Postgraduate Course: Current Issues in Accounting (CMSE11490)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The course addresses a broad variety of highly relevant contemporary issues in accounting research and practice. By discussing state of the art research in accounting, the course provides students with up to date views on topical questions in accounting, and introduces methods to work out sound answers to such questions. |
| Course description |
The aim of this course is to familiarise students with important current issues in accounting research, their practical significance, and wider implications. Furthermore, students are encouraged to critically assess methods employed in accounting research, and understand how methodological limitations impact on the interpretation of research findings. The course further aims to provide opportunities for exploring possibilities for doing research in the area, with a view to facilitating the process of researching and writing a dissertation in accounting.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2022/23, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
176 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
30% coursework (individual) - assesses course Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3
70% coursework (individual) - assesses course Learning Outcomes 4, 5 |
| Feedback |
Formative: TBC
Summative: Individual feedback on the reflective diary and literature review will be provided once they have been marked. Generic feedback on the overall performance of students on the reflective diary will also be supplied. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand and explain current accounting issues of practical and academic relevance.
- Critically assess accounting research and related methods.
- Identify relevant research topics in accounting.
- Identify, understand and critically reflect on the contemporary accounting research literature.
- Craft a structured literature review.
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Reading List
Resource List:
https://eu01.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/leganto/public/44UOE_INST/lists/31909045650002466?auth=SAML |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Communication, ICT, and Numeracy Skills
After completing this course, students should be able to:
Convey meaning and message through a wide range of communication tools, including digital technology
and social media; to understand how to use these tools to communicate in ways that sustain positive and
responsible relationships.
Critically evaluate and present digital and other sources, research methods, data and information; discern
their limitations, accuracy, validity, reliability and suitability; and apply responsibly in a wide variety of
organisational contexts.
Cognitive Skills
After completing this course, students should be able to:
Be self-motivated; curious; show initiative; set, achieve and surpass goals; as well as demonstrating
adaptability, capable of handling complexity and ambiguity, with a willingness to learn; as well as being able to
demonstrate the use digital and other tools to carry out tasks effectively, productively, and with attention to
quality
Knowledge and Understanding
After completing this course, students should be able to:
Demonstrate a thorough knowledge and understanding of contemporary organisational disciplines;
comprehend the role of business within the contemporary world; and critically evaluate and synthesise primary
and secondary research and sources of evidence in order to make, and present, well informed and transparent
organisation-related decisions, which have a positive global impact.
Identify, define and analyse theoretical and applied business and management problems, and develop
approaches, informed by an understanding of appropriate quantitative and/or qualitative techniques, to explore
and solve them responsibly. |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Stephen Walker
Tel: (0131 6)51 5543
Email: |
Course secretary | Mrs Kelly-Ann De Wet
Tel: (0131 6)50 8071
Email: |
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