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306-363 Accounting C3: Auditing

Credit points: 11.1

Coordinator: Phillip Cobbin.

Prerequisite: Accounting B11 and Accounting B22, or approved equivalent.

Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial/workshop each week, except during block periods of School Experience.

Timetable: Double semester.

Objectives:

On completion of this subject students should be able to:

• explain the audit function: its underlying concepts, objectives and reporting functions;
• understand accounting control concepts in accounting systems and identify internal control weaknesses;
• describe the ethical, legal and professional environments in which the auditor operates.

Content:

The concepts and objectives of auditing, the practical stages in administering and completing an audit assignment including review, verification and reporting; the legal responsibilities of parties involved.

Assessment:

Minor assignments/essays (10 per cent); a 1-hour mid-year test (10 per cent); a 3-hour final examination (70 per cent); and tutorial participation (10 per cent). Students must perform satisfactorily in each item of assessment, submit all assignments and perform satisfactorily on the final examination.

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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Education (Parkville Campus) (Volume 5 page 71)

Status:          Official 1996
Date created:    Oct  9 1995
Last modified:   Oct  9 1995
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