Certified Internal Auditor (CIA®)

The Certified Internal Auditor® (CIA®) designation is the only globally accepted certification for internal auditors and remains the standard by which individuals demonstrate their competency and professionalism in the internal auditing field.

The CIA examination is authored, administered and accredited by The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), an international professional association that is recognized worldwide as the Internal Audit profession’s leader in certification, education, research and technological guidance.

Florida Atlantic University is proud to offer a comprehensive instructor-led program based on the IIA’s CIA Learning System in partnership with the IIA and its Palm Beach County Chapter.

Florida Atlantic University’s CIA® program is a sixty-hour review program which prepares qualified students for the CIA Certification from the IIA. The program follows the IIA’s recommended curriculum and is based on the CIA Learning System.

Topics include:

Part I: The Internal Audit Activity’s Role in Governance, Risk, and Control

• Comply with The IIA’s Attribute Standards
• Risk and Control Knowledge Elements
• Establish a risk-based plan to determine the priorities of the internal audit activity
• Plan engagements
• The nature of internal audit work in risk management, control, and governance

Part II: Conducting the Internal Audit Engagement

• Conduct engagements
• Conduct specific engagements
• Monitor engagement outcomes
• Fraud knowledge elements
• Engagement tools

Part III: Business Analysis and Information Technology

• Business processes
• Financial accounting and finance
• Managerial accounting
• Regulatory, legal, and economics
• Information technology

Part IV: Business Management Skills

• Strategic management
• Global business environments
• Organizational behavior
• Management skills
• Negotiating

Course content reflects the general body of knowledge tested by The IIA CIA examination. Although The IIA recommends using The IIA CIA Learning System course as a tool for study of the CIA body of knowledge, this course of study can in no way guarantee or ensure an individual’s success on The IIA CIA certification exams.
 

Instructional Method

• Comprehensive, sixty hour instructor-led program taught by auditing professionals
• Traditional, live classroom instruction and includes the IIA’s CIA Learning System’s printed materials and interactive online review tools.
• Courses incorporate in-class, online and independent study tools and activities.

CIA® Certification Examination

For more information, please visit ‘CIA Program Requirements’.