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We’ve decided to shed some light on the new 2017 CIMA Cert BA syllabus, that has become the current one for the certification level (as of 11 of January 2017).
The CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting helps individuals and businesses to be successful by developing skills and knowledge, which are necessary in the current working environment. It is designed for those individuals with little or no accounting experience and knowledge. This certificate enables them to explore their business potential. Cert BA syllabus is a perfect stepping stone for those individuals who want a career in business and finance, as it teaches core business and financial skills beyond simple financial accounting.
The Cert BA is a complete qualification and also an entry route for the CIMA Professional Qualification. Those successful candidates who have completed Cert BA and CIMA professional qualification and qualify for membership will also be awarded with Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) designation.
This is the new syllabus - download it here. Have a look at the video issued by the CIMA explaining what is Cert BA:
CIMA updates its qualifications regularly to ensure its relevance, just like it was done for the professional level in 2015. CIMA also wants to ensure that the learning experience of its students matches with the real business world. The updated syllabus reflects emerging issues that business and financial communities are increasingly facing and responds to their needs for competent and confident financially skilled professionals.
Watch the short video about the launch of the new 2017 Cert BA syllabus issued by CIMA:
Cert BA is introduced starting from 11th of January 2017.
The syllabus of CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting now consists of four subjects BA1, BA2, BA3 and BA4 that replaced the old certificate syllabus C01, C02, C03, C04 & C05. However, the major change is that C03 has been discontinued and its contents have been distributed across BA1, BA2 and BA3.
The syllabus aims at the following:
We have used our business and academic experience in order to prepare Practice Kit for BA1 paper. Sign up for our free set of questions or purchase an online, interactive practice kit for $59.
We have used our business and academic experience in order to prepare Practice Kit for BA2 paper. Sign up for our free set of questions or purchase an online, interactive practice kit for $59.
We are working on creating our questions for BA3. We expect them to be available in the second half of September 2017.
We are working on creating our questions for BA4. We expect them to be available till the middle of October 2017.
The most convenient way is to login to “My CIMA” and click schedule an exam. It will guide you through the process.
The exam will take place in the Pearson VuUE location, that you can choose. Find the closest centre here.
Apparently the fees for each exam will slightly increase (ranging from 52 GBP to 67 GBP depending on your country where you are living – you can check exactly here). But think positively, they removed 1 exam, so overall it is cheaper J
Have a look how this Cert BA is integrated into the whole CIMA certification:
Practice Tests Academy is currently offering questions for the Certification level, but only for the first 2 papers. We are working hard on preparing them. It takes a lot of time to prepare 500 questions of a high standard. I expect we are going to be ready to publish BA3 in the 2nd half of September and BA4 till the middle of October 2017.
Hope that you have found this article insightful and beneficial. Practice Tests Academy is wishing you good luck with your Cert BA exams!
Keep visiting this blog in order to get more CIMA related information. Next week we plan to explain what are the gateway exams. Stay tuned!
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