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FORENSIC ACCOUNTING AND FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS

If you are interested in joining the growing field of forensic accounting and fraud investigations, this Ontario College Graduate Certificate program provides you with the professional skills and practical techniques to detect and prevent fraud in today’s business world. Learn how to investigate and analyze financial evidence, apply computer techniques to investigations, and understand the theories of ethics and criminology.
To qualify for this certificate, you must complete the program within six years.
Graduates of the program can seek employment in the public or private sector in a variety of areas including fraud and economic loss quantification, expert witness testimony, criminal investigations, and the rapidly evolving area of computer fraud.

Employment opportunities include positions such as forensic accounting/litigation consultant, tax auditor, gaming investigator, insurance investigator, and internal auditor.

Program Eligibility:

  • Students are required to provide proof of university degree or three-year college diploma in a related business area, or proof of sufficient work experience in the accounting auditing, or investigative fields.
  • Examples of work experience recognized would be accounting internal auditing, financial auditing, fraud examinations, investigations work, loss prevention and security reviews, financial risk analysis, compliance auditing, regulatory examinations, and law enforcement work.
  • This program requires an application process. Please fill out an application form. For proof of sufficient work experience, submit current resume/CV and a letter from an employer attesting to your related work experience.

Please forward application documentation to:

Program Coordinator

Forensic Accounting and Fraud Investigation Program

Algonquin College

1385 Woodroffe Ave, Room C137

Ottawa ON K2G 1V8

For further program information and application deadlines, contact Leonard Amattey, Program Coordinator, at 613-727-4723 ext. 6645.

This course requires an application process Please fill out an application form.

Click on the Course Number for information on prices and start dates.  Course Descriptions are available on the Courses page.


Course Number Course Name
Series 1  
BUS5008 Introduction to Forensic Accounting and Fraud Investigations
LAW5049 Legal Components in a Forensic Investigation
DAT0108 Computer Forensics and Data Mining
ACC5030 Detection and Prevention of Fraud
PSY0016 Criminology and Ethics
DAT0109 Technology Fraud Investigations
Series 2  
ACC5031 Forensic Accounting and Fraud Investigations – Advanced
ENL5035 Interviewing and Presentation of Evidence
ACC5032 Money Laundering and Asset Tracing
ENL5036 Communication – Report Writing and Witness Testimony
ACC5033 Governmental, Small Medium Enterprise and Not-for-Profit Frauds
ACC5034 Analysis and Critique of Current Fraud Cases