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ACCT8522 Principles of Auditing [PG]

Credit 6 points
Availability Semester 1
Old unit code 460.522
Content This unit deals with auditing principles and practice. Topics include auditing standards and procedures; internal control; the role of internal audit versus external audit; audit risks and their assessment; audit evidence; statistical procedures in audit sampling; EDP audit and audit reports.
Assessment Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit.
Location UWA (Crawley)
Mode on-campus
Unit Rules
Prerequisites: ACCT8432 Introductory Financial Accounting or MGMT8502 Accounting
Unit web page http://www.business.uwa.edu.au/studentnet
[Some unit web pages are still under construction and will be available in 2010.]


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