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Year 4 Accounting.
Credit points: 12.5
Coordinator: Professor K A Houghton.
Prerequisite: 306-301 Financial Accounting or 306-302 Managerial Accounting or 306-331 Investments.
Contact: A 3-hour seminar a week.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
On completion of this subject a student should:
- have a foundation for understanding the nature of scientific inquiry in accounting and finance.
- have an understanding of how research questions are created and developed into testable hypotheses.
- appreciate the range of alternative research methods and how one might choose amongst them.
- be familiar with these alternatives and observe examples and analyses of the application of these methods.
- have developed an ability to critically analyse the research of others in the fields of accounting and finance.
Content:
Fundamental approaches to research; the range of analytical and empirical research methods and techniques used in accounting and finance. A forum for students to discuss and develop their own research proposals.
Assessment:
A 3-hour end-of-semester examination (60 per cent); a mid-semester test (10 per cent); an assignment of up to 5,000 words (30 per cent).
Prescribed texts:
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