This guide is for ACCT 660 Week 7 Individual Research Project Part 2, start to submission. A 2,000-word discussion of how you would have detected or investigated the fraud from Part 1 and how a biblical worldview shapes your approach, with at least 5 sources.
ACCT 660 is Information Technology and Fraud, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's MS in Accounting. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as ACCT660; it is the same course.
| Course | ACCT 660 Information Technology and Fraud |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 7 |
| Points | 175 points |
| Length | At least 2,000 words |
| Sources | At least 5 resources (scholarly sources, the textbook and Scripture are acceptable) |
| Faith integration | How a biblical worldview affects the approach to the case |
| Format | Current APA |
What ACCT 660 Week 7 Individual Research Project Part 2 asks for
Part 2 discusses what you might have done to detect or investigate the fraud identified in Part 1, and how the biblical worldview affects the approach to the case. It uses at least 5 resources, which may include scholarly sources, the textbook and Scripture, and must be at least 2,000 words. It is due in Module/Week 7 with Nigrini chapters 15 and 16. Worth 175 points.
Where it fits in ACCT 660
In the published schedule, Individual Research Project Part 2 is one of 8 graded written assignments in ACCT 660. It follows Week 7 Discussion Board Forum 4 and comes before Week 8 Reading Outline 2. The same week also has Discussion Board Forum 4, so plan the week's writing together.
How ACCT 660 Week 7 Individual Research Project Part 2 is graded
Liberty grades Individual Research Project Part 2 with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 175 points in the published guide. That is about 17% of the course's 1,010 points. Open the rubric before you draft and read across each row: the top column describes what full credit looks like, and the gap between columns tells you what costs points.
Course grades in ACCT 660 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: Each course module/week begins on Monday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Sunday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). The final module/week ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The ACCT 660 Week 7 method, step by step
Turn the instructions into an outline
Paste the Individual Research Project Part 2 instructions and rubric into a document and turn every required element into a heading. In ACCT 660 the rubric is the grading contract, so the outline should mirror it before you write a sentence.
Narrow the topic until it fits the length
Size the topic to the length (At least 2,000 words). A focused question about one population, policy or problem gives you room to analyze; a broad survey leaves room only to describe.
Collect sources before drafting
Find the sources first: At least 5 resources, scholarly sources, the textbook and Scripture are acceptable. Use the Jerry Falwell Library databases, filter to peer-reviewed, and keep a table of author, year, design and finding so the paper is built from evidence instead of padded with it later.
Write a thesis that the sections prove
Draft the thesis before the body. A ACCT 660 paper reads as organized when each heading answers part of the thesis, and as a list of facts when it does not.
Draft section by section, analysis first
Fill the outline one heading at a time. In each section, say what the sources show, weigh them, and draw the implication. Graders reward the sentences that interpret, not the ones that report.
Format and check against the rubric
Finish with an APA pass and a rubric pass. Match every in-text citation to a reference, check the headings, and read each rubric row against the section that answers it.
For each test, state the data you would need, how you would run it and what the result would have shown in this case. Then describe the investigation that would follow a positive result, including how you would preserve digital evidence.
A structure for ACCT 660 Week 7 Individual Research Project Part 2
Word targets are planning numbers for about 2,000 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Detection plan | The forensic tests you would run, from Nigrini. | ~680 words |
| Investigation steps | Evidence, interviews and digital forensics. | ~520 words |
| Controls that would have prevented it | Access, review and monitoring. | ~400 words |
| Biblical worldview | How faith shapes the examiner's approach. | ~400 words |
A topic angle that works
Match each Nigrini test to a fact from Part 1. If the fraud used fictitious vendors, show how a vendor address match against employee records, a number duplication test and a relative size factor test would each have flagged it.
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.
Three tests would have exposed the scheme. Matching vendor addresses and bank accounts against the employee master file would have linked all three fictitious vendors to the AP supervisor's home address.1 A number duplication test would have shown the same invoice amounts recurring every month, and the vendors' invoices would have clustered just below the $10,000 approval threshold, a pattern Nigrini's tests are designed to catch.2
- Tests matched to facts.
- Shows what each finds.
- Cites the text.
Mistakes that cost points on ACCT 660 Week 7
- Generic tests not tied to the case.
- No biblical worldview section.
- Under 2,000 words.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: At least 2,000 words
- Sources: At least 5 resources (scholarly sources, the textbook and Scripture are acceptable)
- Faith integration: How a biblical worldview affects the approach to the case
- Title page and reference page in current APA format
- Headings follow the order of the instructions
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
What does ACCT 660 Project Part 2 cover?
How you would detect or investigate the Part 1 fraud and how the biblical worldview affects your approach, in at least 2,000 words with at least 5 resources.
How many points is ACCT 660 Week 7 Individual Research Project Part 2 worth?
175 points in Liberty's published course guide for ACCT 660, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 17% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is ACCT 660 Week 7 the same in every section of ACCT 660?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for ACCT 660. 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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