IMA (The Institute of Management Accountants USA)
is one of the largest and most respected associations focused exclusively on advancing the management accounting profession. Globally, IMA supports the profession through research, the CMA® (Certified Management Accountant) certification program along with other certification programs (CSCA and FMAA), continuing education, networking, and advocacy of the highest ethical business practices. Twice named Professional Body of the Year by The Accountant/International Accounting Bulletin, IMA has a global network of about 140,000 members in 150 countries and 350 professional and student chapters. Headquartered in Montvale, N.J., USA, IMA provides localized services through its six global regions: The Americas, China, Europe, Middle East/North Africa, India, and Asia Pacific. For more information about IMA, please visit www.imanet.org.

IMA and Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce
We are very proud to mention that Symbiosis College signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and we now have the privilege of being a university partner of IMA. IMA offers the Certified Management Accountant (CMA) professional certification, and the new MOU allows us to integrate the CMA program with our B.COM program. This will commence in the academic year 2024–2025 and will lead to a degree of B.COM with specialization in Management Accounting.

Part 1: Financial Planning, Performance, and Analytics	Part 2: Strategic Financial Management
15% External Financial Reporting Decisions	20% Financial Statement Analysis
20% Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting	20% Corporate Finance
20% Performance Management	25% Decision Analysis
15% Cost Management	10% Risk Management
15% Internal Controls	10% Investment Decisions
15% Technology and Analytics	15% Professional Ethics

Source:

About CMA Certification: Accounting Certification | IMA (imanet.org) - CLICK HERE

Also each part has a professional exam of 4 hours which includes 100 multiple choice questions and two, 30 minute essays. Please refer to the following link for the further details on the CMA professional Exam.

CMA Handbook 3132024.pdf - CLICK HERE

As mentioned above the CMA Certification consists of 12 papers. All these 12 papers have been included in the B. Com syllabus over 3 years and they will have to be pursued in the given order. The student is expected to appear for all the college exams to earn B.Com with specialisation in Management Accounting.

Benefits to students by opting for this Program

Fees

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Professional exam fees for Part 1 & 2 shall be paid by students to IMA directly.

Fees paid to college are inclusive of GST and include the following:

• CMA Entrance Fees + GST
• IMA - Professional Membership

Admission procedure for Students:

• An Indian student will qualify for the CMA integration Programme only after fulfilling the merit criteria for the regular B. Com Program. This process will commence only after the declaration of 12th Standard results. All details of the admission process will be displayed on the College Website.
• NRI and Foreign students need to get their documents scanned and apply to the International Office of Symbiosis Centre for International Education (SCIE) after the 12th standard results.
• Once a student in his first year opts for B. Com with SPECIALISATION IN MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING (Integrated Program), he/she will not be allowed to change/ opt out of the specialization. This means he/she will have to complete all three years of his/her graduation with SPECIALISATION IN MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING.

The course titles for the MAJOR paper for integrated Programme (B. Com with SPECIALISATION IN MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING) will be as follows:

Semester 1	Semester 2
1. Information Technology & Analytics	1. Financial Reporting

Semester 3	Semester 4
1. Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting	“Semester 4 Subject Structure Under Finalization”
2. Cost Management
3. Advance Financial Reporting
4. IKS