Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)

Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) (Certificate)

International students study towards CIMA examinations normally for two years full-time with Leicester Business School. We offer tuition for the managerial and strategic level papers, but we do not offer the Foundation Stage examinations at Leicester Business School so you would need to have studied the Foundation Stage examinations elsewhere (in the UK or in your home country) or have been exempted from the Foundation Stage papers by CIMA at the registration stage. For more information about where you can study the Foundation Level examinations, visit the CIMA website at cimaglobal.com.

Year one (Managerial Level)

In year one, you sit three papers in November and three papers in May:

Paper 1: Performance Evaluation
Paper 2: Decision Making
Paper 4: Organisational Management and Information Systems
Paper 5: Integrated Management
Paper 7: Financial Accounting and Tax Principles
Paper 8: Financial Analysis.
Plus a range of additional professional accounting classes.

Year two (Strategic Level)

Paper 3: Risk and Control Strategy
Paper 6: Business Strategy
Paper 9: Financial Strategy.
Plus a range of additional professional accounting classes.

Teaching/assessment

Teaching commences in mid-September and runs every week up until exams in May, except for vacations at Christmas and New Year (December/January) and Easter (March/April). Formal syllabus tuition is finished by the end of April, but exam preparation classes continue until the examinations. A precise programme for each paper will be issued by the lecturers in the first week of tuition in September.

You will also attend regular tutorials with the Course Leader in both years.

The qualification is ideal for people who wish to qualify as an accountant whilst working in industry or commerce or the public sector.

To qualify as an Associate member of the institute, a person must have passed the examinations and have three years relevant practical experience.

MMUBS offers tuition on a part time day release and/or evening basis for CIMA examinations for people intending to sit the May 2007 examinations. Certificate level courses are offered on a modular basis to allow students to attempt examinations throughout the year.

It is possible for each of the levels, Certificate, Managerial and Strategic to be studied on one day or one afternoon, plus the evening of that day or on two or three evenings.

This programme is intended for students who wish to study for the examinations of the CIMA whilst continuing to be employed in a job that provides experience in management accountancy.

Why study the CIMA at Bristol Business School?
The academics who will be teaching you are all qualified professionals who maintain close links to the profession and understand the everyday business issues facing you. Many of them undertake consultancy work for both regional and national organisations, and some conduct leading edge academic research that you will find published in financial journals, professional publications and on specialist websites such as Accounting Web.

In addition to these academics we are able to draw on specialist expertise from other areas of the University, whenever appropriate. For example when studying the Business Law section of the course you will be taught by some of the leading legal academics from within the University’s renowned Faculty of Law.

How is the course structured?
Our CIMA programme has a very clear structure, and we take you through it in a methodical and supportive way which will assist you in understanding each subject at a fundamental level. This approach avoids the need for stressful last minute cramming, and we believe it increases your chance of success in the examinations.

Our staff will provide you with personal support, both in the classroom, and frequently outside.

Content
The syllabus is taught as Certificate in Business Accounting Level, Managerial Level and Strategic Level, covering these subjects:

Certificate Level
Management Accounting Fundamentals
Financial Accounting Fundamentals
Business Mathematics
Business Law
Economics for Business
Managerial Level (Group A)
Management Accounting Performance Evaluation
Financial Accounting and Tax Principles
Organisational Management and Information Systems
Managerial Level (Group B)
Management Accounting �Decision Management
Financial Analysis
Integrated Management
Strategic Level
Management Accounting �Business Strategy

Management Accounting �Financial Strategy

Management Accounting �Risk and Control Strategy

Exemptions
Some students may be granted exemption from some of the examinations. Graduates may be exempted, as may students who have passed AAT, a full-time Foundation Course in Accountancy, and holders of HND and HNC in Business Studies. Full details may be obtained by contacting CIMA at cima.services@cimaglobal.com

Assessment
Examinations of the CIMA are held in May.

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