Bachelor of Accounting and Finance (Honours) in Forensic Accounting

PROGRAMME OUTLINE

 

This programme is specifically designed to provide students with:

• Knowledge & skills in identifying investigating, and examining evidence, including the processes of how to identify financial statement misrepresentation, transaction reconstruction, tax evasion and other improper accounting activities.
• The necessary skills, key competencies and required knowledge for today’s fast moving business world.
• Maximum exemptions from the professional bodies.
• Competency not only in preparing and analysing financial reports but also to successfully guide and lead their organisations.
• Emerging technologies on accounting & finance knowledge and soft skills will be embedded in the programme as early as Level 1.

Students will learn fundamental skills required by every accounting and finance professional, and the basic understanding of the legal, business and social environment in which accounting operates. They will familiarise themselves with business processes through the accounting software and the world leading enterprise resource planning software, SAP. Students will have the hands-on training with the system.

A broader range of skills will be learnt, in which students will gain a better understanding of traditional areas of Accounting and Finance, such as Management Accounting, Taxation, Financial Management, Advanced Corporate Reporting, Forensic Accounting etc. Technology savviness is the soft skills that important to nurture the students for independent learning and to prepare them for the workplace and for further research. We will expose them through modules such as Emerging Technologies for Accounting and Finance and Data Analytics in Accounting and Finance. 

Students will undertake an Internship/Industrial Training for a minimum period of 16 weeks to prepare them for a smooth transition from the classroom to the working environment.

Students will make use of their previous studies and industrial experience to learn about the detailed study of audit, examination and investigation issues from a financial perspective, with aims to groom them as a leader in forensic accounting. They will also expand their knowledge in the forensic accounting world by learning to find areas for potential concern. This area of understanding will be supported by Fraud Investigation Techniques, Digital Forensic Analysis and Criminology. To expand the problem-solving skills after students, return from their internship, capstone module such as Reflective Practice in Accounting & Finance will be exposed to students. Students will also expose to the effects of a decision or activity on the environment, society, and governance (ESG) modules and a final year project to demonstrate their ability in  the chosen area of study.