A comprehensive case must be submitted no later than the day of the final examination. Each student will prepare and submit a paper on a topic covered within the course. The paper will be a maximum of 10 single-spaced pages (including exhibits) (20 pages double spaced). Paper will have one inch margins on all sides and be written in Times New Roman 12 point font.
Students are required to complete a one page outline, including an itemization of planned content.
The research paper outline is to be submitted via your course shell in Avenue to learn. Just go to
DROPBOX, click on Research Paper, upload/attach your file and email your submission to your course
grader.
This outline should contain four small paragraphs that briefly:
1. Identify and describe the topic you have chosen,
2. Discuss why you have chosen this topic,
3. List the sources of information you intend to use in your paper (primary and secondary),
4. Indicate the basic premise of your intended arguments.
Research Paper Suggested Topics
? The audit impact on financial shenanigans
? Audit of Non-profit Organizations (NPO's)
? Auditor ethics and liability
? Quality control in the audit environment
? Audit evidence and the external audit
? Fraud - meeting the challenge through external audit
? Emerging topics in auditing
? Oversight by audit committees and boards- including questions that should be asked
? Auditing in a electronic data processing environment
? Role of internal controls in the external audit