Internal Auditing Summer Case Study Class

Mandatory for what?

Oh, I have no idea. Not my element, sorry..... Free Bump

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When I went through it a few years ago, if you accepted an internship, the Case Study course was mandatory. The fall class was not mandatory, but you could not get the Internal Audit concentration if you did not complete it.

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This is pretty much how it goes I think.

If you accepted an internship, you could probably get away with not taking the Case Studies class, but Sumners would probably be pretty mad about it and might alert your hiring company. Depending on their opinion of the value of the CIA program, they might be mad that you wouldn't be completing the program.

As for the getting the concentration, yes, Sumners would definitely require you to take the case studies course to finish the program and "get the concentration." However, I don't think the "concentration" is officially recognized by the university. To my knowledge, there is nothing marked on my degree, transcript or anything else that denotes the fact that I completed the entire CIA program. I still put it down on my resume and my bio for work/clients, but I dont think there is an official academic program defined by the Registrar's office -- just a designation made up by the CIA program itself and endorsed by the Business College.

Does that make any sense?

From LSU General Catalog:

" Concentration • An alternative track of courses within a major, accounting for at least 30 percent of the major requirements. Establishment of a concentration does not require prior approval by the Board of Regents.

Transcripts list degree titles, majors, minors, and concentrations. Diplomas list only the appropriate degree designations."

I don't have a copy of my transcript to see if this is true or not, though.

I happen to have a PDF of my transcript in my gmail and there is no mention of the concentration on my transcript, despite all 4 courses being listed somewhere on the transcript.

I knew it shouldn't be on my diploma. As a matter of fact, I think it might only say "Bachelor of Science" on my diploma and may not even mention "Finance."

But that is an interesting quote from the general catalog... I wonder what it would take from the CIA program and/or business college to get it to show up on students' transcripts.

Yeah, I don't know. It has always been on my resume, and no one has ever questioned it.

Maybe more of if a potential employer calls the university about the concentration, Sumners will confirm you completed all courses.

Do yourself a favor and do not do the program. You'll come out of it thinking you are way more qualified than you actually are. You'll have to worship the ground the head of the program walks on. However, if you do suck up enough, you can get a really good internship, regardless of how terrible of a student or person you are.

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Does anyone know if this class is mandatory or not? And if its not taken, can one still get an internship?

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These are probably excellent questions, but why not ask someone in the IA program administration to get the official answer?

This all assumes you actually like internal audit...or even understand what it is

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Not a whole lot to understand. All of the tests were basically the multiple choice questions from Gleim, word for word. You just have to be ok with always being wrong on the group assignments, because you will always be corrected after giving your presentation.

I did not think the program was all that difficult and, as many others have said, it's great for networking and getting an internship.

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I think you misunderstood me...

I am doubtful that people going into internal auditing really have a clue of what it is in the first place. Typical mindset: It is a job accountants go into out of college. /thought process.