Contemporary Accounting Perspectives and Research
PostgraduateTAS-BFA7152025
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- Subject may require attendance
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Start dates
- 24 Feb 2025
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Contemporary Accounting Perspectives and Research
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Evaluate the application of different research methods in accounting practice.
- Appraise the application of contemporary accounting theory to accounting researchers and practitioners.
- Assess the adoption of a sustainable accounting solution to an accounting research question in a business or organisation.
- Week 1 - Introduction to theory and research
- Week 2 - The financial reporting environment
- Week 3 - Corporate social responsibility and sustainabiity
- Week 4 - Developing a research idea
- Week 5 - Research ethics and methods
- Week 6 - International accounting and measurement
- Week 7 - Accounting Theory
- Week 8 - Accounting Theory
- Week 9 - Accounting theory and behavioural research in accounting
- Week 10 - Self-directed research
- Week 11 - Critical theory
- Week 12 - Developments in Accounting
- Week 13 - Revision
This subject was previously known as "Accounting Perspectives and Research".
Accounting Perspectives and Research exposes you to research within the field of Accounting and to the underlying theories and other influences that have played an important role in shaping accounting practice. Further, the subject considers emerging issues currently being addressed by researchers. In this way, the subject will give you an understanding of the historical and contemporary issues that have influenced the development of accounting practice, accounting regulation and accounting thought. Over time, accounting theory has focused on three main approaches or viewpoints. These are the descriptive (positive), normative and critical viewpoints. Using these theoretical points of view, this subject will help you examine current issues such as social and environmental accountability, the ethical and global dimensions of accounting, Conceptual Framework projects and the political context within which accounting policy decisions are made.
In this subject, you will also be exposed to the research process, and learn skills relevant to engaging a research project. We present a theoretical framework for examining accounting issues and practices and expect you to develop high-level critical and analytical skills. This will help you present arguments and opinions on a broad range of accounting issues, with some authority. Knowing about historical and contemporary issues will also give you a foundation for understanding the rationale (main reasons) for current accounting policies and practices, and the directions in which accounting policies are likely to develop. Finally the intent is to introduce you to the world of accounting research to better prepare you for the changes that the profession will inevitably need to be a part of.
- In-Class Test (20%)
- Research Proposal (45%)
- Presentation Pitch (35%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- TAS-MPA-MAS-2025 - Master of Professional Accounting
Prior study
You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: Weekly pre-recorded Lectures on MyLO; 1 x 1-hr Orientation Workshop (Wk 1); 4 x 3-hr Workshops
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Master of Professional Accounting
PostgraduateTAS-MPA-MAS