This guide is for ACCT 622 Week 8 Audit Risk Analysis Project Critique, start to submission. A thoughtful critique of a classmate's audit risk analysis memo, posted in the forum.
ACCT 622 is Advanced Auditing, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's MS in Accounting. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as ACCT622; it is the same course.
| Course | ACCT 622 Advanced Auditing |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 8 |
| Points | 100 points |
| Length | A substantive critique |
| Sources | Auditing standards and journal sources |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | Discussion Board Forum post |
What ACCT 622 Week 8 Audit Risk Analysis Project Critique asks for
You submit a thoughtful critique of another student's audit risk analysis project in the Discussion Board Forum. The guide asks that it be the product of mature reflection. It is due in Module/Week 8; the final week ends Friday at 11:59 p.m. (ET). Worth 100 points.
Where it fits in ACCT 622
In the published schedule, Audit Risk Analysis Project Critique is one of 8 graded written assignments in ACCT 622. It follows Week 7 Audit Risk Analysis Project, and it is the last written assignment in the course.
How ACCT 622 Week 8 Audit Risk Analysis Project Critique is graded
Liberty grades Audit Risk Analysis Project Critique with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 100 points in the published guide. That is about 10% of the course's 1,010 points. Read the rubric first. Each row is a criterion, and the wording of the highest column is the closest thing you have to a model answer.
Course grades in ACCT 622 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 940 to 1010 points of the course total. Missing the length or source minimum usually costs points on several rows at once, which is why the checklist below starts with them.
Timing in the published guide: Module/Week one begins on Monday and ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Modules/Weeks 2-8 begin on Saturday and end at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The ACCT 622 Week 8 method, step by step
Read the article twice, differently
First read for the story, second read for the method. The critique is graded on the second read: design, sample, data collection, analysis and the honesty of the conclusions.
Describe before you judge
Give a short, exact summary first. If the description is wrong, every judgment after it is suspect, so check the numbers and terms against the article.
Appraise each part of the study
Judge each element on its own terms: fit of design to question, sampling, validity and reliability of measures, analysis, and whether the conclusions stay within the data.
Name strengths as well as weaknesses
Balance the appraisal. Strengths that are explained carry as much weight with graders as weaknesses, and a one-sided critique reads as careless.
Say what it means for practice
Close with usefulness: could the findings change practice, for which patients or settings, and with what caution?
Keep to the length and format
Hold to A substantive critique and write in narrative form with current APA, not as bullet points, unless the instructions say otherwise.
Check the memo against the client acceptance factors (integrity, competence, independence, engagement risk) and against the company's own filings. If you find a risk the memo missed, show where it appears and how it would change the recommendation.
A structure for ACCT 622 Week 8 Audit Risk Analysis Project Critique
Word targets are planning numbers for about 1,100 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| The classmate's recommendation | Restated. | ~150 words |
| Strengths | Well-supported points. | ~260 words |
| Risks underweighted or missed | What the memo overlooked. | ~400 words |
| Your assessment | Whether you agree with the recommendation. | ~290 words |
A topic angle that works
Judge the memo as the partner would: is the recommendation supported, and did the manager miss any risk that should change it? A mature critique states whether you would sign off and why.
Model paragraph with notes
An original paragraph written by our desk to show the register that earns full rubric credit. It is study material: learn the moves, then write your own.
Your memo makes a strong case for accepting the client, but it does not address the related-party leases disclosed in the proxy statement, under which the company rents its headquarters from the CEO's family trust.1 Related-party transactions are a recognized fraud risk factor, and I would add a condition that the engagement team perform enhanced procedures on them before I would agree with acceptance.2
- Engages the recommendation.
- Finds a missed risk.
- States a position.
Mistakes that cost points on ACCT 622 Week 8
- Summary without judgment.
- No sources.
- Tone that is not professional.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: A substantive critique
- Sources: Auditing standards and journal sources
- The summary of the study is accurate and brief
- Strengths and weaknesses are both explained
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
When is the ACCT 622 audit risk critique due?
In Module/Week 8, the final week.
How many points is ACCT 622 Week 8 Audit Risk Analysis Project Critique worth?
100 points in Liberty's published course guide for ACCT 622, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 10% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is ACCT 622 Week 8 the same in every section of ACCT 622?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for ACCT 622. Liberty notes that course content can change from term to term, so if your Canvas section shows different instructions, a different week or different points, follow Canvas and your instructor.
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