Certificate in Forensic Accounting
Postgraduate
In Baltimore (USA)
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Postgraduate
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Baltimore (USA)
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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires companies and their auditors to be more aggressive in detecting and preventing fraud. To comply with this and other regulations, jobs for forensic accountants, fraud investigators and auditors are in high demand.
The Graduate Certificate in Forensic Accounting program provides you the skills required to identify and evaluate corporate fraud or a multitude of other complex financial schemes.
This certificate contains material that is helpful in preparing for you to sit for the Certified Fraud Examiner examination.
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Subjects
- Financial
- Forensic Accounting
- Financial Training
- Accounting procedures
- Accounting
- Audit
- Assurance services
- Litigation Support
- Financial Reporting
- Information security in Assurance
Course programme
To receive a Certificate in Forensic Accounting as, you must complete 12 credits of coursework and maintain a cumulative GPA of no less than 3.0 for courses taken in the certificate program. The coursework must be completed after you have received a bachelor's degree or equivalent.
The certificate requires ACCT 505: Introduction to Accounting (or its equivalent) as a prerequisite for each course in the certificate program and the completion of the following courses:
Required courses (9 credits):
- ACCT 601 - Forensic Accounting Principles (3.0)
- ACCT 740 - Advanced Topics in Assurance Services (3.0)
- FIN 780 -Business Valuation (3.0)
Elective course (3 credits):
- ACCT 604 - Litigation Support (3.0)
- FIN 700 - Financial Reporting (3.0)
- INSS 753 - Information Security in Assurance (3.0)
Certificate in Forensic Accounting