BEX6002 - Current issues in accounting research - 2019

This unit will equip students with an awareness of and appreciation for the current state-of-the-art research in accounting in your specialist sub-discipline as well as across different domain areas and research traditions. The content can be relatively flexible, but each year faculty will be invited to identify a series of hot-topic articles in their sub-disciplines that can then form the core articles to be used in the unit. Change here is welcome to keep the unit fresh and up-to-date, and working papers could be included. Based on the current honours units, the current hot-topic articles could be relatively evenly split between financial accounting, management accounting, auditing and accounting information systems.

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

1. develop knowledge of current and emerging articles in accounting research across its many sub-disciplines and how they are at the forefront of advances in knowledge
2. enhance awareness of the multiple epistemological and ontological perspectives that underpin research in the sub-disciplines of accounting research
3. evaluate and critique research papers presented in the research seminar series
4. evaluate the literature, philosophical traditions, methods and problems associated with different sub-disciplines of accounting research
5. develop effective academic presentation and writing skills through presentation and written analysis and critique of selected recent articles and working papers.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement whether via on-campus or off-campus Malaysia mode.

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