CUNY York College Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting, Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination Concentration: Our 2027 Review

York College's accounting faculty includes a nationally recognized fraud examination educator. Professor Mary-Jo Kranacher holds the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) Endowed Professor of Fraud Examination title. You'll take two dedicated fraud courses along with internal audit training, and if you're a New York resident, you'll pay public-college tuition.

York College is part of the City University of New York (CUNY) in Jamaica, New York. Its Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting gives you three concentrations to choose from: Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination, Advanced Accounting and Management Accounting.

The degree is 120 credits, and the forensic concentration is 24 of them. The department describes the program as a strong foundation in accounting principles, business strategy and data-driven decision-making, with small classes and personal mentoring.

Professor Kranacher, on the accounting faculty, is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and certified in financial forensics. She holds the ACFE Endowed Professor of Fraud Examination title and is a former department chair.

She served on a project funded by the U.S. Department of Justice that produced a model curriculum for fraud and forensic accounting education, and she co-authored the Wiley textbook Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination. Her honors include 2009 ACFE Educator of the Year and the 2012 ACFE Hubbard Award.

The department lists access to major accounting employers, including Big 4 firms, and the program prepares you for public and private accounting, auditing, consulting, graduate school or law school. The program's mission includes readying you for leadership in the public, private, governmental and not-for-profit sectors.

Where this degree can lead: Forensic Accounting Jobs, Certified Fraud Examiner Certification.

• New York State residents, who pay public-college tuition of $3,465 per semester full-time or $305 per credit part-time.
• Readers who want a department whose faculty includes a CPA, CFE and Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) who co-wrote a textbook on the subject.
• Students who like internal audit work, because two Internal Audit courses sit inside the concentration.
• Transfer students and military-connected students, whom York's admissions page welcomes.
• Students who like hands-on service, through on-campus Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) training from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
• Anyone who wants a big-employer pipeline, with an annual department job fair and access to Big 4 firms.

Two courses carry the fraud material. In Fraud Examination, you'll learn the principles and methodology of fraud detection and deterrence. Topics include skimming, cash larceny, check tampering, register disbursement schemes, billing schemes, and payroll and expense reimbursement schemes, along with non-cash misappropriations, corruption, fraudulent financial statements and interviewing witnesses.

Advanced Fraud Examination goes further into the growing field of fraud examination and forensic accounting. You'll cover criminology and ethics, complex frauds and financial crimes, and cyber crime. It continues into consulting, litigation support and expert witness engagements, remediation and litigation advisory services, and careers in the field.

The rest of the concentration builds your professional base around those two. You'll take Internal Audit I, Internal Audit II, Income Taxation and Database Applications in Accounting and Finance, plus six credits of accounting or finance electives. The accounting core adds courses such as Auditing I and Cost Accounting, and the department publishes career-infused degree maps so you can see how the pieces fit.

Courses the School Names

• ACC 238 Fraud Examination
• ACC 339 Advanced Fraud Examination
• ACC 260 Internal Audit I
• ACC 261 Internal Audit II
• ACC 350 Income Taxation
• FINC 350 Database Applications in Accounting and Finance

Standout Features

• Advanced Fraud Examination covers criminology and ethics, complex frauds and financial crimes, cyber crime, litigation support and expert witness engagements
• Students take two dedicated fraud examination courses and two internal audit courses inside the concentration

York's bursar lists full-time tuition for New York State residents at $3,465 per semester and part-time tuition at $305 per credit. The department also lists various scholarships for majors and all-expense-paid conferences for selected students.

If you're military-connected, York's admissions page says it welcomes students using those benefits. Ask the financial aid office how your residency and credit load shape your own bill.

This is a campus program in Jamaica, Queens, with small class sizes and personalized mentoring. The degree is 120 credits. The catalog says Fraud Examination can be offered face-to-face or in an online hybrid format, so ask which format runs in the term you want.

York welcomes first-time students and transfers from other colleges. Three areas of specialization let you decide how far into forensic work you want to go, and the on-campus tax internship through VITA gives you a place to practice. The department also hosts an annual job fair.

The full rubric is on the methodology page.

• York's website describes Professor Kranacher as a CPA, CFE and CFF who has earned awards including ACFE Educator of the Year.

  Source: York College website

• York says Professor Kranacher's work helped shape a model curriculum for fraud and forensic accounting education.

  Source: York College website

• Is the forensic concentration offered on campus only, or can I take some courses in an online hybrid format?
• How often are ACC 238 and ACC 339 offered, and who teaches them?
• What do the Internal Audit courses add to my forensic training?
• How do the concentration's courses count toward the CPA requirements in New York?
• Which scholarships and conferences are open to accounting majors, and how do I apply?
• How does the VITA tax internship work, and can it count toward my elective credits?

A public four-year college of the City University of New York in Jamaica, Queens, whose School of Business and Information Systems offers a BBA in Accounting with a Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination concentration.

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