Forensic Accounting
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 36
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning. For Online unit delivery, learning is conducted exclusively online.
2022 teaching periods
Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 2 |
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Swinburne Online Teaching Period 1 |
Swinburne Online Teaching Period 3 | |
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Aims and objectives
2. Use various frameworks to investigate why people commit fraud.
3. Demonstrate an ability to detect, investigate and minimize fraud occurrences.
4. Work in diverse groups to analyse and extrapolate meaning from authentic fraud case studies.
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
Type
Hours per week
Number of Weeks
Total
Face to Face Contact
Class
Unspecified Learning Activities
Independent Learning
TOTAL
150 hours
Type
Hours per week
Number of Weeks
Total
Online Contact Directed Online Learning and Independent LearningTOTAL
150 hours
Assessment
3. Final Examination (Individual) 30 - 50%
General skills outcomes
- problem solving skills
- teamwork skills
- analysis skills
- ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
Content
- Nature and objectives of a forensic audit
- Motivations for fraud
- Fraud prevention
- Recognising the symptoms of fraud
- Types of fraud
- Legal framework to forensic auditing
Study resources
- Reading materials.