Auditing

Facts  
Duration: 1 semester
Period: Spring Semester
Credits: 3 ECTS
Contact Hours: 28
Self-study: 80
Hours: 108

Main Objectives

  • The course is to provide the students with fundamental knowledge in Auditing.

Learning Outcomes

  • Understanding Legal and organizational framework for regulate on of audit activity;
  • Ability to use knowledge of auditing ethic’s rules;
  • Understanding structure, content and forms of the auditor's report;
  • Analyse  the audit risk;
  • Ability to understand the interconnection between accounting, financial statements and audit report.

Professor

Mikhail S. Kaz

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Course annotation

Course unit code

V.1.8

Course unit title

Auditing

Name(s), surname(s) and title of lecturer(s)

Mikhail Kaz

 professor

Level of course

Master

Semester

2

ECTS credits

3

Working hours

Contact hours

28

Self-study

80

Total

108

Work placement

Prerequisites

The students’ knowledge and skills correspond to the learning outcomes of the Bachelor’s Degree level. The students must know Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Mathematical Modelling, Finance, Accounting, Economic Analysis.

Language of instruction

Russian / English

Objectives of the course

Learning outcomes

A student’s assessments methods

Understanding Legal and organizational framework for regulate

on of audit activity

Ability to use knowledge of auditing ethic’s rules

Understanding structure, content and forms of the auditor's report

Analyse  the audit risk 

Ability to understand the interconnection between accounting, financial statements and audit report

Exam, test, problem resolving report

Research work

Exam, test, problem resolving report

Exam, case-study

Exam, test, problem resolving report

Exam, research work, class presentation

Teaching methods

Lectures, Practice classes (exercise sessions),Group discussion,, case-study, tests

Course unit content

The course is to provide the students with fundamental knowledge in Auditing

List of Topics

Contact hours

Assignments and independent study hours

1. Concept, aims and objectives of the audit activities.

4

10

2. Types of audit and related services.

4

10

3. Legal and organizational framework for regulation of audit activity

4

10

4. Qualification requirements for auditors and ethical standards of audit activity.

4

10

5. The auditor's report.

4

10

6. Organization of the audit.

4

20

7. Audit cycles: the concept and features of the audit

4

10

28

80

Assessment requirements

Planning and preparation of a problem solving report,  in-class presentation

Assessment criteria

Exam, test, problem resolvin , class presentation

The composition of final accumulative mark

Exam [ 60 ]

Test   [ 10 ] 

Problem resolving report  [ 10  ] 

Research work  [  10 ]

Class presentation [ 10 ]

Author of the course

Mikhail S. Kaz