Audit Institutions and Processes (MAcc)

415A

Course Description:
This course fosters the development of a fundamental understanding of the assurance service market and associated engagement-level processes. The focus is (1) the nature and value of external audits of corporate financial statements, (2) the structure and performance of the public accounting profession, (3) approaches to assessing the risk of material misstatement and evaluating financial statement assertions, and (4) the conceptual and practical problems attest providers face. The emphasis throughout the course is professional judgment as opposed to off-the-shelf mechanical rules. [2]

2 Credit(s)

Please Note: Not all courses are scheduled each semester. Complete class schedules are available upon enrollment.