The 2026 Learning Objectives have been released, and we are updating the materials accordingly. New content will be available in the study planner starting in January, with ongoing updates throughout the exam period. We appreciate your patience as we focus on maintaining high-quality content during this process.
2025-2026 Curriculum Change Analysis (note: these spreadsheets include tabs at the bottom for each year starting in 2010)
We kindly request that you refrain from inquiring about publication dates, as such questions divert us from content preparation. Thank you for your patience; we are committed to providing the highest-quality, most current materials.
Our Materials Focus on Quality and Integrity
We ensure that the comprehension of our study products remains intact with every update to our materials. There are five main reasons we do not include every reading found in the syllabus:
2025-2026 Curriculum Change Analysis (note: these spreadsheets include tabs at the bottom for each year starting in 2010)
We kindly request that you refrain from inquiring about publication dates, as such questions divert us from content preparation. Thank you for your patience; we are committed to providing the highest-quality, most current materials.
- Current Curriculum: Please refer to your study planner under My Courses or the GARP curriculum analysis spreadsheets above. The PDFs in Vital Source cannot be published until all chapter updates within a topic are ready.
- Curriculum Coverage: While we strive to provide helpful learning materials, we do not guarantee that a complete set of notes, PQs, instructional videos, and other content will be available for every reading or chapter. Our update process prioritizes assessed importance and complexity of concepts to ensure we deliver the most value, rather than filling every gap in the study planner.
Our Materials Focus on Quality and Integrity
We ensure that the comprehension of our study products remains intact with every update to our materials. There are five main reasons we do not include every reading found in the syllabus:
- The GARP FRM syllabus is not a rigorous, fixed map of the exam. It contains more concepts than can be tested.
- GARP emphasizes knowledge points and key concepts. This aligns with the FRM Learning Objectives, and the assigned readings support it.
- The exam is practice-oriented. Actual exam questions originate from practitioners, not from the chapters. They are subsequently vetted against the readings.
- The reading list changes every year. We believe “chasing” every new reading is unnecessary, as some readings have historically appeared only once on the syllabus, were not on the exam, and were then dropped the following year.
- Some topics are too dense and won’t be used. Many readings contain some details that are not relevant to the exam.
