If your degree meets all 16 CMA prerequisites – and you earned a minimum of 60 per cent in each course – you may challenge the CMA Entrance Exam directly.

For a list of CMA prerequisites and their course equivalents at recognized Alberta post-secondary institutes, view the course matrix.
Please note that Business Law will be a prerequisite for the June 2013 Entrance Exam. Click here for a list of recognized current courses from post-secondary institutions.

Applying for the Entrance Exam
CMA Alberta needs to complete a transcript evaluation to determine your eligibility to write the Entrance Exam.

**Students who graduate from a CMA Accredited Program will be exempt from writing the CMA Entrance Exam and will enrol directly into the Strategic Leadership Program. See the Accredited Programs page for detailed information and requirements.


  Step 1: Become an associate and get your transcripts evaluated
  Step 2: Obtain prerequisites
  Option 1: Obtain a degree and CMA prerequisites
  Option 2: Obtain missing prerequisites through the CMA Accelerated Program
  Option 3: Graduate from an accredited program
  CMA Fundamentals Program
  Step 3: Entrance Exam
  Step 4: Complete one of four professional programs
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