Graduate Certificate in Forensic Accounting
A comprehensive graduate certificate program designed to prepare accounting students for the "certified financial forensic" credential.
ProGRAM Highlights
With this certificate program GGU provides the technical knowledge needed by both attorneys and accountants working in the forensic field. An advisory board of subject-matter experts designed the forensic accounting curriculum which includes courses in bankruptcy and insolvency, economic damages, fraud investigations, stakeholder disputes, valuation, and lost profits. While the main aim is the CFF credential, forensic courses are eligible for CPE and MCLE credit, as well.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Some courses taken as part of certificate programs will have prerequisites. These prerequisites must be satisfied (through transfer of equivalent coursework or through taking the courses at GGU before the certificate courses can be completed.
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TUITION
Accounting Courses:
- $2,610 per 3-unit course
Tuition varies for other courses. See Tuition & Fees for details.
Locations
This program is offered at the following locations: San Francisco , Online .
Total Units — 15
Required Courses — 9 Units
Electives — 6 Units
All courses must be taken at Golden Gate University with an overall B average (3.00 grade-point average) or better. Each course must be completed with a C- or better.
ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT
- Ananth Avva, Adjunct Professor
- Kevin Birtchnell, Assistant Professor
- Sean Bowman, Adjunct Professor
- Steven Boyles, Adjunct Professor
- Gene Bucciarelli, Senior Adjunct Professor
- Curtis Burr, Adjunct Professor
- Ahmet Cagin, Adjunct Professor
- Elizabeth Capener, Senior Adjunct Professor
- Stephen Clayton, Adjunct Professor
- Ronald Codd, Adjunct Professor
- Douglas Cook, Adjunct Professor
- Nicole Dugas, Adjunct Professor
- Robert Elya, Adjunct Professor
- Farima Fakoor, Assistant Professor
- Irene Fong, Adjunct Professor
- Jed Greene, Adjunct Professor
- David Grisham, Adjunct Professor
- John Herndon, Adjunct Professor
- Vanessa J. Hill, Adjunct ProfessorCPA, Director, Hemming Morse, Inc.
- Rodney W. Hurd, Adjunct Professor
- Christopher Inama, Senior Adjunct Professor
- Monica Ip, Adjunct Professor
- Russell Jacobus, Adjunct Professor
- Jeffrey H. Karlin, Associate Professor
- Julia Kniesche, Adjunct Professor
- Kenneth Kurtz, Adjunct Professor
- Sarah Leary, Adjunct Professor
- Anna Lee, Adjunct Professor
- Trent Livingston, Adjunct Professor
- Xuhong Luo, Adjunct Professor
- John McWilliams, Professor
- Dennis G. Milosky, Senior Adjunct Professor
- Ted E. Mitchell, Distinguished Adjunct Professor
- Philip Neyland, Distinguished Adjunct Professor
- Ryan Oh, Adjunct Professor
- Arthur Perkins Jr., Adjunct Professor
- Roger Philipp, Senior Adjunct Professor
- Eric Poer, Adjunct Professor
- Matthew Reardon, Adjunct Professor
- Greg Regan, Adjunct Professor
- Paul Regan, Adjunct Professor
- Kristin Rosi, Adjunct Professor
- James Schwartz, Associate Professor & Department Chair
- Lily Sieux, Adjunct Professor
- Jack D. Simon, Distinguished Adjunct Professor
- John Simpson, Distinguished Adjunct Professor
- Lisa Slater, Assistant Professor
- Monique Smalling, Adjunct Professor
- Caroline Van Alst, Adjunct Professor
- Elliot Weil, Adjunct Professor
- Marcus Wong, Adjunct Professor
- Sacha Zadmehran, Adjunct Professor
- Iana Zemniakova, Adjunct Professor
- Tara Ziegler, Adjunct Professor
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