Do you have to have x number of accounting classes to be a CMA? Someone was asking me about it and i had figured the education would be similar to CPA but Google says you need like 0 accounting at all???

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Here it is
https://www.imanet.org/cma-certification/getting-started?ssopc=1#requirements

Yeah i read the link i guess i just wanted confirmation because it seems hard to believe. Like an accounting certification w no accounting education?

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