ACS3770 Auditing B

Lecture and tutorials or problem classes

This unit will be taught as a three-hour lecture and a one hour tutorial for each week for 12 weeks. Students are expected to read through the study and reading material before the lecture for each topic. The lecture sessions will cover significant points of the topics, and may be used to discuss a number of the set problems. It is not intended that the lecturer will cover every aspect of each topic, but rather provide a framework of the important theoretical concepts and practical issues. Given this framework students are expected to attend all lecture and tutorial sessions and participate actively. In order to participate and to gain maximum benefit from the sessions, all the questions, set for each week, are to be attempted before the tutorial for that week. At times in the lecture and tutorial sessions the lecturer or tutor will invite students to raise and discuss relevant issues and areas of concern. Students should take this opportunity, particularly in tutorials, to clarify areas of difficulty and to contribute actively to the discussion of the model answers to the set of weekly questions. Tutorials may consist of group presentations, case studies, discussions and completion of assigned work that can involve specific computer software often used by auditors. A week-by-week timetable is provided in Moodle to guide your study program and also to indicate assessment due dates. Where necessary additional practice questions will be added to on Moodle and communicated in lectures.

Students are expected to spend additional private study time and access the recommend readings, which are listed on Moodle. In addition to the recommended readings and sets of weekly questions, a number of past examinations and tests, together with model answers, are provided on Moodle. These resources enable students to develop a mastery of the topics covered by the unit.

To ensure a high probability of completing this unit successfully, students need to approach it in a systematic way. At a minimum this should involve:
- reading the prescribed material prior to each weekly session;
- preparing solutions to each set of questions prior to the session;
- attending sessions and participating in discussions of model answers;
- reviewing material from other references from time to time; and
- attempting relevant past examination and test questions.

At Monash students are responsible for taking their own notes from the prescribed texts. On completion of the required reading, students should attempt the specified tutorial and practice questions. All answers to tutorial questions will be loaded on Moodle after the last tutorial for the week. Students should ensure their answers and notes are updated taking into account feedback received in lectures, tutorials and solutions to tutorial questions at the completion of each topic. Students who fail any assessment must make an appointment with the lecturer, using the consulting times, within a week after the release of the results.