12 weeks of coursework, weekly online assignments, 2 in-person invigilated quizzes, 1 in-person invigilated end term exam.
For details of standard course structure and assessments, visit
Academics
page.
WEEK 1
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INTRODUCTION TO ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE: Financial Statements | Uses relevance of financial statements | Decision making in the financial arena | Need for finance and accounting in a business world
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WEEK 2
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FRAUD VULNERABILITIES AND FINANCE: Types of fraud | Why do they occur | Where do they occur | Detecting red flags
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WEEK 3
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FORENSIC ACCOUNTING - 1: Intro to Forensic Accounting | Source of assignments and referrals for a forensic accountant | Role of the forensic accountant as an expert - identify any conflicts
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WEEK 4
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FORENSIC ACCOUNTING - 2: Scope of forensic accounting | Process of forensic accounting - Analysis
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WEEK 5
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BENFORD LAW AND IMPLEMENTATION: Benford Law | Using Benford Law in Excel to detect audit fraud
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WEEK 6
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AGING ANALYSIS, PARETO AND OUTLIERS: Detecting fraud using Aging Analysis in Excel | Creating a Pareto Chart | Outlier identification
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WEEK 7
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FINANCIAL TRANSACTION LIFECYCLE: Transaction Lifecycle | Where is AI/ML used in the present world?
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WEEK 8
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ENTITY RESOLUTION: What is an entity in a transaction? | Entity resolution
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WEEK 9
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ANOMALY DETECTION - 1: Supervised Anomaly Detection
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WEEK 10
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ANOMALY DETECTION - 2: Unsupervised Anomaly Detection
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WEEK 11
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ANOMALY DETECTION - 3: Time Based Anomaly Detection
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WEEK 12
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Model Explainability | Financial Data Visualization using Tableau
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