Forensic Accounting Certificate

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Our 21-credit forensic accounting certificate provides students with a foundation of forensic knowledge and accounting expertise. The courses ensure graduates have a clear understanding of a company's accounting and IT internal controls and how weaknesses in these controls may be fraudulently exploited. Our forensic accounting certificate will:

  • Teach you the relationship between technology and information in the accounting profession.
  • Show you how to find and gather digital information for criminal investigation.
  • Provide you with a firm knowledge of criminal law and its application to cybercrime in the accounting arena.
  • Explain accounting and IT internal controls, and how weaknesses in these controls may be fraudulently exploited.
  • Be taken alongside our Computer Forensics students, providing an opportunity to integrate both disciplines.

Curriculum

Course # Title Credits
ACCT 280 Forensic Accounting 3
ACCT 350 Accounting Information Systems 3
ACCT 420 Auditing 3
CFDI 240 Digital Forensic Investigation Techniques 3
CFDI 350 White Collar Crime 3
CFDI 360 Cybercrime 3
CRIM 225 Law of Searching & Seizing Digital Evidence 3
  Total 21