CMA Foundation Syllabus 2024

Paper-1 : Fundamentals of Business Laws and Business Communication

The CMA Foundation Fundamentals of Business Laws and Business Communication syllabus for the exams is as follows:

Paper-2 : Fundamentals of Financial and Cost Accounting

The CMA Foundation syllabus of paper 2 for the exams is as follows:

Paper-3 : Fundamentals of Business Mathematics and Statistics (FBMS)

The CMA Foundation Fundamentals of Business Mathematics and Statistics (FBMS) syllabus for the exams is as follows.

Section A: Fundamentals of Business Mathematics

1. Arithmetic
2. Algebra
3. Calculus - Application in Business

Section B: Fundamentals of Business Statistics

1. Statistical Representation of Data
2. Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion
3. Correlation and Regression
4. Probability
5. Index Numbers and Time Series

Paper-4: Fundamentals of Business Economics and Management

The CMA Foundation syllabus for the exams in Fundamentals of Business Economics and Management is as follows.

Section A: Fundamentals of Business Economics

1. Basic Concepts
2. Forms of Market
3. Money and Banking
4. Economic and Business Environment

Section B: Fundamentals of Management

1. Fundamentals of Management

Course Eligibility :

• A candidate should have passed Class 10 or equivalent from a recognized Board or Institution; Or,
• Passed the Senior Secondary School Examination under the 10+2 scheme of a recognized Board or an Examination recognized by the Central Government as equivalent thereto or has passed the National Diploma in Commerce Examination held by the All India Council for Technical Education or any State Board of Technical Education under the authority of the said All India Council, or the Diploma in Rural Service Examination conducted by the National Council of Rural Higher Education.
• Any Candidate who has passed the Foundation examination conducted by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India will be exempted from Foundation Course & vice versa ; Or,
• Any Candidate who has passed the Intermediate Examination (by whatever name called) conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India will be exempted from Foundation Course. Similarly, any candidate who has passed the Intermediate examination will be exempted from Common Proficiency Test (i.e. entry level examination, by whatever name called) conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.