Data Analytics for Audit and Control

Catalog description

This course is designed to familiarize students with the concept of audit analytics, the basic audit analytical tools, the trending topics in this field, and the application of different analytical methods in the internal and external audit process. The goal of this course is to enable students to understand and use some of the emerging and important technologies currently used in the audit environment. The emerging technologies explored will include, but are not limited to, Big Data, data analytics, and visualization. There will be a significant hands-on component to familiarize the students with such topics. Prerequisite(s): declared School of Business majors. B ACC 311 or the equivalent, B ACC 381 or the equivalent.