Audit Go! - Project seminar on the IT-supported final examination
- Seminar B.WIWI-BWL.0029 -
Study course for Bachelor Programs
Short Overview
What?
How?
Frequency
Every summer semester
Type of Course
The course will take place weekly in presence in the summer semester 2024. The kickoff will be held via Zoom. The link can be found as an announcement in Stud.IP.
Exam
The exam consists of two group presentations (max. 20 minutes presentation + max. 20 minutes discussion per group) and a written project documentation. The groups consist of 3-5 students.
Credits
6 ECTS
Participation Prerequisites
None
Registration
Registration in Stud.IP and mandatory registration in FlexNow until 18.04.2024. Late deregistration from the exam is no longer possible.
Content
The project seminar deals with problems at the interface between the examination system and Business Information Systems. In the seminar, competencies in the final exam are taught, which also include specialist and data processing examination techniques. The participants work on a case study about the final exam as part of a team of specialist and data processing examiners. They independently develop and document exam results that they present and defend at the end.
The project seminar will be carried out in cooperation with PricewaterhouseCoopers International (PWC) and the Society for Scientific Data Processing mbH Göttingen (GWDG). Both partners represent one of the two departments involved, which are necessary for the IT-supported final exam.
The requirements for motivation and commitment are high.
Study Goals
Students should be able to
Date Overview
Date
Topic
Thursday, 11.04.2024
14:15 - 15:00
Kickoff – Introduction to the course content and exam requirements
(via Zoom, link in Stud.IP)
Thursday, 25.04.2024
14:00 - 18:00
Audit – Who, how, and why?, introduction to the sample company, assignment acceptance JAP, audit planning
Thursday, 02.05.2024
14:00 - 18:00
Materiality, risk-oriented audit approach, binding group formation, topic announcement for interim presentation
Thursday, 16.05.2024
14:00 - 18:00
Internal control systems, risks, controls (BAS)
Thursday, 23.05.2024
14:00 - 18:00
The role of IT in the company, IT/ITGC audit (BAS)
Thursday, 30.05.2024
14:00 - 18:00
Data center tour (RAS)
Thursday, 06.06.2024
14:00 - 18:00
Graded interim presentation on the topic of IT in the final exam "The role of IT and the analysis of business processes in the context of JAP"
Thursday, 13.06.2024
14:00 - 18:00
Individual audit procedures
Thursday, 20.06.2024
14:00 - 18:00
Specialists in the final exam, audit completion / excursion: sustainability reporting
Thursday, 27.06.2024
14:00 - 18:00
Company presentation, All you can ask, topic assignment
Thursday, 04.07.2024
14:00 - 18:00
Final presentation
Contact:
Chair of Application Systems and E-Business
M. Sc. in Business Information Systems
Tamino Marahrens
Platz der Göttinger Sieben 5
37073 Göttingen
Tel. +49 551 39-28419
tamino.marahrens@uni-goettingen.de