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Posted: Wednesday 29 December 2010 by LeeCad
Replies : 3
Keywords: New syllabus

Hello,

I'm re-registering to study CIMA now (sitting in May 2011) but my initial fears were pehaps the length of time since my last study/exam have been now multiplied when I read about the syllabus changes.

I have passed - under the old syllabus equivalent - E1, F1 and P1. I also sat - under the old syllabus equivalent - but failed E2, F2 and P2. So I have full study texts and exam kits from these. However I will be completing the modules via BPP so will have the latest syllabus material.

The last time I physically sat a CIMA exam was November 2007.

I now feel more confident and happy that I want to get on and complete my CIMA study and feel in a position both in my personal and work life that I'm now interested to learn to actual content (where as previously I was just going through the motions to get the piece of paper to say "passed" not really taking in the course properly).

Has anyone had any experiences similar to mine that can perhaps allay my fears that a 3+ year gap and the change in syllabus will not hinder my success? or make it 100 times worse than I would expect?

Thanks

restart

Posted by Roary The Tiger on Saturday 01 January 2011 19:08

I've stopped and started several times and finally qualified at 46 two years ago. I always found is easier to study a new sylabus than repeat what I had already studied. If its any consolation I'd say the strat and TOPCIMA are far more interesting that the number crunching formula type exams in the easier stages.

new syllabus

Posted by GlennD on Tuesday 04 January 2011 12:45

The only complication I could see is with the change of syllabus, you may need to consider knowledge gap days to take these into account. Examples of the knowledge gaps based on your credits would be:

P1+P2 - Time value of money used to be in P2 but has now moved to P1.

F1+F2 - Previously all groups were in F2 however now basic groups are in F1 and complex groups are in F2.

In both of those instances you would not be retaught those aspects in the managerial paper but because you'll have credits in the operational papers you'll miss them there too (I got caught with the P papers in the change so I've never been taught TVM, we didn't even have a knowledge gap day). However you did say you wrote the managerial papers and still have the study text so you might have a passing knowledge of some of that already, alternatively you could brush up on it beforehand.

Syllabus transition

Posted by Rebecca McCaffry on Thursday 06 January 2011 14:48

Hi LeeCad

We have some guidance on the changes between the 2005 and 2010 syllabus papers here:

http://www.cimaglobal.com/Students/2010-professional-qualification/Transition-to-2010-syllabus/

Don't panic too much about the syllabus changes - if I were you I'd read through the relevant documents listed above and maybe have a flick through the old syllabus books to refresh your memory if your new books haven't arrived yet. There is a lot that hasn't changed.

Best wishes

Rebecca
CIMAsphere moderator