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About the Instructor<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
Will Swanson<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n

Will Swanson is a certified public accountant (CPA) who currently works as the Director of Accounting at Bismarck Public School District.\u00a0 Prior to being employed with the school,\u00a0 Will worked at a public accounting firm, Brady Martz, as an audit manager.\u00a0 In that job he specialized in overseeing audits of governmental entities, including several school districts in the state.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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Important Course Dates<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

April 7, 2025<\/strong>: Class begins online<\/span><\/p>\n

June 8, 2025<\/strong>: Course must be completed by this date.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Syllabus<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Audit Preparation and Internal Controls Syllabus 2025<\/a><\/span><\/span>
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Online Lectures<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Each lecture has voice recordings that go with the PowerPoint presentation. Please turn your volume on to hear the voice recordings. The recordings should automatically play on each slide when you click to advance.\u00a0 Do not advance the slide until the recording is done. Each lecture will take approximately 30 minutes to listen to.<\/span><\/p>\n

The questions for each lesson are located towards the end of the slide show. Please e-mail your responses to the questions to<\/span> will_swanson@bismarckschools.org<\/strong><\/a><\/span> by May 31, 2024. Answers to lecture questions can e-mailed individually as you complete each lesson, or all together with any other required assignments – whichever you prefer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lesson 1 – Audit Preparation 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Question 1: 10 points<\/span><\/p>\n

Question 2: 20 points<\/span><\/p>\n

Lesson 2 – Evaluating Audit Results 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Question 1: 10 points<\/span><\/p>\n

Question 2: 15 points<\/span><\/p>\n

Question 3: 10 points<\/span><\/p>\n

Lesson 3 – Internal Controls 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Question 1: 25 points<\/span><\/p>\n

Question 2: 10 points<\/span><\/p>\n

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TOTAL POINT FROM LECTURE ASSIGNMENTS: 100 points<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Assigned Reading<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Long Island Fraud Case<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Assignments<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Please note that there are two separate final writing assignments below.\u00a0 Be sure to complete BOTH assignments.<\/span><\/p>\n