Advanced Cases in Assurance Services explores fundamental and emerging issues in assurance services, focusing on evolving regulations, technologies, and business practices. Students will learn to assess audit risks, understand regulatory objectives, and leverage data analytics to enhance assurance and adapt to the changing landscape. This course uses case and data analysis along with discussion to cover fundamental and emerging issues in assurance services. The assurance field is constantly evolving due to changing regulation, new technologies, and changes in business practice. This means it is critical to not only understand the foundation of assurance techniques, but also be able to articulate current and potential business and audit risks, understand regulators’ objectives and adapt to the changing environment, make data-driven decisions, and identify techniques to improve assurance using data analytics and technologies.