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.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    Auditing
  • Unit Code

    ACC3510
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Nirosha Dilhani KAPU ARACHCHILAGE

Description

This unit adopts the 'risk-based' approach of assurance and audit. It covers the auditing and assurance concepts, frameworks, case laws, standards and regulations for auditors' engagement, planning, decision-making processes, risk assessments, testing procedures and reporting obligations. Future directions in the assurance and auditing environment internationally are covered. Students develop analytical, appraisal thinking, problem-solving, team work, written and oral communication skills.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed ACC2700.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply ethics, independence and corporate governance in the business audit process.
  2. Assess risks, analyse entities and determine materiality for planning an audit.
  3. Examine tests of control and substantiative tests as part of the audit process.
  4. Appraise the audit process to arrive at the auditor’s opinion for businesses.
  5. Demonstrate analytical, teamwork and problem-solving, written and oral communication skills for a business audit.

Unit Content

  1. Appraising internal audit and testing computerised internal controls.
  2. Assurance and auditing framework, standards and guidelines.
  3. Audit independence, professional code of ethics and corporate collapses.
  4. Evaluating inherent control and business risks.
  5. Problems and mitigating factors related to going concern of entities.
  6. Professional duty of care, legal duties and liabilities of auditors.
  7. Reporting obligations and opinion of auditor.
  8. Review procedures and audit completion.
  9. Strategy, planning, quality control and supervision by auditors.
  10. Substantive testing of computerised transactions and balances.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

On-campus students will be expected to interactively participate in a weekly seminar of three hours duration. Each seminar comprises activities such as, lectures, problem-solving discussions and presentations. The content and order of these activities in the seminar may vary from time to time. Off-campus students will be supplied with unit materials to study and review every week with access via Blackboard. Regular online access to Blackboard and emails is required.

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 Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyIndividual Case Study Assignment20%
Case StudyTeam Case Study Presentation20%
ExaminationFinal Examination60%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyIndividual Case Study Assignment20%
Case StudyTeam Case Study Presentation20%
ExaminationFinal Examination60%

Core Reading(s)

  • Gay, G., & Simnett, R. (2018). Auditing & Assurance Services in Australia (7th ed.). Sydney: McGraw Hill. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ecu/detail.action?docID=5729228

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.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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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.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Auditing
  • Unit Code

    ACC3510
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Nirosha Dilhani KAPU ARACHCHILAGE

Description

This unit adopts the 'risk-based' approach of assurance and audit. It covers the auditing and assurance concepts, frameworks, case laws, standards and regulations for auditors' engagement, planning, decision-making processes, risk assessments, testing procedures and reporting obligations. Future directions in the assurance and auditing environment internationally are covered. Students develop analytical, appraisal thinking, problem-solving, team work, written and oral communication skills.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed ACC2700.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply ethics, independence and corporate governance in the business audit process.
  2. Assess risks, analyse entities and determine materiality for planning an audit.
  3. Examine tests of control and substantiative tests as part of the audit process.
  4. Appraise the audit process to arrive at the auditor’s opinion for businesses.
  5. Demonstrate analytical, teamwork and problem-solving, written and oral communication skills for a business audit.

Unit Content

  1. Appraising internal audit and testing computerised internal controls.
  2. Assurance and auditing framework, standards and guidelines.
  3. Audit independence, professional code of ethics and corporate collapses.
  4. Evaluating inherent control and business risks.
  5. Problems and mitigating factors related to going concern of entities.
  6. Professional duty of care, legal duties and liabilities of auditors.
  7. Reporting obligations and opinion of auditor.
  8. Review procedures and audit completion.
  9. Strategy, planning, quality control and supervision by auditors.
  10. Substantive testing of computerised transactions and balances.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

On-campus students will be expected to interactively participate in a weekly seminar of three hours duration. Each seminar comprises activities such as, lectures, problem-solving discussions and presentations. The content and order of these activities in the seminar may vary from time to time. Off-campus students will be supplied with unit materials to study and review every week with access via Blackboard. Regular online access to Blackboard and emails is required.

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 Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyIndividual Case Study Assignment20%
Case StudyTeam Case Study Presentation20%
AssignmentIndividual Assessment60%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyIndividual Case Study Assignment20%
Case StudyTeam Case Study Presentation20%
AssignmentIndividual Assessment60%

Core Reading(s)

  • Gay, G., & Simnett, R. (2018). Auditing & Assurance Services in Australia (7th ed.). Sydney: McGraw Hill. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ecu/detail.action?docID=5729228
  • Gay, G., & Simnett, R. (2018). Auditing & Assurance Services in Australia (7th ed.). Sydney: McGraw Hill. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ecu/detail.action?docID=5729228

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.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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