ACCT19066 Accounting Systems and Assurance

Course Description

The course is designed to provide the student with an understanding of the role technology plays in communicating accounting information and in collecting, recording, and storing accounting information. Students will also be given the opportunity to:(i) acquire knowledge of internal control, (ii) understand the audit role and the methodology available for testing and evaluation of controls, (iii) be able to use computer-assisted techniques in an audit environment, and (iv) appreciate the opportunities for computer assistance in the conduct of other areas of the audit and systems assurance. Practical work: (i) audit queries of a database, (ii) group skills, applied to a project, (iii) access files using generalised audit software.

Course at a glance

Faculty: Faculty of Business and Law
Career: Undergraduate
Credit points: 6
Requisites: Prerequisite: COIS 11011
HECS Banding: 2
EFTSL 0.125

Course Availability

Term Campuses
T3 BDG: BNE: FIJI: FLEX: GLD: HKG: MEL: MKY: ROK: SYD