Forensics
Accounting is a new class that will be offered at EPCC, starting this
spring at the VV campus on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:30 p.m.. It
will be taught by Debbie Luna. Students who take this course will
get credit as an elective in accounting and criminal justice.
“It’s the first of its kind, not even taught at UTEP yet,”
said Luna, an accounting instructor who primarily teaches at NW.
“It’s the first time we’re offering this class.
We’re doing it because the Enrons, Tycos and all the corporate
fraud that has been happening.”
Luna attended seminars looking to unfold crimes like Enron and White
Water. She plans on teaching students methods to catch crime by using
accounting records.
“I think it will be a fun class,” said Luna. “We
haven’t had a new area in accounting in a long time.”
Luna said that by taking this class, students will learn how criminals
steal money from companies, manipulate books, uncover and bring to
life, real-life cases. Money crimes have been happening often and
students need to be aware.
This class will be hands on, and students will research companies
that have suffered as a result of crimes. They will also see how criminals
put themselves in the position to steal money, and to discover and
uncover these crimes.
“We wanted to teach it to police officers also, to show students
and law enforcement how to look out for white collar crimes,”
said Luna. “It’s amazing how there are a lot of these
crimes happening.”
Luna was excited that this new class would open new venues for students
seeking careers as Certified fraud examiners.
“Fraud examiners are hired for many different companies, like
Medicare, and it’s opened a whole new area for people to study.
It’s awesome,” said Luna.
