Curriculum Development: A Master's Degree Program in Anti- Fraud and Forensic Accounting

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  • Dianati Deilami, Zahra Associate Professor of accounting, Faculty of financial sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran (corresponding author)
Abstract:

The increase in white collar and financial corruption caused the accountant to be equipped with forensic accounting skills. In order to include the issues of Anti-fraud   and forensic accounting in the curriculum of educational institutions and universities, it is necessary to conduct a Careful review of the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for those who want to acquire knowledge and skills in this field. The purpose of this research is to provide an educational curriculum on anti-fraud and forensic accounting issues that could be used as a basis for teaching those topics in the educational and academic centers, public and private organizations, official justice experts and other related institutions.    This research, which lasted more than a year and a half, was done by Meta synthesis on the curriculum of the educational and academic centers in the world, and published articles and books. It containing 32 units (including 10 specialized units, 12 basic units and 6 optional units and 4 units of thesis). The quality of this curriculum has been examined through a questionnaire distributed among 39 experts with the necessary knowledge in the field of Anti –Fruad and forensic accounting. The results of the one-sample t-test indicate that, according to experts, this curriculum passes the knowledge and skills necessary for anti –fraud and forensic accounting to students in this field and has the necessary comprehensiveness.

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volume 3  issue 5

pages  41- 100

publication date 2018-09

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