ACCT346-15S1 (C) Semester One 2015

Auditing

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 23 February 2015
End Date: Sunday, 28 June 2015
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 8 March 2015
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 24 May 2015

Description

The need for and the nature of auditing; knowledge base about audit theory and method; skills needed for the practice of auditing; issues confronting the auditing profession.

Learning Outcomes

Having engaged in learning during the course, students will be able to demonstrate an understanding (e.g. explain, discuss, apply and, where appropriate, evaluate) of:

1.  The nature, purpose, and context of external audits, including theory, current issues, and other factors that influence auditing.
2.  An auditor’s professional, legal, and ethical responsibilities; and to analyse and report on case situations.
3.  Aspects of the audit process, such as identifying audit risk, preparing components of an audit plan, evaluating internal control systems, preparing audit reports for various audit outcomes, interpreting and explaining different types of audit report, and applying auditing standards.

Prerequisites

(1) INFO123 or ACIS123; and (2) ACCT211 or ACIS211. RP: INFO243 or ACIS243.

Restrictions

ACIS346, AFIS306, AFIS346, AFIS506.

Recommended Preparation

Timetable Note

Tutorials begin in the third week of the course and are held approximately every second week.

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Richard Fisher

Lecturer

Rob Vosslamber

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assignment 22 May 2015 15%
Test 25%
Final Exam 60%


The assignment is due by 12 noon, Friday 22 May 2015.

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Leung, Philomena; Modern Auditing and Assurance Services ; 6th ed; (Hard copy or electronic version).

Course links

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Prize

By courtesy of Deloitte, a prize is awarded annually for excellence in ACCT346. It is not necessary to make application as the prize is awarded following publication of the semester's results.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $737.00

International fee $3,125.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Department of Accounting and Information Systems .

All ACCT346 Occurrences

  • ACCT346-15S1 (C) Semester One 2015