Core Text
Content Team (2013) ACCA Complete Text - P7 - Advanced Audit and Assurance, Kaplan Publishing's

Recommended Text
Messier,W.F., Glover, S. M., and Prawitt, D. F.(S2011) Auditing & Assurance Services: A Systematic Approach
Porter, B., Simon, J., and Hatherly, D. (2008). Principles of External Auditing. 3rd Edition. John Wiley & Sons.
Trussel, J. M., and Frazer, J. D. (2012). The Lakeside Company - Case Studies in Auditing. 12th Edition. Pearson/Prentice Hall.
Davies, M. and Aston, J., (2010) Auditing fundamentals. Pearson Education

Details - Learning outcomes 1,2,3,4 and 5:
Examination
Time Constraint Examination (TCA)

To pass this module student must obtain 40% marks.

Topics will be drawn from

- Auditing postulates and concepts
- International regulatory framework
- Ethical and professional environment
- Audit and assurance services
- Internal controls
- Audit evidences
- Reviewing and reporting
- Planning an audit

The learning strategy for the module requires students to commit 150 learning hours, of this there will be 38 hours of class support and 112 hours of independent and self directed study.

Lectures/ Workshops/ Presentations /Tutorial
Student managed learning/ directed learning

Apart from the lecture each week, various other methods as mentioned above will be used as learning strategies.
There will be workshop and tutorial sessions, students will be required to discuss and present various topics of the module in the class. Students are expected to be able to structure their own work and to work relatively independently under the guidance of the module teaching staff.

The VLE (NETED)
The Internet
Word Processing software for use in the coursework
Printed and electronic journals.