School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Auditing and Assurance Services
  • Unit Code

    ACC6030
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Atul CHANDRA

Description

This unit covers both theoretical concepts and practical auditing techniques, including, auditing framework, standards, audit procedures, auditors' decision-making processes, and reporting. It adopts a risk-based approach in evaluating the material misstatement related to the risks of the corporates being audited. This unit emphasises the external audit of corporates by professional auditors from their engagement to the issue of their independent opinion, in an ethical environment. Students develop judgemental, appraisal, problem-solving, written and oral communication skills using realistic case studies.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed ACC6015

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply audit concepts, techniques, relevant rules, and regulations addressing auditing standards
  2. Examine auditing scenarios to identify problems, including ethical issues related to the code of conduct of professional accountants
  3. Appraise the audit process to arrive at the auditors’ opinion on corporate financial statements
  4. Collaborate in team settings using effective communication, in oral and written format, to produce reports involving diverse auditing scenarios

Unit Content

  1. Auditing and assurance framework, Australian standards (based on international standards), guidelines, and pronouncements.
  2. Nature and purpose of Auditing and auditors' reporting obligations.
  3. Professional ethics, audit independence and corporate governance
  4. Corporate failures, computer and other frauds.
  5. Overview of elements of the financial report audit process.
  6. Audit strategy and planning.
  7. Business risk, control risk, inherent risk of business and its environment.
  8. Understanding and assessing internal controls, computer-based systems and big data.
  9. Substantive testing, audit software and advanced data analytics.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 110 x 2 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 2 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Additional Learning Experience Information

This unit is delivered in a Technology Enhanced Learning mode, where technology is used to facilitate student learning. Students will have the opportunity to gain insight from a professional who will share their knowledge and experience in the workplace.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyIndividual Case Study 20%
ExaminationFinal Examination60%
Case StudyTeam Case Study20%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyIndividual Case Study20%
ExaminationFinal Examination60%
Case StudyTeam Case Study20%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Auditing and Assurance Services
  • Unit Code

    ACC6030
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Atul CHANDRA

Description

This unit covers both theoretical concepts and practical auditing techniques, including, auditing framework, standards, audit procedures, auditors' decision-making processes, and reporting. It adopts a risk-based approach in evaluating the material misstatement related to the risks of the corporates being audited. This unit emphasises the external audit of corporates by professional auditors from their engagement to the issue of their independent opinion, in an ethical environment. Students develop judgemental, appraisal, problem-solving, written and oral communication skills using realistic case studies.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed ACC6015

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply audit concepts, techniques, relevant rules, and regulations addressing auditing standards
  2. Examine auditing scenarios to identify problems, including ethical issues related to the code of conduct of professional accountants
  3. Appraise the audit process to arrive at the auditors’ opinion on corporate financial statements
  4. Collaborate in team settings using effective communication, in oral and written format, to produce reports involving diverse auditing scenarios

Unit Content

  1. Auditing and assurance framework, Australian standards (based on international standards), guidelines, and pronouncements.
  2. Nature and purpose of Auditing and auditors' reporting obligations.
  3. Professional ethics, audit independence and corporate governance.
  4. Corporate failures, computer and other frauds.
  5. Overview of elements of the financial report audit process.
  6. Audit strategy and planning.
  7. Business risk, control risk, inherent risk of business and its environment.
  8. Understanding and assessing internal controls, computer-based systems and big data.
  9. Substantive testing, audit software and advanced data analytics.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 110 x 2 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 2 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyIndividual Case Study 20%
Case StudyTeam Case Study30%
ExaminationFinal Examination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyIndividual Case Study20%
Case StudyTeam Case Study30%
ExaminationFinal Examination50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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