1.  Understand the risks inherent in business processes, 
and the system of controls intended to mediate those risks.  
	2.  Understand the legal and societal context in which 
controls are used.
	3.  Understand several key business processes in detail, 
and the controls typically needed for those processes.
	4.  Understand how those controls would be implemented 
in a manual business system, a computerized business system, and 
an integrated ERP business system.
	5.  Understand the variety of types of audits that 
businesses must use, and the focus and differences between 
them.

1.  The Control Environment
		a.  risks, the threats to proper functioning of 
processes
		b.  legal aspects and requirements
		c.  types of "controls"
		d.  types of audits
2.  A collection of critical business processes including
		a.  revenue cycle
		b.  expenditure cycle
		c.  systems development cycle
		d.  systems maintenance cycle
	3.  For each critical business process, we will examine
		a.  specific risks
		b.  controls in general
		c.  controls in a manual environment
		d.  controls in an IT environment
		e.  controls in an ERP environment
	4.  We will focus particular attention on ERP 
environments, including:
a.  with hands-on experience using SAP, the leading ERP product  
b.  how the various processes are carried out with an ERP system
c.  how the control process works with an ERP system
d.  how an audit of controls is carried out with an ERP system

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on academic honesty. All academic work submitted in this course 
must be your own unless you have received my permission to 
collaborate and have properly acknowledged receiving assistance. 
Included in the Syllabus:  It is my responsibility to uphold the 
University's academic honesty policy and report my belief of 
dishonesty to the Office of the Vice President for Instruction.
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(http://www.uga.edu/ovpi/) or the UGA Student Handbook. These 
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