ACC 585 Forensic Acounting

The course investigates the forensic professional?s skill set for litigation support in the areas of financial forensics and fraud examination. The student will analyze financial evidence, digital forensic evidence, statistical and graphic analysis, anomaly detection, and forensic analytics to accumulate appropriate evidence for legal advice and services. Generalized audit software such as ACL and IDEA will be utilized. Topics for the Certified Fraud Examination (CFE) will be covered. Examples will be drawn from a wide variety of settings such as public accounting, government, industry and not-for-profit environments. Course has an online component. Prerequisite: a course in financial auditing.