathematics subject Chapters
20%

Chp 1: Arithmetic

20%

Chp 2: Algebra

Subject 2 - Fundamentals of Business Statistics (60 Marks)

There are 4 Chapters in the CMA Foundation Fundamentals of Business Statistics book. The chapter and its weightage are mentioned below.

Exam Weightage CMA Foundation Fundamentals of Business Statistics subject Chapters
10%

Chp 3: Statistical Representation of Data

30% Chp 4: Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion
10% Chp 5: Correlation and Regression
10% Chp 6: Probability
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