ICMAB CurriculumThe Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) has changed its curriculum structure from July-December 2015. ICMAB is pleased to revise its curriculum structure as a part of its continuous improvement of its curriculum in line with the demands of the markets. In its new curriculum, the ICMAB has absorbed all the CIMA papers and inserted six new papers to fulfill the local needs. Out of the six papers, three papers are made mandatory for students coming through Intermediate Entry Route (IER) where no exemptions are allowed and students need to qualify all the three papers to move to next (Business) level. And other three papers form a fourth pillar (Regulatory Pillar) at professional levels considering the local needs in addition to three pillars as CIMA have in its structure. Thus in total, ICMAB new curriculum has 20 papers as given below:

The curriculum structure is presented below at a glance for a quick visualization.

The curriculum has two entry levels (basements), four pillars (regulatory, enterprise, performance and financial) and one roof (internship and research). A student may seek admission in two consecutive levels (except for intermediate entry route who havent yet passed knowledge level), however, he cannot sit for the exam at a higher level course until he finishes the lower level paper within the same pillar. Achievement of permanent credit in all the papers is a must to undergo an internship and research. Students may also sit for CIMA case studies at different levels if they like so. In that case, they need to enroll with CIMA and continue the two programs in parallel. However, ICMAB membership is a pre-requisite to CIMA membership.Professional Levels

Paper IE 01

Principles of Accounting

Paper IE 02

Principles of Business & Economics

Paper IE 03

Business Communications

Intermediate Entry Route

Paper GE 02

Fundamentals of Management Accounting

Paper GE 01

Fundamentals of Financial Accounting

Paper GE 03

Fundamentals of Business Mathematics

Paper GE 04

Fundamentals of Business Economics

Paper GE 05

Fundamentals of Ethics, Corporate Governance and Business Law

Graduate Entry Route

Paper R1

Legal Environment of Business

Paper E1

Enterprise Operations

Paper P1

Performance Operations

Paper F1

Financial Operations

Paper R2

Taxation

Paper E2

Enterprise Management

Paper P2

Performance Management

Paper F2

Financial Management

Paper R3

Financial, Management and Cost Audit

Paper E3

Enterprise Strategy

Paper P3

Performance Strategy

Paper F3

Financial Strategy

Knowledge Level

Business Level

Regulatory

Pillar

Enterprise

Pillar

Performance Pillar

Financial

Pillar

Operational Level

Management Level

Strategic Level

Part A: Dissertation

Part B: Defense

Internship and Research

Internship

Entry Levels

Professional Levels

Strategic Level

R3 Financial, Management and Cost Audit

E3 - Enterprise Strategy

P3 Performance Strategy

F3 Financial Strategy

Management Level

R2 Taxation

E2- Enterprise Management

P2 Performance Management

F2 Financial Management

Operational Level

R1 Legal Environment of Business

E1- Enterprise Operations

P1 Performance Operations

F1 Financial Operations

Business Level

GE01 Fundamentals of Financial Accounting

GE02 Fundamentals of Management Accounting

GE03 Fundamentals of Business Mathematics

GE04 Fundamentals of Business Economics

GE05 Fundamentals of Ethics, Cor. Gov. & Business Law

IE02 Principles of Business and Economics

IE 03 Business Communications

Knowledge Level

IE01 Principles of Accounting

IE02 Principles of Business and Economics

IE 03 Business Communications