OVERVIEW

The course aims at providing an overiview of all the auditing activities for both listed and non listed companies, and the financial auditing techniques used to issue the auditor’s opinion accompanying the annual report. To provide a comprehensive picture of corporate controls, it also covers internal auditing and fraud auditing, as well as the primary tools to detect earnings management.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims at providing the framework for all the auditing activities for both listed and non listed companies, and the techniques for financial auditing addressed to issue the auditor’s opinion accompanying the annual report.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Learning outcomes

• Comprehension of the main activities of external and internal auditing and of their regulatory framework
• Ability to apply the course contents and to solve problems related to the annual report auditing with reference to specific items based on corporate documents
• Ability to assess the relevance of information for auditing purposes in different corporate contexts
• Ability to use the auditing technical language to communicate clearly with experts and other professionals
• Learning capacity and ability to analyse auditing issues more in depth autonomously in a professional context

TEACHING METHODS

Frontal lessons, cases, lectures by corporate experts, team working, tests during the course.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The course covers the following areas:

• The evolution of auditing activities and their regulatory framework
• Main features of the auditing system
• Financial auditing
• Internal auditing
• Earnings management and fraud auditing
• Auditing cases

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Lessons and teaching materials are available on the course webpage on the Aulaweb platform (password required).
Since they are mainly in Italian, foreign students are suggested to contact the Professor for further material in English.
The following textbook can be used:

Title: Auditing and Assurance Services, Global Edition, 16/E (2017)
Authors: Alvin A. Arens, Randal J. Elder, Mark S. Beasley, Chris E. Hogan
Publisher: Pearson
ISBN-10: 1292147873 • ISBN-13: 9781292147871

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

PAOLA RAMASSA (President)

FRANCESCO GIOVANNI AVALLONE

COSTANZA DI FABIO

ALBERTO QUAGLI

ELISA RONCAGLIOLO

LESSONS

LESSONS START

First semester

Class schedule

AUDITING

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The exam consists in a written assessment followed by an oral examination.
The written assessment includes: questions on theoretical issues and the regulatory framework and a practical exercise. Depending on the text, its lenght varies from one hour to one hour and a half.
The oral examination is reserved to students passing the written assessment.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The course owner wil assess the student's understanding of auditing rules and principles as well as his/her ability to apply them in practical cases. A deductive reasoning is essential to put into practice the content of this course and to pass the exam.

Exam schedule

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further information is available at the course webpage on the Aulaweb platform (password required)