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Programs Offered
- Certificate
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Delivery Options
- On-Campus
- Accelerated
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Credits
- 9 credits
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Timeline
- One–three semesters
Follow the Money With a Certificate in Forensic Accounting
When Bernie Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme collapsed, investigators faced an enormous task: tracing transactions, examining financial records, identifying false information, and reconstructing how the fraud worked. That kind of financial detective work is at the heart of forensic accounting.
Forensic accounting combines accounting and auditing expertise with investigative methods, data analysis, and knowledge of fraud prevention. Forensic accountants may investigate suspected fraud, trace financial transactions, identify irregularities, assess financial controls, or provide financial evidence in legal proceedings.
Michigan Tech’s on-campus Forensic Accounting Graduate Certificate helps you develop specialized skills for work involving financial investigations, fraud detection and prevention, litigation support, and risk assessment.
Who is this Certificate For?
This certificate is designed for students and working professionals who want to add investigative accounting and fraud prevention to their skill set. It can benefit those interested in careers involving financial investigations, auditing, risk assessment, litigation support, or fraud detection and prevention.
The certificate is open to students from any major who have completed Intermediate Accounting I. It can also complement a graduate degree by providing focused expertise in forensic accounting.
What You Need to Know
Forensic accountants do much more than identify suspicious numbers. They examine financial records, analyze data, evaluate internal controls, and use investigative techniques to uncover evidence of fraud and other financial misconduct.
In this 9-credit certificate, you’ll combine traditional auditing principles with information security and data analysis techniques while building skills in investigative accounting and fraud prevention. The curriculum also supports preparation for professional credentials such as the Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF).
Admissions
To enroll in this certificate program, students must have taken Intermediate Accounting I. See complete admissions requirements.
Accelerated Option
Michigan Tech Bachelor's + 1 Semester = Accelerated Graduate Certificate
Current Michigan Tech undergraduates or recent alumni, get started right away. Our accelerated graduate certificates are a fast, affordable way to add graduate credentials to your bachelor's degree in as little as one semester. Be more marketable in your industry or prepare for your master's degree. Explore accelerated certificate options.
Credits
This graduate certificate requires a minimum of 9 total credits. Students may apply the credits earned for this certificate toward a graduate degree at Michigan Tech.
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