Forensic Accounting

Catalog description

In the context of this course, “forensic” means “suitable for the courts.” The main areas of forensic accounting are the interpretation of financial statements, fraud, business valuation, and economic damages with specific topics including lost profits, personal injury, wrongful death, bankruptcy, divorce, lost value, embezzlement, graft, money laundering, and fraud investigation and prevention. This course will focus on the concepts and tools that extend the material covered in other accounting courses and will touch on many of the areas covered by the CPA exam.