ACCT 6635 Forensic Accounting

Forensic Accounting is a growing area of practice in which the knowledge, skills and abilities of accounting are combined with investigative expertise and applied to legal problems. Forensic accountants are often asked to provide litigation support where they are called on to give expert testimony about financial data and accounting activities. In other more proactive engagements, they probe situations using special investigative accounting skills and techniques. Some even see forensic accounting as practiced by skilled accounting specialists becoming part and parcel of most financial audits, an extra quality control step in the auditing process that will help reduce financial statement fraud. STEM-designated

Course overview

Department
Accounting
School
CSOM
Credits
3
Level
Both
Offered
Every Fall,Every Spring

Catalog details

Prerequisites
ACCT1021 or MCAC1021 or ACCT7701 or ACCT7713 or ACCT8813

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Requirements fulfilled

  • Accounting: Accounting Department Electives (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
  • Accounting for Finance & Consulting: Approved concentration elective options (Current University Catalog)
  • Accounting for CPAs: Accounting Department Electives (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
  • Accounting for Finance and Consulting: Electives (6 credit hours from the following list) (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)

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Official evaluation summary

4.53 / 5

Based on 413 aggregate responses from BC Avalanche/Blue evaluations.

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-08-02. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

  • Darlene Cacace
    Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025 · Official rating 4.38/5
  • Lindsay Timcke
    Fall 2026
  • David George
    Spring 2026, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024 · Official rating 4.71/5
  • Michael Mccall
    Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021 · Official rating 4.55/5

Sections

  • Section 01
    Fall 2026 · Darlene Cacace · Fulton Hall 235 W 04:30PM-06:50PM · Offered
  • Section 02
    Fall 2026 · Lindsay Timcke · Devlin Hall 117 Tu 04:30PM-06:50PM · Offered