Courses meet Monday through Thursday from 8:30 am to 12:00 noon and from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm.  Exams are held Friday morning. In lieu of an exam, CCMA Revaluation Course students will attend Friday morning's Connecticut Assessment Workshop.

Courses are held on the first floor of the South A Campus Residence Hall adjacent to parking lot S with the exception of the CCMA Revaluation Course to be held at the Dodd Research Center. 

All students should bring an HP12C calculator, especially those enrolling in CCMA III.

This course is intended for newly-elected assessors, assessor clerks, new staff members and others interested in earning the CCMA designation. Along with CCMA IB, this is an appropriate course for first-time attendees.

Content:

• Introduction to state statutes
• Transfer of title
• Maintenance of assessment records
• Exemptions and exempt properties
• Assessment calendar
• Common interest ownership

Prerequisites: None

Instructors: Helen Totz, CCMA II, and Barbara Bigos,
CCMA II

This course is intended for newly-elected assessors, assessor clerks, new staff members and others interested in earning the CCMA designation. Along with CCMA IA, this is an appropriate course for first-time attendees.

Content:

• Concept of value
• 490 Valuation (farm, forest and open space)
• Revaluation
• Sales ratio and grand list codes
• Motor vehicle assessment administration
• Personal property assessment administration
• Miscellaneous valuation problems

Prerequisites: None

Instructors: Patricia G. Hedwall, CCMA II, CAE, CCA, SPA and Brian Smith, CCMA II

Content:

• The appraisal process
• Legal concepts and theory of value
• Land valuation
• Cost approach to value
• Measuring and listing

Prerequisites: CCMA IA and CCMA IB

Instructors: Thomas F. Browne, CCMA II, William H. Gaffney, III, CCMA II, and Paul W. Slattery, CCMA II

This course is open to attendees who have completed the prerequisites below, and to others on a space-available basis.

Content:

• Mathematics and statistics
• Cost schedules
• Revaluation concepts
• Commercial valuation
• Sales comparison approach to value

Prerequisites: CCMA IA, IB and IIA

Instructors:  Michael A. Bekech, CCMA II and Walter E. Topliff, CCMA II

Content:

• Income capitalization
• Capitalization and discount rate development
• Mortgage equity and bond of investment
• Residual techniques
• Discounted cash flow analysis
• Financial Functions

Prerequisites: CCMA IA, IB, IIA and IIB

Instructors: Bill O’Brien, CCMA II, and Christopher Buckley, CCMA I

This course is intended for attendees who wish to gain deeper insight to the revaluation process.

Content:

• Requests for proposals and contracts
• Public and media relations
• Statutory framework
• Preliminary valuation review
• Ratio studies
• Mass appraisal techniques

Prerequisite: CCMA IA, IB,IIA, and IIB

Instructors: Steve Juda, CCMA II and Roger Palmer, MAI, CCMA II