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
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)
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.53 / 5 · Excellent
- Instructor rating
- 4.57 / 5 · Excellent
- Terms evaluated
- 9
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | Darlene Cacace | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 1–3 hrs/week | 20 of 24 |
| Spring 2026 | David George | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 1–3 hrs/week | 30 of 32 |
| Fall 2025 | Darlene Cacace | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 1–3 hrs/week | 32 of 35 |
| Spring 2025 | David George | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 1–3 hrs/week | 29 of 30 |
| Spring 2025 | Michael Mccall | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 1–3 hrs/week | 23 of 26 |
| Fall 2024 | David George | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 1–3 hrs/week | 30 of 31 |
| Spring 2024 | David George | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 1–3 hrs/week | 27 of 28 |
| Spring 2024 | Michael Mccall | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 1–3 hrs/week | 29 of 29 |
| Spring 2023 | Michael Mccall | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 1–3 hrs/week | 58 of 58 |
| Fall 2022 | Michael Mccall | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 1–3 hrs/week | 23 of 23 |
| Spring 2022 | Michael Mccall | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 1–3 hrs/week | 72 of 74 |
| Fall 2021 | Michael Mccall | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 1–3 hrs/week | 40 of 41 |
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Instructors
Sections
- Section 01
- Section 02
- Section 01
- Section 02