Financial Fraud Detection, Fundamentals of

Develop basic skills to investigate business fraud with this certificate. You’ll learn about cash flow and how to identify various types of fraud. Develop your skills in accounting and software such as QuickBooks and Excel. Courses also cover constitutional law and how to conduct an investigation.

COURSE LIST

Course list for reference only. Current students please refer to your individualized program plan or see your advisor.
**Outside effort hours are an estimate based on state standards, and may vary from person to person.

Course Title
Course Number
Credits
Instructional Hours
Outside Effort Hours**
Prior Learning Credit Eligibility
• QuickBooks Accounting Online

  10-101-104

  2Credit

  72

  36

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  • Instructional Hours: 72
  • Outside Effort Hours: 36
  • Course Number: 10101104
  • Credits: 2.00

  Credit for Prior Learning Options Available

  Lays the foundation for students to gain experience using QuickBooks Pro. Students practice creating a company using a chart of accounts, creating vendors and customers, demo payroll, record transactions, and generate and use financial reports. Being familiar with Windows, business experience or completion of an accounting course is helpful. Upon completion of this course, students are eligible to take the QuickBooks Certification exam.

  Coreqs: Principles of Accounting 10101107 OR Financial Accounting 1 - 10101180 OR not pursuing a degree
• Spreadsheets, Beginning

  10-101-145

  1Credit

  36

  18

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  • Instructional Hours: 36
  • Outside Effort Hours: 18
  • Course Number: 10101145
  • Credits: 1.00

  Credit for Prior Learning Options Available

  Covers developing, constructing and printing basic business-related worksheets and reports using spreadsheet software. Students create, modify and print various charts based on worksheet data.

  Coreq: MS Office Suite, Intro 10103120; OR Microcomputer Applications 10107150; OR not pursuing a degree; OR active in Agricultural Accounting CERT
• Financial Accounting 1

  10-101-180

  4Credit

  81

  135

  N/A

  • Instructional Hours: 81
  • Outside Effort Hours: 135
  • Course Number: 10101180
  • Credits: 4.00

  Prepares students to analyze, record, summarize and interpret accounting information. The course focuses on business transactions, financial statements, merchandising, inventory, special journals, internal controls, receivables, plant assets and payroll.

• Financial Fraud Detection, Fundamentals of

  10-101-190

  1Credit

  27

  27

  N/A

  • Instructional Hours: 27
  • Outside Effort Hours: 27
  • Course Number: 10101190
  • Credits: 1.00

  Focuses on accounting information systems and accounting processes related to sales, purchasing, etc. Covers internal controls designed to mitigate and prevent financial fraud.

• Criminal Justice System

  10-504-204

  3Credit

  54

  108

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  • Instructional Hours: 54
  • Outside Effort Hours: 108
  • Course Number: 10504204
  • Credits: 3.00

  Credit for Prior Learning Options Available

  Distinguish the roles of courts and law enforcement agencies; identify the purpose of law enforcement in American society; describe how professionalism and ethics relate to law enforcement; understand crime in America; explain basic aspects of criminal law; gain an understanding of sentencing of offenders as it relates to prison and jails; compare adult and juvenile justice.

  Coreq: Active in Security and Asset Protection or Criminal Justice plans, HS GPA 2.75+ OR ACPL Read 54+/Sent 83+, Next Gen Read 250+/Sent 250+, ACT Read 18+/Engl 18+ OR Read Prep 10838105/Sent Prep 10831103, A.C.E. 94900315; OR Active in CERT
• Constitutional Principles

  10-504-211

  3Credit

  54

  108

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  • Instructional Hours: 54
  • Outside Effort Hours: 108
  • Course Number: 10504211
  • Credits: 3.00

  Credit for Prior Learning Options Available

  Diagram the structure of the criminal justice system; identify when constitutional rules apply; identify the elements of a lawful arrest; identify the requirements for search warrants, and when warrantless searches are permitted; identify the requirements governing confessions and statements; and analyze the requirements for evidence to be admissible in court.

  Prereq: Criminal Procedures 10504208; OR active in Financial Fraud Detection CERT
• Financial Statement Analysis

  10-114-103

  3Credit

  54

  108

  N/A

  • Instructional Hours: 54
  • Outside Effort Hours: 108
  • Course Number: 10114103
  • Credits: 3.00

  Examines the basic skills of financial analysis to the prospective lender credit analyst.

  Coreq: Financial Accounting 1 10101180