ACCT658-17S1 (C) Semester One 2017

Contemporary Research in Auditing

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2017
End Date: Sunday, 25 June 2017
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 5 March 2017
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 21 May 2017

Description

This course (1) develops students' abilities to identify and understand contemporary auditing issues and related professional problems, and (2) develops a capability to identify, design and conduct research relating to such issues/problems.

This course aims to develop a capability in the identification and understanding of contemporary auditing issues and related professional problems, and to develop an ability to identify and conduct research relating to such professional problems.
The material covered in the course will consist of a mixture of research and practitioner articles.  The course will address issues that are shown to be of current concern to auditors and are discussed in professional journals and current research in auditing.  Where possible, students will be encouraged to make linkages between the two.

Learning Outcomes

Once students have successfully completed this course, they should be able to:
1. demonstrate an ability to identify current auditing issues and the related professional problems;
2. identify and critically evaluate relevant auditing research;
3. report the results of current research concerning these problems and show to what extent they deal with the professional issues; and
4. develop a research design to address an auditing issue which is relevant to the New Zealand and/or international environment.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department

Restrictions

ACIS658, AFIS658

Course Coordinator

Richard Fisher

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Report 20% Review of Professional Issues
Review 30% Research Review
Research Proposal 35%
Participation 15%

Course links

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Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $925.00

* 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.

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  • ACCT658-17S1 (C) Semester One 2017
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