CPA Canada Core 2 - independent subject foundations study materials
CPA Canada Core 2 - independent subject foundations study resources

CPA Canada Core 2 - independent subject foundations study plan

CPA Canada Core 2 - independent subject foundations · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 5 hours per week

Week 1

Management costing, budgets and relevant decisions

  • Review Management costing, budgets and relevant decisions using the mapped guide and reference terms.

  • Attempt relevant questions before reading answers and explain the distinction or calculation.

Your checkpoint

A checked study log for Management costing, budgets and relevant decisions, with supporting reasoning and unresolved questions.

Week 2

Financial appraisal, financing and conditional valuation models

  • Review Financial appraisal, financing and conditional valuation models using the mapped guide and reference terms.

  • Attempt relevant questions before reading answers and explain the distinction or calculation.

Your checkpoint

A checked study log for Financial appraisal, financing and conditional valuation models, with supporting reasoning and unresolved questions.

Week 3

Business strategy

  • Review Business strategy using the mapped guide and reference terms.

  • Attempt relevant questions before reading answers and explain the distinction or calculation.

Your checkpoint

A checked study log for Business strategy, with supporting reasoning and unresolved questions.

Week 4

Audit purposes, risk, ethics and engagement planning

  • Review Audit purposes, risk, ethics and engagement planning using the mapped guide and reference terms.

  • Attempt relevant questions before reading answers and explain the distinction or calculation.

Your checkpoint

A checked study log for Audit purposes, risk, ethics and engagement planning, with supporting reasoning and unresolved questions.

Week 5

Financial statements, assets, inventory and cash-flow models

  • Review Financial statements, assets, inventory and cash-flow models using the mapped guide and reference terms.

  • Attempt relevant questions before reading answers and explain the distinction or calculation.

Your checkpoint

A checked study log for Financial statements, assets, inventory and cash-flow models, with supporting reasoning and unresolved questions.

Week 6

Management costing, budgets and relevant decisions

  • Review Management costing, budgets and relevant decisions using the mapped guide and reference terms.

  • Attempt relevant questions before reading answers and explain the distinction or calculation.

Your checkpoint

A checked study log for Management costing, budgets and relevant decisions, with supporting reasoning and unresolved questions.

Week 7

Management costing, budgets and relevant decisions & Financial appraisal, financing and conditional valuation models & Business strategy & Audit purposes, risk, ethics and engagement planning & Financial statements, assets, inventory and cash-flow models

  • Apply the cases before reading model responses.

  • Retest recurring errors with a mixed set and compare preparation with the actual syllabus.

Your checkpoint

A checked study log for Management costing, budgets and relevant decisions, Financial appraisal, financing and conditional valuation models, Business strategy, Audit purposes, risk, ethics and engagement planning, Financial statements, assets, inventory and cash-flow models, with supporting reasoning and unresolved questions.

Week 8

Management costing, budgets and relevant decisions & Financial appraisal, financing and conditional valuation models & Business strategy & Audit purposes, risk, ethics and engagement planning & Financial statements, assets, inventory and cash-flow models

  • Apply the cases before reading model responses.

  • Retest recurring errors with a mixed set and compare preparation with the actual syllabus.

Your checkpoint

A checked study log for Management costing, budgets and relevant decisions, Financial appraisal, financing and conditional valuation models, Business strategy, Audit purposes, risk, ethics and engagement planning, Financial statements, assets, inventory and cash-flow models, with supporting reasoning and unresolved questions.

Milestones

Week 2: Explain the principal concepts using evidence rather than memorized option positions.

Week 5: Apply subject concepts to cases and identify assumptions and limits.

Week 8: Review mixed performance and the exact current qualification requirements.