Data Analytics for Accounting and Audit, 2025-2026
- Credits:
- 6 ECTS credits
- Location:
- -
- Continuous learning category:
- Business and international collaboration
- Teaching format:
- Blended teaching, Independent learning, Distance teaching
- Price:
- 120 € (VAT 0%)
Learning outcomes:
Student can
• Identify questions, access to necessary data, clean and verify, work with various analytics models
• Visualize, interpret and communicate findings
• Conduct a full cycle of data analytics by setting the business problem, getting the data, analyzing and presenting the results, compare them with theoretical knowledge, and create an essay collaboratively with peer students
The course covers the fundamental understanding of accounting and auditing data analytics. Defines and explains the impact of data analytics on the business and accounting profession. In addition, it develops an analytical mindset supported with a provided toolkit to extract, transform, validate, and visualize the data. The course includes various models and techniques used for data analytics as an increasingly important skill for accountants. All the techniques are supported by accounting-specific examples and cases.
Learning materials and recommended literature
- Richarson, V., K. Terrell and R. Teeter (2018). Data analytics for Accounting. (1st ed.)
- Article package and other material provided by the lecturer
Study methods
Classroom meetings 24.3.-29.4.2026 (online), see Peppi-guide
Pre-study assignments, group work
Independent and collaborative learning
Evaluation 0-5
Prerequisites Basics of accounting
Teaching Language: English
Teacher: Arpine Maghakyan
This is an intermediate studies level course.The course belongs to the Intermediate studies, Accounting and Finance.
You will receive the right of study from the date of registration until the end of the academic year (July 2026). In practice, the completion takes place within the stated due dates of the course.
LOG IN to the Open University Business and Economics study community (elearn/Moodle), as directed by the starting instructions which you receive after your registration has been processed. In the Business and Economics study community, you can find general instructions for studying, links to course environments, and course keys.
Guidance services for Business studies
We are happy to guide you throughout your learning journey, even before registration when you are just starting to plan your studies. You can contact us via email or phone. For guidance in English, please contact Academic Affairs Coordinator Jasmin Sokkanen. You can also book an online appointment for guidance in English.
Learning outcomes:
Student can
• Identify questions, access to necessary data, clean and verify, work with various analytics models
• Visualize, interpret and communicate findings
• Conduct a full cycle of data analytics by setting the business problem, getting the data, analyzing and presenting the results, compare them with theoretical knowledge, and create an essay collaboratively with peer students
Individual study units cost 20 e / credit. These prices hold for the academic year 2025–2026. The study fee is paid at registration.
By paying the study fee, the student receives a temporary right to study that entitles them to attend a particular course. The right to study is course-specific, and is required to complete the course as specified in the syllabus for the term, covering both teaching and course exams.
Registration for the course opens on 24 November 2025 at 9:00 a.m. and ends on 1 March 2026 at 23:59.