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North West University

Bachelor of Commerce with Honours in Forensic Accountancy

The Bachelor of Commerce with Honours in Forensic Accountancy in Accounting is offered by North West University.

Program Length: 3 YEARS.

Bachelor of Commerce with Honours in Forensic Accountancy offered by the North West University at the Faculty of Humanities

The curriculum compiled in this programme, empowers students with high-level knowledge of concepts, structures, models, theories, principles, skills, research methodologies and applied competencies, to enable them to follow lucrative careers in the changing economic and business environment of the new millennium. Furthermore, this curriculum enables the student to develop his/her intellectual and moral capacity in a more specialised way to understand the legal, economic and business environment, as well as to think critically and innovatively to form the basis for further specialisation through means of advanced qualifications.

On completion of this curriculum, the student will be able to demonstrate:

a) the broad range of integrated knowledge that together with cohesive skills, attitudes and behaviour account for the ability to deliver a specified professional service as expected from a graduate entering the forensic accountancy profession;

b) an understanding of the theories, research methodologies, methods and techniques relevant to the forensic accountancy field and an understanding of how to apply such knowledge in a particular context, including Specific Competencies in the fields of Strategy, Risk Management and Governance, Accounting and External Reporting, Auditing and Assurance, Financial Management, Management Decision Making and Control, Taxation and Law (specifically the law of evidence, criminal law and the law of criminal procedure); 

c) an ability to interrogate multiple sources of knowledge in the forensic accountancy field and to evaluate knowledge and processes of knowledge production, including the use of information technology;

d) an understanding of the complexities and uncertainties of selecting, applying or transferring appropriate standard procedures, processes, research methods or techniques to unfamiliar problems in forensic accountancy;

e) an ability to use a range of specialised skills to identify, analyse and address complex or abstract problems drawing systematically on the body of knowledge and methods appropriate to forensic accountancy;

f) an ability to identify and address ethical issues based on critical reflection on the suitability of different ethical value systems to specific contexts and act in a professional manner;

g) an ability to critically review information gathering, synthesis of data, evaluation and management processes in forensic accountancy in order to develop creative responses to problems and issues;

h) an ability to present and communicate professional ideas and texts effectively to a range of audiences, offering creative insights, rigorous interpretations and solutions to problems and issues appropriate to the context;

i) an ability to operate effectively within a team, or to manage a team based on an understanding of the roles and relationships between elements within the team;

j) an ability to apply, in a self-critical manner, learning strategies which effectively address his or her professional and life-long learning needs; and

k) an ability to take full responsibility for his or her work, decision-making and use of resources, and full accountability for the decisions and actions of others where appropriate.