GRA 6209 Legal issues for auditors
GRA 6209 Legal issues for auditors
The course covers important legal issues that an auditor is expected to be familiar with.
After the course the students should have insight into important legal areas and general legal method. They should be able to assess the regulations governing the auditor's profession, and to identify the legal issues within the subject areas covered by the programme, so that they can communicate well with lawyers.
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The course includes a general introduction to legal method. It also covers Norwegian accounting law and the statutory provisions defining the regulatory framework of an auditor, which also ncludes how these provisions are linked to EEA law. The course also covers the Bookkeeping Act and insolvency law.
Lectures, teamwork and discussions.
All courses in the Masters programme will assume that students have fulfilled the admission requirements for the programme. In addition, courses in second, third and/or fourth semester can have specific prerequisites and will assume that students have followed normal study progression. For double degree and exchange students, please note that equivalent courses are accepted.
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Exam category: Submission Form of assessment: Written submission Invigilation Weight: 100 Grouping: Individual Support materials:
Duration: 3 Hour(s) Comment: Written examination under supervision. Exam code: GRA 62091 Grading scale: ECTS Resit: Examination when next scheduled course |
A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 6 ECTS credits corresponds to a workload of at least 160 hours.