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Information Systems, Controls (ISC) & Forensic Accounting Graduate Certificate
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Perfect for busy professionals looking to increase their knowledge on information systems, controls and forensic accounting and prepare for the ISC discipline section of the CPA exam.
The Accounting: Information Systems, Controls & Forensic Graduate Certificate is a four-course (12-credit) program and is designed to provide students with specialized knowledge and practical skills necessary to understand financial controls and fraud detection. With a faculty comprised of seasoned professionals and a curriculum tailored to meet the industry's evolving demands, Sacred Heart University ensures that graduates emerge with key knowledge and skills they will find when they sit for the CPA exam and in their accounting careers. They will be ready to meet the growing demand for accounting professionals well-versed in system controls and cybersecurity.
Students who complete this certificate program and are admitted into Sacred Heart University’s Master of Science in Accounting (MSA) program can use the certificate coursework towards their degree requirements.
Admission Criteria
- Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited four-year college or university
- Completed Graduate Application for Admission
- Official transcripts
- Résumé
Program Structure
- Courses are academically accredited at the graduate level
- Courses are delivered in a hybrid format with four on-campus Saturdays each semester, and the rest are asynchronous online
Required Prerequisite Courses
- Financial Accounting (3 credits)
- Managerial Accounting (3 credits)
- 2 Intermediate Accounting courses (6 credits)
- Auditing (3 credits)
- Federal Taxes (3 credits)
Courses
This course will explain information technology (IT) governance and strategy and awareness of IT standards. Students will learn the basics of hardware, software, databases, networks, mobile technology, etc., used by entities internally, externally, and through outsourcing arrangements. Emphasis will be placed on relevant IT standards and assurance-related research and techniques. Students will learn about IT systems, controls, and resources to identify risks to information systems and the organizational risk.
3.0 Credit(s)
In this course, students will learn how to analyze and evaluate the flow of transactions in a system interface diagram to identify risks, determine logical access controls, and prepare results of appropriate tests of security. The course will also focus on how to perform tests and report on the results of change management controls, the designing of appropriate tests of application controls related to business processes, and additional procedures needed to obtain sufficient appropriate evidence through data analysis procedures.
3.0 Credit(s)
Students will learn how to recognize the basics of cybersecurity and risk management, common cybersecurity frameworks and standards, and cybersecurity testing approaches
3.0 Credit(s)
This course is designed to acquaint the student with the field and practice of forensic accounting. Topics to be discussed include fraudulent financial reporting, employee fraud, indirect methods of reconstructing income, money laundering and transnational financial flows, various courtroom procedures and litigation support, and cybercrime
3.0 Credit(s)
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