ACNT 1305 - Forensic Accounting

Credits: 3

Accounting fraud and examination designed to provide a basic understanding of the impact that fraud has on an organization. (This course is intended to help students understand the role of the Forensic Accountant. Upon completion of this course the students will learn special skills in accounting, auditing, finance, quantitative methods, certain areas of the law, research, and investigative skills to collect, analyze, and evaluate evidential matter and to interpret and communicate findings. Finance and quantitative skills will be addressed since they are especially important to Forensic Accountants who calculate damages. The complexity of Forensic Accounting has gained considerable attention over the past five years and will continue to gain momentum.)

Lecture: 3
Lab: 0
Prerequisite(s): ACCT 2302; must be placed into GUST 0342 in reading, ENGL 0300 or ENGL 0347 in writing and MATH 0308 in math